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Marketing costs are pretty low.McKinsey estimates$6bn. So that's 0.2% of health care expenses. Administrative/overhead is difficult to estimate and compare, because it can accrue on so many levels. e.g. Medicare claims can be costly for doctors to process, but that doesn't factor into Medicare's...

Wikipedia has a nice summary of studies estimating the cost of malpractice payouts and defensive medicine to the health care system:Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If you look at recent studies, it's anywhere between 0% (for defensive medicine) and...

I created some bar charts that work nicely with Javascript, but the software I need to implement this in is returning an error saying that document.write() has been disabled. The Google Visualization library I used to do it is, presumably, relying on that being available. Is there a way to...

Definitely get an SSD. Go with 8GB of RAM instead... plenty for any non-gaming use.

Yeah, but it's pretty unlikely that you'd ever spend $8,800 on that ticket... so using that to put a dollar value on points isn't all that useful. I'm sure it's a fun experience to do, though, and maybe worth the $625 you could otherwise use. (My 50k sign-up offer from American got me a return...

Phablets are usually 6'' and larger. The One Plus 2 is 5.5 inches. Slightly larger than the Nexus 5, but should still be able to hold it comfortably.

Have you tried this?How to force Windows to start downloading the Windows 10 update files | VentureBeat | Business | by Jeff Grubb Emil Protalinski I did that just after Windows 10 launched and it worked perfectly. As for the "phoning home" issue... I assume nobody who complains about...

That makes no sense to me... Microsoft has an unlocked version of the phone in the store:Buy Microsoft Lumia 950 XL - Unlocked - Microsoft Store Why wouldn't this work on TMobile?

For anyone interested in the OnePlus 2, you can buy it without an invite on 10/12 from 12pm to 1pm:Never Settle - OnePlus.net Yeah, a shitty and absurd system, but it looks like a good phone. Alas, I wiped my Nexus 5 and flashed Marshmallow and the performance issues I had disappeared...

USD 1,500 is equivalent to CAD 1,956. So at least they're not screwing you on the exchange rate. (Also, woah: the exchange rate was 1:1 not that long ago, wasn't it?) I wonder whether the Macbook Pro was priced with the more favorable exchange rate and they couldn't adjust upward the price...

I use BlueHost, which is pretty good and has some substantially discounted intro pricing for up to 3 years. Alas, my 3 years are coming up and I'm less thrilled about paying the full $110/year or so. If you want to do everything yourself, going with Amazon might be a good idea. You can get a...

If people have invites for a OnePlus 2, I'd be interested as well. I signed up for their mailing list and haven't heard anything since. Although I'm still somewhat hesitant to buy from a company that deliberately creates shortages to get a buzz. At least that's the only explanation I have for...

The entry-level Surface book (e.g. the $1,500 version) doesn't come with a dedicated GPU. So I'd think it ought to perform pretty much the same with and without the keyboard. The CPU in the entry-level Book is the same as the mid-level Pro (which is also the one you get with 8GB RAM), making...

Just preordered the Surface Book. 4GB RAM isn't sufficient for my mobile use anymore, so the price difference between the 8GB Surface Pro 4 and the entry-level Surface Book is only $200 -- and that buys me a better keyboard, not having to deal with a kickstand, and 3 hours of additional battery...

You could say the same for food or housing: both are pretty important. Enough so for the state to intervene, with the cost particularly salient in housing (*cough* San Francisco, New York) -- i.e. shortages. There are legitimate reasons for short selling. 1) They're integral to hedging risks...