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From a quote in the NYT: "Indeed, according to the research firm the Standish Group, 94 percent of large federal information technology projects over the past 10 years were unsuccessful - more than half were delayed, over budget, or didn't meet user expectations, and 41.4 percent failed...

Disregard, I reread the post.

The better question would be why should the government be responsible for the health care of its population? I'm all for the greater good and yadda yadda but I just don't know how that became the government's role? You guys can place all the trust in government you want, it's just not my thing.

LOL why the hate? I admitted to being a paper salesman for fuck sake, not exactly the coolest thing I've ever done with my life.

Christ man, at least tell me why you are so confident instead of trying to weasel my words into something I didn't say. The bolded part is mine and notice, it has nothing to do with stupidity. Bureaucracy: Since being coined, the word "bureaucracy" has developed negative connotations for...

Like I said, not 100% on this, but the article says that those figures were a goof and the actual tax credit was $110 and that the original subsidy she thought she would be getting ($452/month) was a mistake. Either I missed something or I'm just misunderstanding it. Sorry.

I never said stupid. If you're going to quote me at least quote what I said and maybe try to answer a question instead of just calling my comments stupid.

So why is my comment stupid? Please tell me what gives you such confidence in our government? The very legislators that currently have a 9% approval rating would be writing the laws that would enact a single payer plan and it would be botched just as much as the ACA has. So instead of calling my...

I'm not 100% on this so please don't misunderstand as I'm not making this as a statement of fact, but the way I understand it is that the websites are giving back erroneous information regarding your subsidies/cost which is exactly what happened to this woman. But once the application actually...

Calm down. I didn't insult you, please don't insult me. If you really believe that the government is a haven of efficiency and that the best and brightest are government employees, then that is your prerogative. I just don't agree. Maybe I should rethink my stance considering how well the ACA...

In another life I sold paper to the city, county and state government, yes I was pretty much Jim from The Office. It was a nightmare dealing with government procurement. Nepotism and laziness were pretty much par for the course. This was for paper. For what it's worth I don't have much love for...

I agree with you, I think no matter what Obama does regarding healthcare it will be wrong. But that's because I don't really feel that government has any place in healthcare in the first place. I don't think government bureaucracy is capable of running the simplest of things let alone a system...

LOL sad but true.

Where does it mention that she was denied before? I thought the reason she couldn't get coverage was due to cost and she cannot get coverage now due to cost? I thought the whole point of the Affordable Care Act was to make it affordable, why is this lady who was applauded by Obama now all of...

Ischemic heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States. Heart disease is pretty expensive and it affects almost 18 million people, most of them men. Breast cancer by comparison is almostrareby comparison as women are 10 times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer. I...

Heart disease has a much higher incidence in men up until about the age of menopause. I think the common belief is that estrogen provides a level of heart protection.

Uh, single men can get women pregnant for what it's worth.

Patients demanding unnecessary diagnostics and providers ordering them for fear of lawsuit has definitely driven costs up. Not saying it's the only thing but I assure you that the $10-50K/yr malpractice premiums that providers pay has a definite impact on the cost of medicine.

That's pretty interesting and I didn't know that. I know for a fact though that many diagnostics are ordered by providers simply as a CYA. Would probably take many years to change that paradigm, so I still think long term reform would help but results are what they are.

I understand what you mean by tense, I'm just not willing to give Obama a pass on it.

In light of what just happened in the individual market why is this implausible? I'm not saying it will be 40 million cancellations, but I'm asking why you think there wont be a disruption of an exponentially larger magnitude once the employer mandate goes live? And then there's this quote...

I thought the healthcare market was good but it obviously needed change. I just would have preferred the scalpel versus sledgehammer approach. Frankly, I think a better fix to healthcare would have been tort reform but that's just me. I agree 100% that nothing is going to change as long as...

I think you're being too generous here:

But that pretty much sums up why he's lost all credibility. It's fairly obvious that he said the things he said because he was trying to get re-elected and the "truth" wasn't going to cut it. So people feel duped and now they're pissed. He has further complicated the issue with his "fix" that...

That makes sense on the part of the insurer. It would be like Sprint or AT&T canceling the old unlimited calling plans and forcing you into a data plan despite you not really giving a shit about data. But the main beef here is that this time, consumer mistreatment has been ushered in by new...

I'm curious, what do you think was the motivation of the insurance companies to cancel these plans intentionally? And if the administration knew that these plans were going to be canceled with the initiation of the ACA, what was their motivation and why are you not holding them accountable in...

I don't understand what you mean here? How is maternity coverage "minutiae"?

Wasn't my analogy, it was Kreugen's. I don't think what you are saying is accurate in regards to the use of those plans but I only have anecdotal support to back that up. But unless you can back what you're saying up with some sort of evidence, I don't necessarily believe those plans had no...

I get your drift but if cost were never an issue, why not just buy the best quality every time regardless of cost? Because quality and value are subjective. A "substandard" plan to you may have been all I needed. I have a 55" LED, my mother-in-law has a 32"...she just doesn't give a shit about...

There was pretty extensive coverage of how this was going to play out by "conservative" news sources (WSJ) including concern about the defunding of Medicare Advantage.

Not being confrontational here but who gets to decide what is valuable? That's like telling someone they have to have a $1000 NVIDIA 3DFX Voodoo Monster 3 graphics card because they wont have enough teraflops to run EQ when all they want is to play minesweeper.

As I said, I'm sure that many employer funded group plans are already compliant with the ACA but I suspect that we'll see many more cancellations once this legislation is applied in January. I think I've heard figures of 5 million individual policies being cancelled? Would it not stand to reason...

80% of people have group plans provided by their employers, the recent cancellations were primarily for individual plans, hence all the cancellations of individual plans. As I understand it, the mandate for ACA compliance of group plans isn't until Jan 2014. As I further understand it, most...

What you know about metabolism son?

I'm not a user and it can be hard to empathize with the neighborhood meth-head but that shit was well said.

I guess I could have paced myself better and I've watched a ton of shows after multiple seasons have aired, but I think I watched them too fast. I'll be re-watching them periodically but I think I would have preferred some air in between episodes. My fault entirely but it was like being a kid in...

Surprisingly good game! Not earth shattering, but has some cool aspects that I wish D3 would have incorporated a la the combining essences and enchanting weapons. Companion seems much more customizable as well but I've really only played a limited amount. I like the setting but I never saw...

Domino muthafuckers! It's shed time!

$11. http://www.cabletiesandmore.com/cabl...ord-covers.php Also black.

I wish it would get cheaper so I could buy more LOL! Picked up a few ASE's as well as the gold eagle. Would like to have 100oz silver by the end of the year =)