Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 372
400Kyr that's nothing
400Kyr that's nothing
Sure that's not from ground subsistence from the ever increasing populations pumping fresh water out of the ground?
I fail to see how decreasing productivity and make poor people even more energy impoverished will benefit them. Do you have any idea of how many women are kidnapped into slavery, raped and/or murdered while foraging for firewood to cook food to feed their family each year?
The funny thing about the Ozone hole is the hole was discovered by satellites, the first satellites to measure for it so we really don't know if the hole was "caused" by something, was a hole that was always there or if it was an always there but we made bigger.
Humans occupy the Earth's surface from past the Arctic circle to the Sahara desert, humans can handle a couple degrees difference in climate; the reason Enviro-whackoes hate Humans so much is because we're the apex predator that can survive anywhere.
EOBs almost always have "This is not a Bill" plastered on it in big bold letters, EOBs are Explanation of Benefits, they come from the company that is paying a portion of your financial responsibility on your behalf.
Check multiple doses too, Celexa 10mg, cost $90.00/30, Celexa 20 mg cost $4.00/30, Celexa 10mg is used more often for premature ejaculation, Celexa 20mg is used more often for depresion, I cut the 20s in half.
Nope not even close; an Amazon tribe deep in the jungle had been discovered and the first outside contact brought back stool samples for research which contained antibiotic resistant bacteria.
She trying to say she doesn't understand that after the Lawyers have dictated what can be released under HIPPA, what she has to say means jack about what's on the bill.
See, the greedy lab should have thrown in HIV and HepC on the house.
If you have ever seen any medical billing software you know that the people "writing the software" are basically just using FileMaker or MS access and slapping something together as quickly as possible.
It is a specialized type of application and they pay the least possible for it. The software I have seen is always at least 10 years out of date (even the "new" versions) and extremely buggy.
I'm quite sure that FileMaker and MS access does the maths much better than our dental practice management software, different reports give different sums for the same data, you would think that total production grouped by insurance plan (and yes cash patients are handled as an insurance plan) would be the same as total production grouped by service class as total production grouped by CDT code, but they are all different.
Maybe that's an indication that the reimbursement rates for your insurance are so poor that nobody is willing to work for them. If the insurance company is able to provide the Dr. with patients that pay their portion, actually show up for their appointments and on time, follow orders and don't make a hobby out of being an asshole; the Dr. might accept a lower reimbursement..
Well since they're corporations all the way up and down, that means fines, per occurrence.
That is not how socialized medicine works. You can't just go to the doctor whenever you feel like it. Single payer healthcare reduces costs, and people with SPH are generally happier with their care, but there are tradeoffs. Long waiting lists for many ailments, and reduced patient choice, are among those tradeoffs.
So they're like the VA where you might get seen before you die or you might not.
EOBs, or Explaination Of Benefits, comes from Your insurance company, not the Provider. If you can't comprehend what is on the EOB, then You should call Your insurance company, and have the people You are sending the most money to explain it better. Remember the Providers of your care hate Your insurance even more than you do, and if something is worded obtusely it's usually so the bastards at Your insurance company will pay what they are obligated to pay for on Your behalf. You can also go to Fair Health Consumer and punch in the codes what it was for and what the 50th percentile expected costs in your area are; most providers bill in the 80th percentile in order to get paid around the 50th. You can always pay cash and have Your insurance reimburse you.
"But what we need to know is, do people want nasally-insertable computers?"