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Comment Re:"The Polar Bears will be fine" (Score 3, Insightful) 372

Freeman Dyson

"Generally speaking, I'm much more of a conformist, but it happens I have strong views about climate because I think the majority is badly wrong, and you have to make sure if the majority is saying something that they're not talking nonsense." - Freeman Dyson (who is smarter and more educated about damn near anything, than any of you fools).

"What I’m convinced of is that we don’t understand climate." - Freeman Dyson

As a general rule, if Freeman Dyson doesn't understand something, you don't, either.

Oh don't go there.

Dyson is a good guy, and if you point that out, these people are going to organize campaigns to shun him, have what he says banned, make it impossible for him to get work, and likely organize protests at his home.

It's the way tolerance works in the 21st century. Any resemblance to 20th century fascism is purely coincidental.

Comment Re:NYT doesn't report news but does try to create (Score 1) 532

Oh I just realized what set you off like a bomb. It's the pricing in this country.

That really has nothing to do with anything on the billing. That's a problem created by the number of people allowed to practice medicine. The AMA maintains a lock on the number doctors, makes it almost impossible to bring the equivalent of H1-Bs. The government never moves to touch that. Just the way the FCC through administrations really hasn't done crap to unbundle the last mile.

Comment NYT doesn't report news but does try to create (Score 2) 532

"We've not seen a lot of pressure to standardize medical billing, but there's certainly a need."

HIPPAA, the entire move from NSF billing format, ansi 837pro, switch from ICD9 codes to the completely batshit insane ICD10 coding which just invites fraud by overspecification. Really it takes a truly great news outlet to discard the past 20 years in the field.

Every CPT code is specific you can google what any of them mean, example from the article

https://www.google.com/search?...

The rub is not only was the system easier for doctors offices before the changes, the standards had gone through many years of refinement through use. The effect of the move to the current standards was to force many small to medium medical software firms out of the business. Huzzah.

A process started during the Clinton administration, followed through the Bush administration, and still going on during the Obama administration. If you think government is going to help you, solve your problems, and make life more fair, there's some mighty good evidence that the exact opposite is what happens.

Comment Re:I am a Republican voting Conservative. (Score 0) 347

I'd say the same thing about the left and global warming, but they have moved the goal posts so it is climate change and any out of the ordinary weather event is confirming evidence.

At least in your scenario the "Preachers of Hate" would be crushed by proof, There is absolutely nothing that will get a lefty to acknowledge they were wrong.

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