Ex-journalist, now product manager. Urban enthusiast, transit rider, music lover, baseball fan (SD, NYM), picky eater. Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
https://t.co/asm5jwMxkd
My problem with the “he wouldn’t actually do it” and “institutional checks would step in to stop him” arguments regarding any of Trump’s unhinged threats is that we are in this position precisely because, at every prior stage, he did do it and nobody stepped in to stop him.
Happy 75th anniversary to the 22nd Amendment!
Presidents are not kings, and they can not be elected to a third term in office, thanks to the amendment that was ratified 75 years ago this week.
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
You know what would be really "tough on crime"? Living wages, fully funded schools, affordable housing, universal healthcare, and a little empathy for those in need.
"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
Happy Monday. Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
https://t.co/o9iZ6DqzEf
Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign.
Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world.
This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
At a time when Trump wants to double premiums and throw 15 million off the health care they have, please remember that the U.S. is the only major country on Earth not the guarantee health care to all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
@MikeDro_ Atlanta used to be the in the NL West. Nobody now would want to go back to that. And a few years after the next realignment, all of the "I fear change" people will forget about it and find something new to worry about.