We have sitting politicians whose brain-body connection is running on a higher ping than a Venezuelan kid in an American CoD lobby and they're voting on life changing policies. Dear god
Number of Americans who have lost or dropped health insurance this year:
3.4 million
Number of American children living below the poverty line this year:
10.9 million
Trump family revenue generated from cryptocurrency and digital-token businesses last year:
2.3 Billion
Number of disclosed stock/equity transactions by Donald Trump thus far this year:
5,076
National average price for regular gas:
$4.10 per gallon
Number of confirmed measles cases in the US thus far this year:
2,777
Number of mass shootings in the US last year:
408
Number of transgender players in the WNBA:
ZERO
As an ex Amazonian, can confirm this here is the most accurate blow by blow description of Amazon culture.
And after all this, once a quarter, a VP will write an email -
Dear Team,
It’s always Day 1 and <leadership principle > <leadership principle > <leadership principle > and we need <leadership principle > <leadership principle > <leadership principle > and thanks to our organisation restructuring <leadership principle > <leadership principle > we can now help thousands of customers <leadership principle > <leadership principle >. It’s always day 1!
Young people are constantly told that we can’t have basic things other countries have like universal healthcare, universal childcare, paid leave, living wages, and clean air and water because it negatively impacts the profits of large corporations.
Call that whatever you want.
@mtkonczal Do you account for massive tax cuts during Covid that inflated the economy and dem leadership trying to reign it in during the past administration? What about the tariff tax being applied to all Americans now? And another tax cut for billionaires?
Lol they revised May and June payrolls growth from 150,000 per month down to 10,000 per month.
I’m sure it was just an honest mistake when they overestimated it by 1,400% thirty days ago.
The question is the path to that end point. Total Transparency to the contract level is one required element
The bigger issue is that the big ins comps control 230m, or 2/3 of the country and the big PBMs control 275m. That's total control.
They design plans that put the credit risk of patient deductibles and out of pocket on providers. Think of how insane that is. They literally design their plans, that employers , ACA, Medicare (D and MA) offer in a way that removes ALL credit risk from them.
In a country where 40pct of adults don't have $400, and the ave deductible is $2500, that's a cluster fuck. Whether it's employer driven or not. The same applies to pharmacy and medical benefits
When a large employer pays so little that their full time employees qualify for Medicaid , (or any public assistance ) we the taxpayers are effectively subsidizing that big company. That’s wrong