Ben Lyon

Physician, love my family, my dogs, UK basketball, horse racing, travel,bourbon, and members of Ben’s Big Blue Basement

[Dr Mollie James @molsjames]

Small, independent practices are in a David vs Goliath battle daily.

Big medicine gets the tax-exempt status, the nonprofit status, the govt kickbacks, the grants, and the bailouts.

Meanwhile, my 8 clinicians and I pay thousands a month in property taxes, aren’t eligible for the grants because we don’t offer “standard therapies”, and offer a good percentage of charitable care to patients who need it.

Patients will need to support the good guys to get the kind of care they want.

[Liz Churchill @liz_churchill10]

These 6 major Media Outlets have refused to report on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s declassification that proves Dr. Fauci’s cover-up of the ‘Covid Pandemic’

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

"A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do."

— Thomas Sowell

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

@KySportsRadio Gaum. Make a mess. Quit gaumin.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren

She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements.

Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service.

JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022. Shareholders, flight attendants union, literally everyone voted yes.

The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%.

For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%.

Warren said no.

She wrote letters. She pressured Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024.

Her argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year.

Now look at her collateral damage she dusts under the rug.

510 pilots gone in the months after. 1,800 flight attendants furloughed in December.

14,000 jobs in 2023. 7,500 last week. Zero tonight.

And that’s just the people in Spirit uniforms.

Catering goes. Fuel guys go. Baggage crews, gate agents, airport coffee shops, hotels and rental cars in 70 cities Spirit flew to. Every airline job carries 3 more on its back.

40,000 people out of work because of one woman’s moronic crusade against the market.

And the math ain’t mathing.

Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those routes are up 14% on average. Oakland to Newark: $135 to $288. Fort Myers to San Juan: $92 to $219. Kansas City to Newark up 66%.

That’s reality. Not some BS number from a “study.”

So @SenWarren tell me how this saves the consumer money?

Cheap carriers in a market drop fares 21% across the board. Southwest did this in the 90s and saved Americans $68 BILLION over 20 years.

Warren killed it. That’s what moronic politicians led by socialism do.

Then with her own blind arrogance, she tweeted Spirit’s collapse is “a Biden win for flyers.”

A win.

14,000 people are reading termination letters tonight.

And she’s taking credit.

This is socialism in 2026.

A senator who’s never made payroll thinks she knows how to run a market better than the people who own and work in the company.

She saved you a billion on imaginary paper.

She cost you ten times that in real life.

She didn’t protect consumers from anything.

14,000+ will go from working to welfare.

She will make sure to blame billionaires, hardworking tax payers, AI, capitalism and whatever monster they will make up tomorrow hiding under your bed.

Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. More expensive everything.

She called it a win. I hope you enjoy winning.

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

Officials would foul our whole team out in the first half if we played like that

[BigBlueFlavaFlav(Commentary) @KentuckyHypeMan]

Man, I wish Pope would play a pressuring style of defense like Pitino

It's so fun to watch

#BBN

[Jason Oaks @Blood_runs_blue]

Mark Pope is the only coach in America that’s soft enough to take this whistle and not get T’d up already. He just bends over and takes it. We are Kentucky Basketball and he just takes crap like this.

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

And Mark Pope standing with hands on hips

[Larry Glover Live @larrygloverlive]

two fouls in 4 seconds on Chandler.

three fouls called on UK in one trip.

smh.

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

Serious question. Who’s playing in his place so I can bet them to score 30

[Brandon Ramsey @BRamseyKSR]

Iowa State All-America Joshua Jefferson is officially OUT for today’s Round of 32 matchup.

Jefferson averages 16.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.6 steals per game.

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

Your doctor went to medical school for 12 years. The person denying your claim went through a two-week training module.

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

Would love to see @UKMitchBarnhart publicly defend his coach and stand up to the league. Won’t hold my breath

[Vaughts' Views @vaughtsviews]

SEC fines @CoachMarkPope $25,000 and issues public reprimand for post-game conduct/ comments related to officiating after @KentuckyMBB loss to Auburn.
The comments made to @UKMitchBarnhart as he left media room apparently violate SEC Bylaw 10.5.3 (Sportsmanship) and the SEC Commissioner’s Regulation regarding Public Criticism of Officials, which prohibit coaches, student-athletes and institutional staff from publicly criticizing officials or disclosing officiating-related communications.
I say BS.

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

Totally agree Larry. Sick of Mark Pope standing over there letting his team get a terrible whistle every game

[Larry Glover Live @larrygloverlive]

The referees deserve to be lit up by the Kentucky staff in the post game media hit.

Just an amateur performance by the referee's.

Pope is too nice but at some point, you have to stand up for your team.

[Brent A. Williams, MD @BrentAWilliams2]

American MDs have NEVER been united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria, period.

It's all been pushed by a small group of radicals, and the powerful interests that support them.

[Robert Berry, DO @txsportsdoc]

This is why medicine will no longer attract the best and brightest. Come spend 17 years of your life to train, assume all the risk, take on enormous debt and get paid less than most trades these days. It’s hard to believe we allowed this. We are Medcine, Surgery, but somehow we turned our profession over to suits and allowed them to control us,get paid more than us and in many cases go work for them instead of ourself 🤷‍♂️

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

Seth Greenberg has spent five years going off on UK fans about their expectations.

There is nothing wrong with BBN expecting a consistent winner. This isn’t Virginia Tech

[Ben Lyon @ukbpl]

Good call @ChrisfrRichmond. Spot on with all of your points

[SEC Numbers Guy @secnumbersguy]

Ohio State finishes the season 2-2 against currently ranked opponents.

Turns out the Buckeyes were FRAUDULENT and simply propped up by a cupcake Big Ten schedule all season.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

"A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do."

— Thomas Sowell

[🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 @CRRJA5]

.@glennbeck I’m tired I’m worn out I’m fed up I’ve had enough
I’m tired of exposing corruption; nothing happens and no one goes to jail No one pays for a damn thing anymore.
💥Where is Pam? They have made good evil and evil good.
Nothing has happened with the biggest scandal in U.S. history and it went all the way to Obama’s White House.

✳️ Clinton Foundation/Uranium
✳️Hillary’s emails
✳️Obama SpyGate
✳️Russia Collusion
✳️Lying to FISA Courts
✳️Biden China deals
✳️Hunter’s Laptop

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Talking to independent physicians, it's obvious that the big insurance carriers are doing to them, what their PBMs are doing to independent pharmacies.

They deny, underpay, slow pay, clawback, and create administrative mazes, knowing their victims don't have the time or resources to fight.

Why ? By putting financial pressures on physicians and pharmacies, it makes them more likely to sell their businesses to them , close their doors, or refer the business to their captive pharmacy or provider. All benefitting the biggest insurance companies

We need to ditch the concept of "claims" and make every delivery of medications or care as a billable event that must, by law, be paid on a timely basis , with interest charges for any delays. If the physician or pharmacy doesn't deliver , the carrier has plenty of legal options already. As does the patient.

This is not an efficient market. This is the big guy abusing the little guy. It needs to change to better the care we get in this country