Veronica

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@BridgetPhetasy @benshapiro Being someones mother is everything, and you do not realize it until it happens. May God bless your sweet family. The Pham was a gift to me during COVID, thank you.

[Tim Carney @TPCarney]

A church in York Pa has issued a "Loud Kid Policy."

[Mr. Idaho @IDSurvivalPrep]

Dude........

[In Otter News.... @In_Otter_News2]

Remember this film? Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a quiet little gem of pure Jim Henson magic. It's a 1977 cult classic following two hardworking otters (so nothing like Steve and Brad) entering a talent show to buy each other Christmas gifts!

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@RandySmall @TamithaSkov @Vincent_Ledvina @AuroraNotify Ferndale

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

— Franz Kafka

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@MdBreathe @DutchRojas I paid cash price for an imaging procedure last week, $198. Billed charge to an insurance company? $1,798. Self-employed, on a bronze pla, premiums are > $21,000 for two. Broken system, killing the middle class.

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@emzanotti https://t.co/AyN5fR8oAK

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@emzanotti https://t.co/HHo7Cwg2LB

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@emzanotti https://t.co/d1ZLjbjmBg

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@emzanotti https://t.co/GPEivFspix

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@Sling @MLB paid to stream and can't watch the game? What gives?

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@PuppiesIover

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@emzanotti @jdskyles " a player on a streak has to respect the streak.” 
-Crash Davis, Bull Durham.
Prety sure this applies to fans.

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

Dear Everyone,

You’ve been lied to.
Exploited.
Abused by Washington, D.C.

You knew something was broken,
but couldn’t put your finger on it.

Here’s the evidence:

The ACA effectively outlawed catastrophic insurance coverage.

That’s the single biggest lie.

Because true catastrophic coverage, for every American, would cost only $100 to $125 per month.

Catastrophic means: everything under $10,000 is direct pay or supplemental.

Everything above is insured.
Simple. Affordable. Transparent.

And here’s the kicker: that “under $10,000” category isn’t small.

It’s the real market:

15 billion labs
1.2 billion physician visits
400 million PT visits
300 million radiology scans
100 million gastroenterology treatments
70 million outpatient procedures

In a functioning market,
those services would compete on price.

Competition forces mean reversion,
prices fall toward efficiency.

Think Walmart, think Amazon.

Instead, Medicare’s facility fee schedule distorts reality.

It shoves routine services into hospitals and HOPDs where there’s no price competition, only monopoly pricing.

That’s why your bill makes no sense.

That’s why independent doctors struggle.
That’s why Washington is lying to you.

Because if you had catastrophic coverage plus a functioning direct-pay market, healthcare would cost a fraction of what it does today.

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@CalebJHull

[Dean Phillips @deanbphillips]

Kudos to the Young Dems and Young Republicans of Connecticut for showing America how we move forward from these dark days.

[Better Phetasy @BetterPhetasy]

Being Poland is like sitting in the middle seat on an airplane next to two loud obese people who might eat you later.

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

@DannyDeraney

[Veronica @vasmith1284]

HIPAA rules limit sharing for treatment, payment, and operations and all sharing is subject to a minimum necessary use standard. If the IT guy looks at your records, it needs to be for the above listed reasons and subject to the minimum necessary use standard. https://t.co/oBSMuSFIXK