tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post4287363718835825706..comments2023-10-02T01:53:29.451-06:00Comments on Naval Air Cowman: Another good sayingPrairieAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-89944313653296954502017-03-12T10:40:57.746-06:002017-03-12T10:40:57.746-06:00Thanks Paul. It's fixable but only if American...Thanks Paul. It's fixable but only if Americans stop having koobecaf do their thinking for them.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-54409549132009454312017-03-11T23:12:50.620-07:002017-03-11T23:12:50.620-07:00First: Don't know how I missed a couple of day...First: Don't know how I missed a couple of days of posts. Second: The post is great ( as usual ), but your answer at 0924 hrs is absolutely outstanding. Third: I think that the entire Federal system is so broken that it needs to be thrown away and we start over, maybe by following the U.S. constitution ( a radical idea, but what the heck ). Likely many of the state governments need the same action, I know the Oregon's does.<br /><br />Paul L. Quandt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-28486797896368756542017-03-11T09:24:52.582-07:002017-03-11T09:24:52.582-07:00My first two steps:
1. Give people the option to ...My first two steps:<br /><br />1. Give people the option to pay real costs as opposed to swindle costs. If you're in the pool, great, let your insurance company go hog wild. If you're out or opt out of the pool, however, you pay only real costs. In my example, I'd pay $50 for the drug plus five minutes of LPN time at the hourly rate plus a REASONABLE facilities fee plus a REASONABLE profit margin. So instead of $850 a day I'd pay $50 + $2.50 + $2.50 + $6 so $61. I'd be able to pay that because my insurance premiums would go into a HSA.<br /><br />2. Start a 10-year phaseout of overpaying. Better to do it over a reasonable time than immediately.<br /><br />Yes, a hell of a lot of overpaid and underworked medical "staff" would have to get different jobs. Same with insurance companies. But it's no more my responsibility to support them than it is their responsibility to chip in on my ranch, which after all produces food (and no, we don't get farm payments; ranchers is too stoopid to fill out the forms right).<br /><br />The legal lottery system would have to be crushed as well. And medicare. Again, for 10 years you'd have an opt in or out decision. Opt out you get everything you paid in in cash to spend at the casino or put into a HSA.<br /><br />I think you'd also have to make it legal to punch irrational screechers in the mouth. But we should do that anyway.<br /><br />So there are my initial thoughts.<br /><br />Oh, and people who work for the government shouldn't be able to vote. Think it through. It's not vindictive, it's just that it skews the system.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-29703533505847373582017-03-10T21:52:11.667-07:002017-03-10T21:52:11.667-07:00Your take on this seems reasonable to me. How woul...Your take on this seems reasonable to me. How would you fix the system?Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-9293387198753779462017-03-10T19:25:46.523-07:002017-03-10T19:25:46.523-07:00Ahhh, for certain values of normal... :)Ahhh, for certain values of normal... :)PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-82232684813789954072017-03-10T16:04:08.806-07:002017-03-10T16:04:08.806-07:00Are you feeling more like normal?Are you feeling more like normal?SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-20857630472640528442017-03-10T09:23:56.587-07:002017-03-10T09:23:56.587-07:00Thanks Sarge. In truth it won't be hard to fix...Thanks Sarge. In truth it won't be hard to fix the system. Getting people to be honest and open minded and do the math and not get sidetracked by shiny stuff? (Sighs deeply, rolls up sleves...).PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-29408562557274622642017-03-10T08:57:03.329-07:002017-03-10T08:57:03.329-07:00Most interesting, I'm guilty of thinking that ...Most interesting, I'm guilty of thinking that the system works.<br /><br />Well, it does, but only for a select few.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-39645173501499726112017-03-10T08:45:23.455-07:002017-03-10T08:45:23.455-07:00Stole it (the image) from whackopaedia, of course....Stole it (the image) from whackopaedia, of course. Forgot to cite the source, as usual. Thanks for the reminder. The statue resides in Madrid.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-31755763428199686352017-03-10T08:43:56.863-07:002017-03-10T08:43:56.863-07:00Thanks Unk. I b'leve I will.Thanks Unk. I b'leve I will.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-80449366481417257602017-03-10T08:09:55.329-07:002017-03-10T08:09:55.329-07:00Where on Earth did you find a statue of Rosinante?...Where on Earth did you find a statue of Rosinante? SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-83404103334985711772017-03-10T08:02:44.784-07:002017-03-10T08:02:44.784-07:00Superb - well said Shaun. Perhaps you should consi...Superb - well said Shaun. Perhaps you should consider sharing this with your elected noobs in the DC swamp.Oregonyounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05427399950000896015noreply@blogger.com