from Exterior the Field with Flash Shelton, from greater than a 12 months in the past.
Arduous to excerpt. The man tells how he creatively and non-violently (and even considerably humanely) obtained squatters out of his home in order that he might put up for sale.
by Leonidas Zelmanovitz, Legislation & Liberty, January 1, 2025.
Excerpt:
Subsequently, I hurried to seek the advice of a specialist to rearrange for surgical procedure to resolve the issue definitively. He graciously acquired me the subsequent day. After discussing one of the best process for my case, to my disbelief, he advised me he was solely capable of schedule an appointment with a surgeon no sooner than three weeks later. The surgeon would then inform me what number of weeks or months it could take him to schedule the surgical procedure. Solely after I insisted did the specialist give me an antibiotic to forestall an an infection.
By then, I spotted that based on the “protocols” adopted in the USA for related circumstances, as soon as the emergency has handed, the process to handle the issue is taken into account an “elective” one. So, no precedence is given to individuals in my state of affairs—not less than in the USA. Once I known as my previous physician in Brazil, he was capable of carry out the identical process the American beneficial the next Sunday.
I don’t query the technical abilities or widespread decency of the professionals I interacted with in the USA—the service I obtained on the ER was quick and skillful, fixing a problem that might have shortly escalated to a life-threatening situation. Nonetheless, there is no such thing as a query that I obtained higher and well timed therapy in Brazil at a fraction of the price of performing the identical process right here within the US. The query then is, why is that so?
by John C. Goodman, Forbes, December 29, 2024.
Excerpt:
An necessary software personal insurers use to keep away from pointless spending and inappropriate care is to require preauthorization for a selected drug, remedy, or process. Docs have a tendency to treat these procedures as burdensome and irksome. But solely 7.4% of requests by sufferers in Medicare Benefit and Medicaid managed care plans are denied. Furthermore, within the overwhelming majority of appeals (83.2%), the preliminary denials are overturned.
When you observe the well being coverage literature, you is likely to be led to consider that the denial price is a particular drawback in Medicare Benefit. The truth is, the denial price in Medicaid is twice that of the Medicare Benefit price.
Some policymakers have determined to take intention at using AI in producing denials. On the similar time, some docs are utilizing AI to file their appeals—drastically lowering the time to file and growing the success price. But each traits needs to be applauded if the will is to make all the course of extra environment friendly.
Total, our medical insurance system will be improved, and students related to the Goodman Institute have proposed some ways to try this. However we can’t have a system that works nicely with out corporations that carry out the features well being insurers are performing at present.
by Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Avenue Journal, January 1, 2025.
Excerpt:
As nations use an increasing number of supposedly low-cost photo voltaic and wind energy, a wierd factor occurs: Our energy payments get costlier. This exposes the environmentalist lie that renewables have already outmatched fossil fuels and that the “inexperienced transition” is irreversible even below a second Trump administration.
The declare that inexperienced vitality is cheaper depends on bogus math that measures the price of electrical energy solely when the solar is shining and the wind is blowing. Fashionable societies want around-the-clock energy, requiring backup, typically powered by fossil fuels. Meaning we’re paying for 2 energy methods: renewables and backup. Furthermore, as fossil fuels are used much less, these energy sources must earn their capital prices again in fewer hours, resulting in much more costly energy.
