Remain cam – Man accidentally shoots nail into heart, drives himself to hospital | abc11.com
A Wisconsin man who doctors say came perilously close to death after accidentally shooting a nail into his heart while working on his house calmly drove himself to the hospital and even parked his pickup truck in the lot before walking into the emergency room.
Can you say lucky?
The Googlebots strike again. There were 4 more at the top of the next page.
From the Way Back machine, the beauty and trust division – Sonora Bust, written by Chuck Maultsby as performed by Chuck Wagon and the Wheels.
Back “in the day,” this band frequented Peggy’s Hi-Lo and The Olympic Dance Hall and Saloon. Guess I did to, lol…
Lyrics for the 1st verse and chorus….
I’m bringing in a load from Culiacan
(They know what train I’m on)
Folks back home think I won’t be long
(They know what train I’m on)
Got the bottom of my suitcase lined with snow
(Ain’t got too far to go)
A Federale ‘hind me I better go a slow
(Ain’t got too far to go)Well anything you need’s down in Mexico
Smellin’ that money’s what made me go
Thought i was smart, that ain’t the case
Now I got a gun aiming at my face
It’s a mighty frightening feelin’
As you can imagine, it’s downhill from there.
Softheon is hoping a new web broker access option will speed up the signup process.
From Thinkadvisor.com – New HealthCare.gov Flexibility Could Ease 2018 Pain: Exec
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency in charge of HealthCare.gov, intends to move the end date of the open enrollment period to Dec. 15, from Jan. 31 in the past few years. Given how short the open enrollment period will be, “brokers are going to have to make sure they’re super efficient,” Baker said. “The window is going to be so tight.” (emphasis added).
In Colorado this is nothing short of hilarious. Brokers are going to have to make sure they are super efficient? And how the **** are they (we) going to do that? We have our on exchange and it sorta works, but anyone who wants a tax credit has to enroll in Medicaid through Colorado PEAK under the auspices of the Dept Of Health Care Policy and Finance (HCPF). That is a complex and error prone process. It could be somewhat curtailed if Medicaid/PEAK asked very simple questions when starting the application. A few examples that come to mind are:
Unfortunately, the fly in the ointment is for adults with middle class incomes that have children. Their children will most likely qualify for CHP+, which means they have to fill out the complete Medicaid application.
So where does that leave brokers? They need to dispense with assisting clients with the Medicaid application. One, it’s a liability risk. Secondly it’s extremely time consuming. And if there are issues, it’s now an order of magnitude more time consuming. The solution, brokers should stop assisting clients (especially new clients) with PEAK/Medicaid applications. This should be pushed down to the organizations that are (supposedly) best qualified to handle this, Connect for Health, the online PEAK application or the clients local Dept of Health and Human Services.
I will be notifying my existing clients that I will assist with simple changes such as reporting a change in income. Anything complex, can you say divorce or applying with a VISA, will have to go through Connect for Health or HHS. For new clients, if they need a new determination, they must apply on-line on their own, call Connect for Health or visit their local Dept HHS office.
Saving the planet, one city at a time: Nederland aims for 100 percent renewables by 2030 — if not sooner – Boulder Daily Camera
The town of Nederland is poised to become the 42nd community in the country to commit to achieving 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030.
A feel good action that makes no difference in the world at all and will lead to higher electricity costs for Nederland.
It would be nice that cities who declare themselves 100% renewable would actually disconnect from the grid. No coal, no natural gas, no nuclear. All wind and solar, well I’ll allow some hydro. So when the wind doesn’t blow and by inspection we know the sun doesn’t shine 24 hours a day even in Boulder County, they will be relying on Elon Musk’s government subsidized batteries. Come to think of it, almost everything Elon does is government subsidized. What a great life that must be!
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This should get their attention!
This is what happens when you start posting about the almighty google, your website suddenly becomes very popular with their Googlebots:
(click to enlarge – just kidding, doesn’t work)
Get your Goolag (Diversity of opinion will NOT be tolerated) T-Shirt today.
Criticize Google and all of a sudden Googlebots are busy visiting.
This blog gets almost no attention, which is most likely about what it deserves. That said, of the last 17 visitors, 11 are Googlebots. It sure seems the way to get Google’s attention is to criticize them and push their competitor that preserves your privacy.
DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn’t track you.
Glenn Reynolds – THIS IS SO WEIRD AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF HOPE AND CHANGE: One in eight American adults is an alcoholic, study says. “I think the increases are due to stress and despair and the use of alcohol as a coping mechanism.”
Indeed, the study’s findings are bolstered by the fact that deaths from a number of these conditions, particularly alcohol-related cirrhosis and hypertension, have risen concurrently over the study period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 88,000 people a year die of alcohol-related causes, more than twice the annual death toll of opiate overdose.
I was curious if the definition of alcoholism had changed. That doesn’t seem to be the case. The definitions of both alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are described in the article and seem more than reasonable.
Frankly, the results are frightening.
Nothing to see here move along. BUT if you move along, you need to ask yourself if you care about debate in climate science or if you believe in the religion of climate change.
Source: Fired Google engineer Damore says company is ‘like a cult’
Damore wrote in the op-ed that he “committed heresy against the Google creed by stating that not all disparities between men and women that we see in the world are the result of discriminatory treatment.”
Damore said that when he tried to engage in “reasoned discussion” with his peers on the issue, “mostly I was ignored.”
While his cause has lit up the conservative blogosphere, Damore chose to quote famous leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky.
“As Noam Chomsky once observed, ‘
Damore wrote in the op-ed that he “committed heresy against the Google creed by stating that not all disparities between men and women that we see in the world are the result of discriminatory treatment.”
Damore said that when he tried to engage in “reasoned discussion” with his peers on the issue, “mostly I was ignored.”
While his cause has lit up the conservative blogosphere, Damore chose to quote famous leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky.
“As Noam Chomsky once observed, ‘the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum,'” Damore wrote. (emphasis added)
Google has a problem, I don’t think they appreciate the magnitude. They will.
Democrats/Progressive and left wing nutjobs, you want more Trump, this is how you get more Trump – UNHINGED=> Dem Lawmaker: Kim Jong-Un “More Responsible” Than POTUS Trump
Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and vice chairman of the DNC said on Friday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is a “more responsible” leader than President Trump. Ellison’s statement was so egregious that left-wing activists in the audience gasped.
I expect the Powerline crew to weigh in on this shortly.
Colorado’s Glitchy New Medicaid Payment System Has Some Doctors Declaring ‘Crisis’ | CPR
Practices across the state have done financial gymnastics to stay afloat after the state’s Medicaid agency started to erroneously reject claims.
This is absolutely nothing short of pathetic. These doctors get paid almost nothing by Medicaid and it’s taking over 3 months for them to get paid.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, recently said the state wants the problems fixed.
“We will make sure that everyone gets their money. Guaranteed. Everyone will get the money which they are entitled for,” Hickelooper said. “Clearly making people wait three months to get paid is unacceptable. There’s no question about that.”
And Hickenlooper worries about hurting some of the state’s “most strongly committed and passionate” providers. “The last thing we want to do is penalize them for taking on their Medicaid patients,” he said. “We want if anything to reward them and make their lives easier.”
And here’s what one doctor did to meet payroll…
Dr. Jan Gillespie, an anesthesiologist in Greeley, said she’s waiting for about $100,000 in back claims. She stopped paying herself and loaned her practice money to make payroll. Nearly 40 percent of her patient mix is enrolled in Medicaid.
“I personally feel the passion to take care of those people,” said Gillespie. “But [the state is] making it impossible. I can’t do it if I have to appeal every claim to get paid.”
So my question to Chris Underwood, office director of the health information office for the state’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), is do you have any idea how to manage a large software development contract or do you simply hire a contractor and wash your hands of it. Are there incentives and penalties in the DXC Technology contract? Why is it OK to effectively use the Medicaid providers as guinea pigs? What right do you have to bring financial Armageddon onto their practices?
Of course, all of this is because of the Affordable Care Act?
Underwood acknowledges the problems, which include coding errors and providers who’ve struggled to successfully navigate the complex new system. He said once it’s fully performing, the system will be more flexible and precise, meeting new requirements under the Affordable Care Act to combat waste and fraud.
When it launched, providers had to be revalidated. “The number one reason we still have denied claims is because providers are not enrolled correctly or they’re not billing from the proper location,” Underwood said.
The department says it’s paid more than $3 billion in claims, and that just a small percentage of providers are still having problems. It’s beefed up its call center and wait times are down sharply. Underwood said it’s working one on one with about 200 providers. It’s even offered financial help of nearly $23 million to those who are still having problems with the vendor, DXC Technology.
Time and time again, government agencies underestimate the complexity of the software tasks they are asking contractors to accomplish. Let me give you a big hint, the kinds of errors that are occurring are direct a direct result of the weaknesses in project management and communication between HCPF and DXC Technology.
This is disgraceful.
Also, as a hint to author John Daley who apparently doesn’t have a public email address, there are similar incompetence issues in the state marketplace and in the HCPF system that determines Medicaid eligibility. However, the people affected are not doctors with a voice, but simple members of the public scattered throughout the state. They have no voice.
What’s not to like? Turns out drinking beer could help you think clearly | New York Post
Drinking beer boosts your creativity by inspiring more “Eureka” moments, a study found.Researchers say “mild intoxication” helped drinkers relax and cleared mental blocks.This increased
Anthem to pare back Obamacare offerings in Nevada and Georgia
U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc (ANTM.N) said on Monday it will no longer offer Obamacare plans in Nevada’s state exchange and will stop offering the plans in nearly half of Georgia’s counties next year.
They still have wiggle room in Colorado. They the only carrier offering coverage throughout the state, it would be a big problem if they withdrew, even partially, from our state.
The worst thing about the Trump presidency is that its failure risks opening the door for the equal and opposite — but much more ruthless — populism of the left.
Niall Ferguson: The biggest threat to free speech? It’s the left. – The Boston Globe
Freedom is rarely killed off by people chanting “Down with Freedom!” It is killed off by people claiming that the greater good/the general will/the community/the proletariat requires “examination of the parameters” (or some such cant phrase) of individual liberty. If the criterion for censorship is that nobody’s feelings can be hurt, we are finished as a free society. (emphasis added)
‘So Boulder’, not to mention ‘So Berkeley’ (Milo Yiannopoulos – February), ‘So Middlebury’ College (Charles Murray – March), ‘So Claremont McKenna’ (Heather MacDonald – April) , ‘So Berkeley’ again (Ann Coulter – April), ‘So Evergreen State College’ (Professor Bret Weinstein who refused to leave for no whites allowed on campus day) and ‘So Oxford’ (zoologist Richard Dawkins silenced by a radio show in of all places Berkeley apparently due to some criticism of Islam).
No doubt there are many more as once again Berkeley shines by not being able to find space for conservative speaker Ben Shapiro. Although apparently they have now found a location and Berkeley wants Ben to come. Gotta LOL in their face on that one.
Why would they do this? Oregon Officials Blow Off Press Inquiries Regarding Illegal Alien Rapist In Portland | Trending
Could it be that the subject of a rape that occurred in part due to sanctuary city policies was too uncomfortable to address? Is it possible that these Social Justice Warrior elected officials can’t square their policies with the reality of their consequences?
Say it ain’t so.
Stan Brock’s clinics march the country and do what the government is either unable or unwilling to: improve Americans’ access to health care.
Thousands Visit Free Clinics: ‘We’re The Middle Class, And We’re Here’ | The Federalist
It is a scene that would not be out of place in Jordan or on Europe’s Mediterranean shoes. Yet it unfolded in a small corner of America called Wise, Virginia, from July 21 to 23, at a temporary clinic offering free health care.
“We have great technology — if you can afford it,” says Stan Brock, the man with the British accent. “But millions and millions of people in this country simply cannot afford it. That’s why you’re seeing huge crowds like this.”
Mr. Brock goes on to comment on how the ACA didn’t help and he doesn’t see any of the updated proposals that will work…
As politicians debate and our president tweets about the best way to approach health care for Americans, Brock and his army of volunteers march the country and do what the government is either unable or unwilling to do: They make sure anyone within their reach has access to health care.
It’s obviously the fault of the two principal parties that don’t seem to be able to agree on the best way to do it,” Brock says as he sits in the RAM Command Center, a trailer in the parking lot outside the Wise Fairgrounds. “The Affordable Care Act didn’t fix it, didn’t make any difference to the size of the crowds we see all around the U.S. Then I read the House version and that’s not going to do it. And then I read the preamble, a couple hundred pages, to the Senate version and that’s not going to do it either.”
The system is broken, Brock says. But no one in government seems to be listening.
That leaves RAM and clinics like this one in Wise—where 2,000 people receive free medical, dental, and vision care—to serve as “the voice of the people,” he says.
The article goes on to discuss how the country is aligning itself behind single payer. To which I say, “be careful what you wish for.”
Reading through some of the people described, I am somewhat taken aback that they can’t get care. The ACA should be helping many. Medicaid would help others, but I think it depends on whether it’s been expanded or not. No doubt people have fallen through the cracks that some, but not all, should be benefiting from the ACA tax credits. Truly, the ACA has not made it into the nooks and crannies of the heartland.
But backing away from all of that, the root of the problems is the byzantine patchwork of our medical system. It’s a disgrace. Additionally, the ACA has forced consolidation of medical practices. This cannot, cannot be good. There are some good proposals out there, but this sentence from the article rings true…
They don’t care about his policies, tweets, or banal comments on French parades. When you’re making $700 a month and insurance costs $825, you just want someone to blow it all up and start over.
And that in a nutshell, is what needs to happen. The problem is no one has the political courage and the american citizens with a voice are scared of change.
