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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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The dividing lines in America have nothing to do with party affiliation anymore.
Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
Empaths, Sociopaths, and Why America's Divide Isn't About Politics Anymore
This is not about politics.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The dividing lines in America have nothing to do with party affiliation anymore.
Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/empaths-an...
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A 50 yr mortgage allows interest & fees to accrue over 50 yrs
A $500K payment isn’t significantly reduced beyond $100 -$150 & leaves them house poor.
W/o a $10K sales price reduction per $100K at set interest rates or a rate decrease to lower payments $500-$1K, only the banks win.
#Trumpflation
A $500K payment isn’t significantly reduced beyond $100 -$150 & leaves them house poor.
W/o a $10K sales price reduction per $100K at set interest rates or a rate decrease to lower payments $500-$1K, only the banks win.
#Trumpflation
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A 50 yr mortgage allows interest & fees to accrue over 50 yrs
A $500K payment isn’t significantly reduced beyond $100 -$150 & leaves them house poor.
W/o a $10K sales price reduction per $100K at set interest rates or a rate decrease to lower payments $500-$1K, only the banks win.
#Trumpflation
A $500K payment isn’t significantly reduced beyond $100 -$150 & leaves them house poor.
W/o a $10K sales price reduction per $100K at set interest rates or a rate decrease to lower payments $500-$1K, only the banks win.
#Trumpflation
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
By @deldeib.bsky.social
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Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.
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Consumers have expressed growing frustrations about rising prices “eroding their personal finances.”
Americans More Pessimistic About U.S. Economy—Job Market, Inflation Worries Deepen
Consumers have expressed growing frustrations about rising prices “eroding their personal finances.”
www.forbes.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Consumers have expressed growing frustrations about rising prices “eroding their personal finances.”
Has anyone else noticed the price for shoes ? SMH
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Has anyone else noticed the price for shoes ? SMH
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September 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Lovebird collects paper strips and tuck them between their tail feathers to transport back to the nest as building material.
August 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lovebird collects paper strips and tuck them between their tail feathers to transport back to the nest as building material.
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The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight.
Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight.
Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
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Hey Mark-
Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real.
Best project ever.
@costplusdrugs.com
Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real.
Best project ever.
@costplusdrugs.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hey Mark-
Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real.
Best project ever.
@costplusdrugs.com
Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real.
Best project ever.
@costplusdrugs.com
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Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors.
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors.
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
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I’m watching a live stream
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m watching a live stream
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When you clean for hours and then get reminded you have kids.
August 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When you clean for hours and then get reminded you have kids.
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Front page, @nytimes today
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
August 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Front page, @nytimes today
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
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The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
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