Ben Kahn
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Open Source advocate, father, SCUBA diver, occasional drone pilot.
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"The ACA requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical claims, effectively capping their profit margins."
"The ACA requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical claims, effectively capping their profit margins."
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November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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"The ACA requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical claims, effectively capping their profit margins."
"The ACA requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of the premiums they collect on medical claims, effectively capping their profit margins."
Hey! Did you know that the ACA limits the profit margins for health insurance companies to 20%? Sure that's a high margin, but when it first passed, some people got refund checks!
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hey! Did you know that the ACA limits the profit margins for health insurance companies to 20%? Sure that's a high margin, but when it first passed, some people got refund checks!
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Well now hold on.... We don't know if this is good or bad until we know how many US citizens they want to be deporting.
June 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Well now hold on.... We don't know if this is good or bad until we know how many US citizens they want to be deporting.
I read this over and over again. But I still don't get it... Doesn't financial aid go to the schools, not individuals? If it went to people, this scan would have been popular before. Are the schools creating fake students?
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I read this over and over again. But I still don't get it... Doesn't financial aid go to the schools, not individuals? If it went to people, this scan would have been popular before. Are the schools creating fake students?
Doesn't everyone need an AI husband?
April 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Doesn't everyone need an AI husband?
Are you using balanced billing? If you have a daily meter reading via smart meter that's the only reason I can imagine you are seeing estimates at all.
April 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Are you using balanced billing? If you have a daily meter reading via smart meter that's the only reason I can imagine you are seeing estimates at all.
The estimate is recalculated yearly, usually in the summer or late fall ahead of the heating season. There is a big push to go to smart meters and big customers get daily usage data. It's not a bad idea to declare equipment changes, but I don't know how that works.
April 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The estimate is recalculated yearly, usually in the summer or late fall ahead of the heating season. There is a big push to go to smart meters and big customers get daily usage data. It's not a bad idea to declare equipment changes, but I don't know how that works.
I'm currently working for a gas company writing software that does this billing. You're overthinking how it works. Each customer has two numbers: base usage and then additional use per temperature decrease. That's it.
April 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm currently working for a gas company writing software that does this billing. You're overthinking how it works. Each customer has two numbers: base usage and then additional use per temperature decrease. That's it.
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Every time I recommend a musical, I get a without-fail chorus of "I don't like musicals. Will I like this?" I DON'T KNOW, people. It's your blind spot, not mine. Maybe don't hold any single work of art to the standard of magically curing you of your distaste for an entire unbelievably rich genre?
March 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Every time I recommend a musical, I get a without-fail chorus of "I don't like musicals. Will I like this?" I DON'T KNOW, people. It's your blind spot, not mine. Maybe don't hold any single work of art to the standard of magically curing you of your distaste for an entire unbelievably rich genre?