meansonny

I know history. I understand that the government broke companies up. But evolution of technology and innovation would have diminished the monopoly companies anyway (even without the government breaking them up). My post includes examples where monopoly busting would not have been needed bec...

[quote]True capitalism is a return to the robber barrons and the opposite of free markets[/quote] History proves otherwise. The train monopolies lost grip with the expansion of highways. The oil monopoly became irrelevant with the transition to gasoline powered vehicles (newer market with mor...

[quote]quote: No but UGA voted for 9 games and they're actually playing 2 P5 OOC. Alabama has 2 P5 OOC games every year starting in 2025 (and none of them are Ga Tech). Hardly what I call scared. Just make the schedules the same, I dont know why this is difficult[/quote] Personally, I like th...

5/1 and 5/6 pretty much serve the same purpose. 60 months fixed rate. The difference being the adjustments thereafter (annual adjustment or 6 month adjustment). If you feel a high chance that rates go down, you will benefit one of 3 ways. 1) lower 60 month rate than traditional 30/15 year ...

[quote]quote: Hmmmmmm....politicians interfering in the free market, what could possibly go wrong?!? University sports is a free market? Do you federal funding bro[/quote] This is like congress telling Tom Brady how much he can make from Hertz at the request of the NFL. Yes... this is in...

[quote]No reason to think he can’t do the same at a place like Auburn.[/quote] Playing UGA, Bama, and LSU? That's a reason. How are the trenches looking in Auburn? That is where you win in the SEC....

[quote]Georgia isnt 3 peating.[/quote] Because you predicted the repeat. Right?...

Follow up... Are negotiated fees at the facility level? The fees paid to BCBS from Emory may be different for the same service as the fees paid from Northside?...

I get it. I want the hospitals and doctors to make money. Insurance companies too. I also understand that the health insurance companies allegedly are using their size to negotiate prices on behalf of the customers. But there really isn't any free market capitalism going on here. It is like...

Why do you lie. We all know Cletus is your side piece....

I don't want to jinx anything. But I think Friday may be the last days of the ncaa outdoor track season. UGA is representing very well. It might be a fun watch if you catch it or dvr it....

As I said, it is basically a fascist system. There is no market for a consumer to shop prices. According to Finley, it isn't even the hospital using market forces (supply/demand) to set prices. If a consumer can't shop and a retailer can't react to the consumer, then it is clear as day not ca...

[quote]quote: Why should one insurance provider pay a different amount than another? Because providers negotiate reimbursement rates with insurance companies, same as lots of other businesses. [/quote] So the cost of service shouldn't have anything to do with the client? And that isn't fr...

Medical facilities need a McDonalds menu board with listed prices for each service. Unfortunately, their practice is typically to charge the maximum allotment for every insurance provider. Why should one insurance provider pay a different amount than another? Why can I not call a hospital a...

[quote]Biden is doing 300% more than him [/quote] Illegal shit? Trump is no angel. But Biden is a potato. And he literally does nothing....

[quote]Expect the government is entirely capable of fixing things. Thinking hey just leaving it to the free market will solve things isn’t the way at least not with something like healthcare[/quote] There are basic fundamentals about healthcare. And the government can't fix them. They can only ex...

Thanks for playing. Let me know when you can think of what congress can actually accomplish....

[quote]Yeah. Death sucks.[/quote] I'm pretty sure that is the opposite of the OPs point. The final years before death sucks. Getting old ain't for sissies....

[quote]start with peg missing on third row all the way right.[/quote] That's how my wife and i started each time. We would eliminate 1 corner, and then successfully work our way through pegs without getting anything stuck in the empty corner. We really didn't know what we were doing, but with...

[quote]quote: It is fascism. Pretty sure it’s not even close to fascism[/quote] State sponsored corporatism? I'm not a fascist expert. You will have to educate me by poking holes in what we have now.[quote]quote: forcing a 1 policy fits all approach to health insurance. What we have no...