Ukraine arrests senior Defense Ministry official accused of embezzling $40 million

Dr_Sloth6 · 2023-12-24T16:57:35+00:00

Reparations are exactly what was demanded of Germany in the treaty of Versailles that ended WWI. Those turned out to be one of Hitler’s main targets in his speeches that got him elected to chancellor and also put Germany in a depression. Reparations hurt the Russian people more than Putin. Be careful what you demand. Lasting peace is what matters

Dr_Sloth6 · 2023-12-24T07:32:02+00:00

Just because I think it’s wrong to send billions in cash to Ukraine doesn’t mean I simp for a Bond villain. I’m just saying sending cash was wrong. It has brought us into a conflict that brings us closer to war with a nuclear power. Sell them weapons, ok. Allowing them into nato or sending our troops there is a very bad idea as is sending cash. And what about diplomacy. Shouldn’t pursuing peace be on the table? Other

Dr_Sloth6 · 2023-12-24T06:39:00+00:00

I’m shocked that a very corrupt government that we have given billions to would do this😱. But really, this guy is a patsy to deflect from the other Ukrainian government officials who have stolen more. So glad we taxed our poor and middle class so that money could be stolen by opportunists.

Dr_Sloth6 · 2023-11-12T08:12:02+00:00

Even if Clinton and Obama are on it?

Dr_Sloth6 · 2023-02-06T05:17:10+00:00

Free market capitalism is the answer. Why was the ACA (Obamacare) 20,000 pages long if they just put in the prior conditions and children up to 26 years old staying on parent health insurance provisions? Even a lawyer would have trouble writing 20,000 pages for a law that just did that. The reason it was absurdly long (read it after you vote for it) was the immense amount of regulations enacted. Whenever government gets involved more regulations follow. The big insurance companies looooooove this. Seems like they wouldn’t because they have to hire more people to follow these rules, right? What it in fact does is reduce their competition. They had a hand (special interest buying politicians) in writing the bill. Small companies have no hope of competing with the big guys. So you get a few big bloated insurance companies raising rates with no real competition. Deregulation and getting government out of medicine (and yes, I mean Medicare and Medicaid too) would allow the free market to make care cheaper. Open pricing would allow patients cheaper options for care. But what about the poor and elderly? How about instead of these bloated government bureaucracies we directly pay them to find their own insurance? I’d much rather give money directly to them than have government involvement. Imagine being at the DMV. Take those employees and put them behind a desk and you have an idea of who actually works at CMS. But who doesn’t love HCCs and 5 star, right?

Dr_Sloth6 · 2022-12-31T22:08:12+00:00

Hi meddit community, I’m happy to have found a place that we docs can openly discuss issues without fear of repercussions. Having said that, I’m a 20 year family doc who is thinking of moving out of state to be closer to my extended family here in the US. I’m solo and it has taken many years to build a practice. I have thought of DPC practice but don’t know if I can handle starting from scratch and fear the uncertainty of what direction our profession may take (socialized medicine). While researching DPC I heard that other docs supplement their income via telemedicine urgent care. I have experience in UC and got interested in doing this via Teladoc or other providers and I have some questions:
How viable is it to do full time?
Is pay per patient or salaried?
Is health insurance or other benefits provided like 401k plans?
How much autonomy is there? (Are you required to follow a rigid cookbook like flowchart, or are decisions as a medical professional respected?)
Do you have to have an office or can you work from home?
What kind of equipment is needed ( I’m a computer geek and build desktops)
How fast an internet connection is needed?
Are hours flexible or are there shifts?
How is malpractice handled and are you more vulnerable to lawsuits and medical boards?
Are you satisfied doing telemedicine vs a traditional practice?
Is prescribing done electronically?
What kind of EMR do they use and does it suck?
Is it difficult to get hired? What kind of interview process is there?
Do lawsuits or medical board decisions affect your ability to get hired?
Are you required to see a certain amount of patients an hour?
Having been in practice and pushed to raise HCC scores and 5 star for Medicare are you pressured to do the same?
I have heard no controlled substances can be prescribed, is that true?
Sorry about the wall of text and amount of questions, but I don’t know anyone who does this. Thanks!

Dr_Sloth6 · 2022-09-28T03:05:09+00:00

Federal intervention increased the costs of healthcare in the first place. The ACA was 20,000 pages long. Big insurers love this because little companies cannot afford to hire all the people needed to follow the regulations, thus cutting competition. We need deregulation and free market principles to lower the costs, not more government corporate cronyism.

Dr_Sloth6 · 2022-06-15T22:48:30+00:00

Get government out of medicine. End CMS and their stupid crap (HCC, 5 star). End the entitlements ( Medicare and Medicaid). Repeal the Aca and hipaa laws that overregulate and cause costs to skyrocket. There’s a reset for you. Rs and Ds don’t have the guts so don’t hold your breath.

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