This will be a running and updated post on the cost estimates of the AHCA by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) 17:20 TLDR It is about the same bill that got scored in March with marginal changes. CBO does not think MacArthur/Upton will have large net effects 16:22 The …
Incentives from caps in Medicaid
I was on a webinar this afternoon listening to analysis and “analysis” of the Medicaid proposals in the AHCA. One of the things that I wish they brought up was the incentives that a cap structure gives state Medicaid directors to severely limit care that patients with outlying care requirements can receive. Let’s assume that …
Fox News Trifecta? (Open Thread)
As you’ve probably heard, Trump toady Sean Hannity has been shamelessly exploiting the tragic death of DNC staffer Seth Rich to distract folks from the RussiaGate scandal that is engulfing Trump’s administration. Fox News went along for a while. But as it became increasingly clear that the story is an absurd conspiracy theory propagated by …
Open Thread for All Purpose Assholery
Stay out of the fucking thread below.
Help Me With My Music Library
I spent the last month importing every single CD I own. I imported it all to a LaCie external drive. I opened Itunes today, and it “organized” my external hd and 90% of my music is gone. Here is what I need besides a hockey puck sized sedative and a box of kleenex. All I …
Advice From A Former President
This is excellent. Dear @realDonaldTrump: Former Mexican President @VicenteFoxQue has an important message for you. pic.twitter.com/1BqWYtHf1p — Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) May 24, 2017 Open thread!
Open Thread
Looks like time for a new thread. Have at it! ETA: I wish I was still living in Colorado. I’d have taken off today and gone to setup a campsite for a few days and then head back home for the night with fresh trout for dinner. We would drive the hour after work, …