52fighters
Interests: Linux, Economics, Politics, & Religion.
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52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Month-long awareness celebrationsEnglish9·10 days agoJune belongs to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since Catholics live everywhere, I would say month long celebrations are everywhere.
China is about a fascist as they come. One virtue doesn’t eliminate 100 vices.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claimsEnglish14·11 days agoNot this far from the front lines. This was in the Russian rear.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto News@lemmy.world•After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they leftEnglish341·12 days agoHegseth said war is imminent. I have no idea is that’s true bit this is the sort of thing you do when you expect war is near.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto News@lemmy.world•US children of divorce have reduced earnings, study saysEnglish1·14 days agoSafety nets are there, it is just that the nets don’t provide equality between families. If you are born into a family with parents who divorce, that’s a hardship the government cannot entirely protect you from.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldEnglish2·14 days agoOne of my family members had that job for a good while. What’s interesting is the phone companies did not keep great records of what’s copper and where it is, so a lot of it is likely to remain in place for a long time. Something else he has seen is thieves cutting fiber, thinking it is copper, and causing outages, although that is less frequent than it was years ago.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Trump agenda bill would block Medicaid from covering gender-affirming careEnglish110·15 days agoAlthough not popular here, this is popular among a large majority of Americans.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Google is Using AI to Censor Independent WebsitesEnglish9·15 days agoI seek out out-of-the-way websites maintained by one or two people and then subscribe by RSS. RSS may be the only thing left keeping the web sane.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English13·15 days agoThere are certain students the administration is likely going to want as international students. Israelis, white South Africans, and Hungarians, for example.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldEnglish153·16 days agoI remember when phone lines were made of copper. We were sure that it would be impossible for everyone to have a phone.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•This ad that claims that windows 11 is 3 times faster than windows 10English6·16 days agoI’m going to guess 11 is slower than 10 on equal hardware.
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Let’s say I speak out of experience. My income sat right on the line and found out that we had a lot better healthcare options with private insurance because so few medical offices wanted to take Medicaid. Those that did were much lower in quality. If I moved to a state that expanded Medicaid, I’d be thrown back into it, and I don’t want that to happen. I’m sincerely better off with something else. That’s why I know so much about Medicaid vs. Obamacare for families that are above poverty but not wealthy.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'English2·17 days agoThe roots were more substantial. The political leadership in Moscow took offense when their religious leaders in Kiev (Kiev was the religious capital of their brand of Orthodoxy) went to the Council of Florence and agreed to union with the Catholic Church. Corrupt secular leadership in Moscow feared accountability to anyone so they deposed the Metropolitan (a type of bishop) of Kiev and then ordered the bishops of Moscow to elect their own patriarch. That’s how it got started. And the Russian Orthodox are insane. Many go so far as to say that the Catholic Church has no valid sacraments at all. They frequently get in the way of restoration of union between Rome and other Eastern Orthodox but I feel like we’ve hit a break point where others in the east have had enough. It is time to say “NO” to Moscow. Your political organization masquerading as a religion has done enough harm. Go to the pits of hell where you belong.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPMtoCatholic - Catholicism on Lemmy@lemmy.sdf.org•A ‘powerful witness’ against the death penaltyEnglish1·17 days agoArchbishop Naumann has a powerful story about his father being murdered and the triumph of Christ over sin. Here he talks about serving as a witness against the death penalty.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'English132·18 days agoThe Russian Orthodox are in schism from most other Orthodox. You’ll need to get more information to get an answer to that question.
Russian Orthodoxy was established from it’s foundation as a fake religion that exists to keep political power in Moscow. This is very different from other Orthodox.
People on Medicaid are more likely to utilize emergency room services because they have access to fewer providers and have zero incentive to try lower cost services first. It is very reasonable that giving some of these people access to private insurance at very low or no cost will result in significant savings, even after insurer profits since they will be more likely to start with a doctor office visit or urgent care instead of emergency rooms. This should also free ER resources for more urgent medical cases.
Low income families that get booted from Medicaid will get nearly the same coverage from Obamacare.
Examples:
Family of 4. Male, age 30. Female, age 30. Male, age 10. Female, age 10. Saline County, Kansas. Annual household income $32,500 (just over the poverty level). The cost of health insurance is zero and the maximum out of pocket for the entire family for the full year is $4k. Click here for a screenshot.
Second scenario, same information, except the household income is $40,000 (just below 125% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. You may notice the rates are the same!
Third scenario, same information, except the household income is $48,000 (just below 150% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. Still very affordable!
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgto Technology@lemmy.world•‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heardEnglish915·18 days agoYour phone is doing it too. TV too, if you have one. Don’t forget about your doorbell!
The sale is the entire company and assets to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
NPR reported in this issue:
I don’t know much about Regeneron Pharmaceuticals but previously I read from others here that they represent the best case scenario.