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@#15 ... My goodness, what kind of health care insurance do you have? ...
One that I was able to afford, and one that had been great. ConnectiCare.
But now, ConnectiCare seems to be leaving Connecticut for some of its Medicare Advantage plans. A possible reason... ConnectiCare was purchased by a healthcare mega-player last year. So, ConnectiCare seems to have changed its focus from helping its members to pure profit.
But then I found out that the $700+ cost of the drug would result in my having to pay $300 a month.
So, I punted, and decided to fight the odds.
So, if I suddenly disappear from this most august site, the reason will be healthcare-for-profit.
Related...
ConnectiCare and Molina Healthcare (June 2025)
www.connecticare.com
... On Feb.1, 2025, ConnectiCare was acquired by Molina Healthcare. Molina is a growing company with more than 40 years of experience serving 5.1 million members across 22 states.
We are excited about the opportunities that Molina will bring to Connecticut.
Their expertise and commitment to the communities they serve will allow us to make improvements for our members and your patients. ...
Stated differently, in my view. ...
Their expertise and commitment to the communities they serve will allow us extract as much money as possible from our members and your patients.
Mr Musk trying to buy votes?
Elon Musk announces $1M giveaway for voters who sign petition in battleground states (2024)
www.nbcnews.com
... Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition, announcing Saturday that his pro-Trump super PAC would be awarding $1 million to a random signee every day from now until the election.
Musk initially launched the petition and referral offer in early October. His America PAC released the petition, which is in support of the Constitution's First and Second amendments.
The offer grew this week from $47 to $100 for registered Pennsylvania voters, and on Saturday, Musk unveiled the $1 million giveaway at a town hall event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ...
Fun tune. Apropos? Sometimes, always?
Regardless, I like the rolling percussion ...
fIREHOSE - Sometimes (1987)
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So, the wealthy owners in the football industry now seem to be exploiting and killing high-school students?
Can Texas high school football handle the heat?
www.reuters.com
... High school football is one of the United States' most revered traditions.
But it is under sharp pressure as the world suffers from intensifying heat waves, which Reuters recently revealed have morphed from intermittent events to globe-spanning phenomena we call "heat storms."
The consequences can be fatal. In the last decade, twelve high school football players have died from heat-related illness. The passion and the threat are particularly intense in Texas, where heat storms are transforming what football looks like. ...
They gotta have that football revenue, even if it means killing off high-school students.
Maybe MAGA's DoJ should look first in its own backyard?
MAGA Influencer Who Makes Frequent Claims of Dem Voter Fraud Let Three Unrelated People Use His Address to Vote: Report
www.mediaite.com
... MAGA influencer Scott Presler, who has routinely accused Democrats of voter fraud, has been accused of allowing at least three people unrelated to him and who do not live with him to use his Pennsylvania home address to cast their ballots in 2024.
Hartnett added:
An individual who wishes to vote in Pennsylvania must, by state law, reside in the state and the intended election district for at least thirty days before Election Day. The address provided when registering to vote must be considered the residence . . . in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.' The law also makes clear that a person shall not be considered to have gained a residence in any election district of this State into which he comes for temporary purposes only, without the intention of making such election district his permanent place of abode.'
Presler's PAC Early Vote Action said in a statement to The Bulwark, "Mr. Presler is a generous person who, over time, has had friends find residency in his home while actively working and residing in Pennsylvania. EVA PAC takes its voter registration compliance with law very seriously. Several of the residents that once lived in Scott's home have now since departed and found residence elsewhere in other states"yet as you've shown, the PA voter rolls continue to reflect their names here. It is pure madness that PA can't clean up their voter rolls."
But Hartnett also investigated "financial documents, voting records, and social media activity" that "calls into question whether these friends' had truly established residency in Pennsylvania as defined in state law." He continued: ...
Alphaville - Forever Young (1984)
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