April 23.
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zinn
This article poses the question: Do you really need someone to take you and bring you back from your colonoscopy? Do they need to stay in the facility where it is being done? The article wrestles with the medical reasons for the requirement. It misses my point given The Good Life—How sad it is that this question comes up as often as it does: a lawyer in NYC has no one he can ask to take him. That is the definition of loneliness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/health/medicare-insurance-fraud.html?smid=em-shareMedicare Advantage: IF YOU SAW THE AD DURING THE SUPERBOWL ABOUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CUTTING BACK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: The showdown underscores just how important — and lucrative — Medicare Advantage has become to insurers and doctors’ groups that are paid by the federal government to care for older Americans. Roughly $400 billion in taxpayer money went to these private plans last year. Profits on Medicare Advantage plans are at least double what insurers earn from other kinds of policies, according to a recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
But numerous studies from academic researchers, government watchdog agencies and federal fraud prosecutions underscore how the insurers have manipulated the system by attaching as many diagnosis codes as possible to their patients’ records to harvest these bonus payments.
To the surprise of many in the industry, leaders in Congress have not stepped forward to vigorously defend the private plans.
Not all of the plans oppose Medicare’s overhaul of the payment regimen. The Alliance of Community Health Plans, which represents nonprofit insurers, supports the Biden administration’s move on this issue….
I AM FASCINATED BY THE COURSES OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ARE TAKING. WITH THIS IN MIND, A CRITIQUE.
https://unherd.com/2023/03/america-is-fighting-the-wrong-university-wars/I have been giving a lot of thought to the point of universities and the changing dynamic of how they contribute and at what cost. This article addresses the topic with the Florida Governor making headlines but missing the larger point—that is, “higher education” for again?
Streaming Shows: HBO: The Last of Us-Well acted Science Fiction with actors from Game of Thrones
Paramount: 1883—Lovely but hard Western with Sam Eliot among others.
Peacock: Poker Face —This actress is not easy but the premise and plots for the first half of the season was entertaining. If you like Columbo, you will like this.
Old Song: I can’t recommend Richard Thompson enough; he IS the greatest guitarist you have never heard of. “I Misunderstood” is a treat. With more humor, he does a Celtic version of a country western song in “1952 Vincent Black Lightening.”
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