ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Butter, it's good for you!
Just ask Bobby

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

 black321 wrote:

I put butter on oatmeal and just let 'em do battle. 

Eat your oats! (but not the sugary stuff)

Key Takeaways

• Eating oatmeal for two days can cut bad cholesterol by about 10%.
• This was due to the oats increasing antioxidants in the blood and changing the gut microbiome.
• The cholesterol-lowering effects of oatmeal can last for six weeks.

What happens to your cholesterol when you eat oatmeal for 2 days in a row

Luigi Mangione admits to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO as he pleads guilty in federal case

"I want to believe"

 R_P wrote:

nah, the sociopaths were usually their shaman.

The Bottom Line

Death Valley?

 R_P wrote:
Add simply outstanding Norwegian socio-economic outcomes and high rates of social mobility that the USA is unlikely to ever accomplish.

Thankfully the US state is focused on the priority of ethnic cleansing occupied Palestine and protecting the Zionist Israeli apartheid system which clearly means a lot to supporters of the Democratic Party.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I'd buy that shirt again - wore the old one out.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
Add 25 paid vacation days a year.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

I really need to flog my old "silent auction & chili feed insurance co." merch some more.

 R_P wrote:

its part of how the "system" incentivizes the overbilling
https://www.healthcaredive.com...
https://www.healthcaredive.com...

ps, Mark Cuban, who launched a cost plus pharmacy business, is doing a great job calling out the issues with US healthcare. You can follow his updates on linkedin

I am sharing this as a gift article

The Health Care Diaries of Five Americans

This isn't a problem caused by the expiration of the extended subsidies, it's a problem of priorities, greed, and inaction.  

Someone is going to have to try and run on fixing healthcare, and have a reasonable plan in place during the primaries.  It's killing our ability to compete and innovate.

The first example is staggering...

Lance Loewenstein, 57, Parkville, Mo.

Job: Attorney, private practice
Household income: $144,000
2026 monthly bill: $3,698.67 for 2 people, up from $1,785.72 in 2025
2026 premiums + maximum out-of-pocket cost: $61,984.04

$17.6k potential out of pocket after spending $120 per day for health insurance?  WTF?!?

Corporate 'efficiency' Non-profit 'ethics'
Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement

In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government for medical conditions patients didn’t have. 

The settlement, announced Jan. 14, resolves whistleblower lawsuits that accused the giant health insurer of mounting a years-long scheme in which it overstated how sick patients were to illegally boost revenues. (...)