even with the Fubar, Medicare works better than most private insurance. Government contracting with all of its screwups manages to get roads built.
In some cases, it's the certainty of business. Example -- a lot of hotels accept government rate for government travel, even if government rate is a lot less than the hotel's regular rate, just because so many government employees are likely to be traveling at any one time. And government rate for a room is better than nothing. Or with Medicare, the Medicare rate is a lot better than the nothing that the doctor might otherwise recieve for the patient (or for not seeing the patient and having nobody in that time slot).
It sounds like the shutdown is coming down to banning federal funds to planned parenthood and preventing EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.
Really? REALLY?!? That fills me with rage. I am so damn sick of the hateful attitude of elected Repubs. I mean really? Is it so damn awful if some woman gets a partially government-funded pap smear? So bad that it's better to just shut down the government?
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Ugh. I think I should chew on a chill pill.
My bag went to Ft. Lauderdale. My brother and SIL are headed to Tampa. So my luggage got closer to their destination last night than they are now. Um.
Really? REALLY?!?
Depends on who you talk to apparently.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats and Republicans in Congress have essentially agreed on spending levels for the rest of the year, but a budget deal is being held up by a split over policy measures related to Planned Parenthood funding and clean-air regulation.
House Speaker John Boehner, speaking with reporters later, said no agreement had been reached. He denied that the so-called "riders" were driving the stalemate — saying he was committed to fighting for the most spending cuts possible.
When is the deadline - do we know for sure that the Feds are shutting down?
We had an extra long staff meeting this morning and I missed the news of the new quake until now. Glad the tsunami warning was cancelled.
I'm guessing that part of Japan doesn't have much left to come down.
Deadline is Friday midnight.
And is that 12:01 Friday, i.e., tonight?
No, Friday night. mr. flea has to officially come to work on Monday to be officially told what to do.
Ah, thanks. This is why I hate when people talk about midnight.
House Speaker John Boehner, speaking with reporters later, said no agreement had been reached. He denied that the so-called "riders" were driving the stalemate — saying he was committed to fighting for the most spending cuts possible.
How was he able to speak at all, with all the photo op crying he's been doing lately? (As always I apologize for my state; the fucker is not in my district so I could not vote against him.)
This is why I hate when people talk about midnight.
I am the same way!
