I can't even tell who that is supposed to benefit. Subsidies are the kind of low-income assistance conservatives prefer, aren't they?

The commute from my parents house to work is shorter than from my house. I'm not sure how I feel about that. No change in my immediate circumstances from yesterday.

Interview~ma, askye.

Interview~ma, askye.

In other news, troubleshooting this open source learning management system is proving rage-inducing. Just show the course on the catalog page! It's open for enrollment—show the blasted thing!

a D.O.G. Inspection

I spent way too long trying to figure out what that is.

It's tax dollars going to ACA and the poor it's the kind of thing people like Paul Ryan hate. Some GOP are upset but other aren't .

It means instead of costing $700/nth I paid $25. Although hpbealty my income fell below the $11,500 range and I should have reported it and I guess ended the subsidies but I never did. There is a min income level for subsidies because the GOP was against it being for everyone. Medicaid expansion should have helped those that make less than that but the expansion was optional and moat of the Republican controlled states opted out.

I can't even tell who that is supposed to benefit.

Nobody. These aren't the direct subsidies, but rather subsidies to insurance companies to offset especially expensive people. This backstop lets the insurance companies set their premiums lower which lowers the cost of the direct subsidies. So not only will this hurt people trying to get insurance through the ACA, but it will likely end up costing the government more since the subsidies will have to rise to deal with the higher premiums.

And of course it all ends up with people going back to the ER for primary care because insurance is too expensive.

That's what I thought, Gud. Thanks for confirming.

So stupid.

Have I ever shared my favorite TED Talk? This TED Talk changed my life and it's only a bit over 4 minutes.

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Atlas Fire is 27% contained! That's a big improvement.