I like the idea of 13 justices, with one overseeing each of the federal circuits.

Try Hoopla instead.

As evil as for-profit health insurance is, it's actually heavily regulated. These Christian coop schemes are not and can absolutely scam people and not pay out at all for reasons like not having evidence of adhering to a strict moral code (skipped church too many Sundays? Yeah that's a violation, coverage voided). And when they retroactively decide the person isn't Christlike enough there's little recourse for the patient.

I truly think a system like the German model has a chance to succeed in the US without causing so many knock-on effects that there's immediate backlash. I know Medicare For All is the catchier phrase but I'm surprised so few even mention Germany as a possible US model.

Please understand when I say that Medicare sucks it is because it is literally my job to deal with CMS regularly. Medicare is a politicized and inefficient bureaucratic nightmare. Both fee-for-service and Advantage. Just go look up how BvsD determinations work and you'll see why doctors would be reticent to take Medicare patients even if the reimbursement rate wasn't shit.

It is still better than the current system. But let's not pretend it's awesome, it is extremely wasteful and if we got Medicare for All there would need to be some sweeping changes for it to actually improve health outcomes.

I work for a health insurer. I vote to put myself out of a job at every opportunity and would gladly get laid off if it meant everybody could access health care.

The entire US healthcare system is a debacle from top to bottom, I'm positive I could find another job at a different nonprofit working to improve some other aspect of this house of cards.

Not my comment, but I think it's more that Medicare fucking sucks. But if everybody has it that would be better than now.

There's not really anything that can be done about hypermobility except avoiding high impact activity (greater risk of injury). Asking a doctor is always a good idea, but I've found the lack of treatment options makes doctors hesitant to diagnose it.

Could be plain old hypermobility. My knees will bend kind of like that if I'm leaning against something and not being particularly careful to make sure I'm standing in a "normal" posture.

I grew up in the US exclusively and I seethe when I see those things, too.

Part D plans are all privately offered. The government does not offer a Part D plan like it does Part A and B.

There is a subscription service, but it's not required. I don't have it, but my pet got fed during the outage so maybe there's a different line of devices that don't work without the subscription...