You want statistical proof? There is a 100% guarantee that if you practice abstinence you will neither receive nor transmit a STD (none of that "it's not sex if we don't fuck" stuff) and a 100% guarantee that you won't be surprised by an unintended pregnancy.
All the rest is gambling. Matters not if you're the gambler trying to play the odds. The House always wins, it's just a matter of time. Who is the House? Mother Nature and Father Time. The deck is stacked against you. The more you play, the greater are the chances you will eventually lose. Don't let modern science or chemistry fool you just yet.
The Bunny ranch in Reno, and the red light district in Amsterdam might lead you to think sex has no strings, because they screen the prostitutes for diseases. It seems safe, everyone says it's safe, why wouldn't it be safe? Right. Fuck away. Then go home and tell everyone you're safe. Condoms make everything safe.
My daughter will be kept safely indoors and away from men until I'm dead.
Don't you first need a clarification of what "fuck up" means in this context?
No guilt. I just saw people doing stuff to dread that was done to me and I think its a cheap trick that side-steps the issue.
After a while, you forget what it was like to have one....
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Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
And the poor people already used emergency rooms for crap like a broken arm.Boutique and Concierge services also require an up-front fee, like a retainer, usually several thousands of dollars. So let's see, you can't tell the difference from routine vs dire vs emergency services; you don't know much about boutique or concierge services; you don't know much about patient records or who 'owns' films; and you think the status quo was working just fine......
The issue is that the level of health care the middle class has now will be diminished as the government forces more people into the health care system. You will see a lot more boutique service doctors going into business. And if congress actually honestly does go through with the medicare cuts and doesn't "doctor fix" it then you will see grandma kicked out since trying to find a doctor to take medicare patients will be a lot harder.
Everything is rationed.So you are advocating rationing of health care? Thank you for your honesty - most conservatives like to pretend we haven't been doing that. But by pricing people out of the system, thats exactly what we've been doing.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
yo to be honest, i hope the world ends 2012 cause life is gonna suck. That is my little food for though.
Unless they have an Urgent Care Center (or a nifty orthopedic center with radiologists and surgeons like my town) the ED is appropriate for a fracture. It's using the ED for ear infections and sore throats that racks up costs.
By 'level of care' for middle class do you mean quality will be diminished? Doubtful. Their costs for insurance premiums and copays may go up, but they probably should anyway. That's part of the rally cry from the right---make the true costs transparent, get rid of hidden costs, get people involved in their care, take some burden off the employer.The issue is that the level of health care the middle class has now will be diminished as the government forces more people into the health care system. You will see a lot more boutique service doctors going into business. And if congress actually honestly does go through with the medicare cuts and doesn't "doctor fix" it then you will see grandma kicked out since trying to find a doctor to take medicare patients will be a lot harder.
I just posted an article that PA teachers are bitching that they have to pay $100/month for family coverage, with $20 copays for office visits. The taxpayers pick up the rest. They want more pay, to offset their higher contributions. Their union won't budge, so districts are reducing busing and student programs.
Knowing how you loathe unions, it's odd you can't see that large businesses face the same issue. They offer perks like insurance and write it off their taxes. They get a subsidy from feds to help pay for senior meds, and get to skim that off their profits to pay less taxes. No one knows the real costs, because everyone is subsided (by employer or government). Billions of dollars going to the insurance industry is money misplaced IMO, they suck as administrators. At least now they'll be forced to change their rationing model.
Medicare has problems, how would you fix it? If it turns out millions of seniors use the ED for primary care (because JCAH laws say no one can be denied care at a hospital that took federal funds), it could force their hand to beef up provider reimbursements, which would mean higher taxes or payroll deductions.
Using scare tactics on granny, that her guv'ment funded care will be gone, is a weird way to say guv'ment programs should get less funding.
Use the quote button. It's irritating when you mix comments from two posters like this.Everything is rationed.
I call bullshit. Where did you read this study? On The Onion?
Source, please.
+1.
If the government actually did something like this, I wouldn't have to keep moving every time one of my 12 year old... "friends"... gets pregnant.
And on a completely unrelated note... how old did you say your daughter was?
Damned straight! Everyone knows that's the government's job.
Absolutely! Those billions of dollars should go to the government instead, with their incredible competency in simple administrative tasks.
And on that note... US Patent and Trademark Office unable to read "upside down" faxes.
Nah, but we'll be fine. I'm sure *this time will be different* and the government won't find new and interesting ways to fuck-up tasks a drunk monkey could perform. And hell, it's not like health care is a matter of life or death, and government incompetence might actually kill people.
You sound like you actually believe that. Haha.
Well, at least we finally managed to stick it to those evil, heartless insurance companies... by forcing every American to buy health insurance. That'll learn 'em!
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
Why wait for 2012?
OG posted it somewhere. Read some more of the thread dood - you're treadin' trodden ground.
Re-tread again. Weren't you trying to eliminate all the incrimating stuff you wrote in Atari before you were ejected? So why declare your pedophilia here???+1.
If the government actually did something like this, I wouldn't have to keep moving every time one of my 12 year old... "friends"... gets pregnant.
And on a completely unrelated note... how old did you say your daughter was?
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
You mean that post where you proudly declare that "reading a study" is the same thing as "reading a headline?"
Yeah, I remember that, but I was giving you benefit of the doubt and chose to believe you were smarter than a houseplant. My mistake.
Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
Is that you, PR_FLAK?
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Enjoy reading yourscientific studiesheadlines.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)