My nomination for the too much time in your own head award

Speaking as someone who has had sick loved ones with private insurance, MediCal and Medicare - No one who has been seriously sick thinks our mishmash of medical payment systems makes any sense at all.

Heat hitting 111 degrees this week and they’re trimming trees?

I'm pitching in for Medicare for All. Having navigated multiple insurance systems for disabled folks I can tell you, no sick person should have to face the US health care payment system. act.medicare4all.org/signup/mfa-pos…

Dear Rep. Scott Peters Archived: U.S. Rep Kathleen Rice and Rep. Kurt Schrader, Your vote to keep pharma prices as is shows real ignorance. Ever had a drug switched by your insurer to save $? Ever had a critical med cut off over $$$? Chronic illness educates on craziness and cost of US system.

Single payer for CA: When our baby with spina bifida was born we had great insurance. But time at Shriners showed us the incredible difference of no bills/co-pays, doctors making final decisions, not $$. We all need this. @FightForM4A link.medium.com/w28nffMBglb

Tried to connect with #AT&T #customerservice today: transferred 9 xs to phonemails & 8 reps before call failed (to the phone co!)

I have two folks with health issues and have navigated private, employer, public insurances. Coding errors, Rx refusals, delays, billing snafu - no sane person would design this and no sick person can deal with it. CA has a chance to do it right #AB1400

SacBee editorial buries the lead - new taxes needed would be about what we already spend on system that denies Rx, hits us with surprise costs and edits our care. No sick person should have to deal with what we have now. sacbee.com/opinion/editor…

I sigh and await 7:30 am, when hundreds of Turlock's MediCal patients will compete for handful of eye exams next month for MediCal patients. I can't find any PT provider to take another patient's insurance, which BTW also denied her diabetic test strips. This is crazy.

via New York Times Opinion. Oh this is lovely. A laugh I so needed nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opi…

Some folks really age well

Amazing NASA graph showing monthly temps compared to average since 1880. Think about when family cars then jet plane rides took off. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975?utm_campa…

Wordle 281 3/6 Played my first. See why so many are hooked ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ready with my April Fools cake (shhh, it’s meatloaf and potatoes)

How I wish my deluded dear ones understood this and applied it to Facebook nytimes.com/article/ukrain…

Well done piece on my alma mater’s sad performance. Turlock High adults stumble badly in deciding the show must not go on modbee.com/opinion/editor…

So many Chest-thumping-Christians need to hear these words of service and faith.

So sick of oily prop 27 ads, but confused by 27/26. Found this.

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