Starting a new job Monday (University job, woot!), starting to look at houses because we have enough for a down payment now (DOUBLE WOOT!) feeling way too grown up.

Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions…

Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment.

United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”

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Maybe, after decades of them getting away with this, maybe we can get SOMETHING to shift.

“What shall we say of the men who caused this, who sat round their table and killed us for their numbers?” - Sir Terry Pratchett.

"Hi Santa, may I please have a sparkly kitty stuffy, and the fall of late stage capitalism for my daddy, and mommy wants Duo to stop harassing her all the time. Thank you and Merry Christmas."

Uuuuh so yeah, we had fun in Frankenmuth!

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