@JoinCrowdHealth Is this a chatbot we can use? I was just looking for cash price on a heart echo around Tulsa and the internet is trash for actually finding prices.
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Thomas Price
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Insurance company rations care. You don’t have to ration care when prices are low.
The MRI with insurance was probably $4,000.
The MRI cash pay is a few hundred bucks…significantly less than the PT they made her go through to be eligible to get an MRI.
To be fair, no one knows if the outcome would have changed.
Kevin Pho, M.D.@kevinmd
A 47-year-old woman asked for an MRI. By the time her insurance company let her have one, the cancer in her hip was too far gone to save her leg. Her doctor had done the X-ray. Examined her. Sent her for physical therapy, the six weeks the insurer's own published criteria said she needed to complete before an MRI was on the table. No improvement. He told her she needed the scan. The insurance company said it was not medically necessary, until she finished six weeks of physical therapy. She had finished it. They had paid for it. He appealed. 38 days later, they reversed. The MRI showed sarcoma. The hospital told her that one month earlier, they could have treated it with chemotherapy alone. Instead, they amputated her leg, her hip, and her pelvis. She died two years later. Her family sued. The federal judge called it tragic, then threw the case out. Why? Because no law in New York holds an insurance company accountable when it gives bad medical advice. Doctors are accountable. Nurses are accountable. Hospitals are accountable. Insurance companies are not. That is the contrarian thesis worth holding onto. Prior authorization is not a billing decision. It is a medical decision being made by someone who, by law, is supposed to be a specialist in the relevant field, and who, by the federal HHS inspector general's own findings, often is not. When an insurer overrides a treating physician based on criteria the insurer itself does not follow, that is medical advice. When that advice causes harm, the law treats the insurer as untouchable. Every other party to the patient's care is held to a standard. The decision-maker with the most leverage is held to none. The framework worth saving: 1. By law, the reviewer denying a prior authorization is supposed to be a doctor in the relevant specialty. 2. The federal HHS inspector general has confirmed that often, they are not. 3. The published criteria insurers cite to defend denials are not always the criteria they actually follow. 4. Most insurance plans fall under ERISA, a federal statute that makes negligence cases against insurers nearly impossible. This case is in state court because the plan is for public employees, outside ERISA. 5. The AMA, the New York State medical society, and the Vermont and Connecticut medical societies have all filed amicus briefs supporting the family. Attorney Steve Cohen argued the case before the Second Circuit. Doctors who fight these denials should know what is at stake and who fought alongside them. Listen to the full conversation on The Podcast by KevinMD. Link in the replies. What is the longest a prior authorization denial has ever delayed care for one of your patients? #PriorAuth #ThePodcastbyKevinMD
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@Polymarket Deploy the seals!!!
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JUST IN: Iran is reportedly considering deploying "mine-carrying dolphins" against U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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For the record, even if your state makes physician assisted suicide LEGAL that does not make it ETHICAL.
You should refuse to participate in any way.
We do not kill people.
Doctors should be in the side of life.
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Daniel Liszt AKA Dark Journalist Reveals What Some Of The Targeted Researchers Were Trying To Bring To The Public
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@tropicalupdate @NASA Kaela - We are looking into this.
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Dear @NASA. From 10 year old Kaela. She is mailing to you today. Too cute not to post. She and her family are friends of ours. #bringplutoback
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@Polymarket If Pluto is considered a dwarf planet but not a full planet, then @NASA and @NASAAdmin are saying they don’t consider dwarf humans as full humans.
Checkmate @rookisaacman
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JUST IN: 10-year-old child writes to NASA Administrator, asking he re-instate Pluto's status as a planet.
NASA responds "we are looking into this"
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Thomas Price retweetledi
Separation of church and state isn't in the Constitution. It's a shorthand from Thomas Jefferson's 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists, describing the First Amendment's intent.
The actual text: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
It bars the government from creating an official religion or interfering with religious practice. A federal agency's voluntary Easter greeting—common for holidays like Christmas or Diwali—doesn't establish religion, coerce anyone, or ban free exercise. It's cultural acknowledgment, not policy.
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親愛なるアメリカ兄貴たちに
このポストが見えているでしょうか？
見えていたら
好きな日本のアニメを教えてほしいです。
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@AiPinfu2003 I know you have 1,000 suggestions, so I would only add: if possible get the unaltered theatrical versions of 4-5-6. Then you can watch them in order: Theatrical 4-5-6, 1-2-3, Rogue One, remastered 4-5-6.
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アメリカ人、スターウォーズを観る順番を教えてくれ。
4→5→6→1→2→3がベスト？
1→2→3→4→5→6でもいいかな？
あと7,8,9は堆肥ゴミなのか埋め立てゴミなのか分別はどうなってる？
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@tanuzou1027 It is a sad reality that I check everyone’s profile before liking/reposting to ensure they are actually our brothers from Japan and not imposters trying to get in on the hype?
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そう言えば数時間前に
「日本人のポストが流れてこない。彼らはどうして居なくなってしまったんだ？イーロンがアメリカと日本を隔てたのか？俺はもう日本人の面白い投稿を見れないのか？」
ってうろたえるアメリカニキが流れてきたんだけど
「時差だよ。日本人は眠っている」
って言われて胸を撫で下ろしていた。
居なくなったママを探す子供みたいでとても可愛かった。
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Thomas Price retweetledi
左翼：国境のない世界を目指す！
イーロン：自動翻訳機能、はいよ！
米国人：左翼ってバカだね
日本人：左翼ってバカだね
欧州人：左翼ってバカだね
世界中：左翼ってバカだね
＊国際理解が深まる＊
左翼：違う、そうじゃない…😭
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@SFumoto All of these suggestions to cook your own are great, but I will submit my own. Although it’s not the same as the full Texas BBQ setup, it can get you results within your space.
smokingmeatforums.com/threads/pot-sm…
Hopefully the translation goes through.
Greetings from the South.
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アメリカから肉の洗礼が次々届いていますが、これの何が腹が立つかというと、これ系のポストで主に紹介されている黒い肉の塊は単純な塊肉のステーキではなく、ブリスケット（テキサスBBQ）と呼ばれる、長時間低温でスモークし、手で触れただけでホロホロに崩れるような代物で、手間も時間もかかるうえに、食べられる場所も非常に限られている、日本ではそう簡単にお目にかかれない料理だということです。
つまりこれは
「このでっかいステーキどうよ」
のような単純な話ではなく、設備も技術も時間も全部要求される、いわば到達点みたいな料理であり
「お前の所の飯は良いかもしれんが、流石にこれはお前の国にないだろ」
という、アンクルサムが自慢の最終兵器（肉）による威嚇を行っているというのが正しい。
四国県民のワイ、食える場所を知らない。
Lane@thecookinglane
アメリカからの投稿をご覧になっている、日本の皆さんに挨拶です。皆さんは、アメリカらしい分厚い肉の塊がお好きだと聞きましたよ。
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アメリカの『デカい塊肉を豪快に焼き上げる』バーベキューを見せられた後で、日本の『ペラペラのゲイみたいな肉と申し訳程度の焼き野菜』のバーベキューを見せられると、戦勝国と敗戦国の格差を思い知らされる。
日本男児は元々質実剛健。
マグロのサクを豪快に焼いて、そして山盛りの米を食らおう。
らいす@Ry0uka1
一方ジャップのバーベキュー
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Thomas Price retweetledi
This morning at church, I'll be attending a King rally.
Happy Palm Sunday, everybody.
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@grok Please give us the ability to add more “agents” to the pool and select them. I don’t need an Accountant analysis on my yogurt recipe, but I don’t want to delete the agent either. A “Bullpen” of agents to choose from would be ideal!
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JUST IN: Jim Cramer says he’s “buying” now due to the market being “oversold”
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