
guna
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guna
@gsevugap
technology aficionado and investor








Seen a lot of conversation about how predatory the American medical system is. So I will weigh in. I ended up going to the ER about 2 weeks ago for crippling pain. Turned out to be a ruptured ovarian cyst. I was there for MAYBE 4 hours. My bill? $13,500 dollars. Because I'm uninsured (by choice, that shit is a SCAM), the hospital dropped my bill down to $8,100 and some change as an "uninsured" discount. For starters, $13,500 for a 4 hour hospital visit is insane as it is. But the fact the hospital can wipe $5,000 off the bill "just because" should show you how utterly fucked this system is. And to be clear - $8,000 is still an absolutely insane sum of money when all these people did was scan my stomach and give me some pain killers. On my itemized bill, my CT scan was 7k. The iodine they used was $900. Just being in the ER room alone was $2,500. We phoned the hospital to haggle. They dropped the price by $20. Normal people can't survive this shit. I do okay and $8,000 is still an INSANE chunk of money out of my savings. Anyone who argues this isn't a disgusting, predatory system is crazy. And it is even crazier that Americans accept this. And for those of you who argue this is the free market, I need you to be quiet. There can never be a true free market here when government and insurance have their creepy little fingers in this pie. People shouldn't go bankrupt trying to pay medical bills. This has to change.












@AKTY_Writes Nope. Dollar is here to stay and get stronger. Only the basis will change. From gold backed in 60s to petro backed later to crypto backed. Until that also is dumped for a new quantum standard. Don't underestimate Trump or future US admins in backing the dollar.


.@RoKhanna is the most prolific Dem stock trader in the history of Congress. He traded $55.7m of stock just last year. He beat the market by 13%. He criticizes wealth creation, innovation, and hard work, while making eight figures investing in companies in his PA. I'm running for Congress to restore faith in our elected leaders. I don't believe that good government is boring. I'll be divesting my personal account, pushing for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress and their families, and fighting for term limits. This is personal for me. I supported Ro Khanna when he first ran for Congress in 2012. I was excited to see a smart Indian guy running for Congress. Unfortunately, to setup his presidential race, he's run far to the left, and completely abandoned his responsibilities to his supporters. The 17th district deserves better. This is going to be a tough battle. He has $15m of cash on hand. We need all the help we can get, please visit tinyurl.com/4wvsh7ek and chip on whatever you can. If you're frustrated with Ro, visit ethan4congress.com

What is going to happen is escalation in middle east that will effectively "tariff" Chinese exports to EU. Panama canal and Greenland under US control controlling those trade routes too. Venezuela under fire later. Iran oil cut off. Russia deal with EU. China starving for energy and exports. We will see either war or plandemic or both by China.







