The nerve is called the "nerve of awareness". You cant dissect it. Its a current that runs up the center of your spine. I dont know if any of you have sat down, crossed your legs, smoked DMT, and watch what happens... but what happens to me is this big thing goes RRRRRRRRRAAAAAWWW! up my spine and flashes in my brain... well apparently thats whats going to happen if I do this stuff...
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
"There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you." -Mazer Rackham - Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
Simply not true, as much as I wish it where otherwise.
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/...nger_facts.htm
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
Also a good article on why our Healthcare is so damn expensive
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddhixo...sts-so-high/2/
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Yes poor people can't afford as much food, but how many of them starve to death?
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
from Alberta, Canada
Prescriptions: $10 - $30 is typically the maximum even without benefits from an employer. My employee insurance pays 80% of all prescriptions so on average it's only a few bucks.
Lab Work (blood tests, x-rays, etc.) nothing out of pocket.
Hospital stays: nothing out of pocket.
ER visits: nothing out of pocket.
Opticians and Dental is not covered, but most if not all employer benefits will have a dental plan and optician/glasses coverage, usually up to 100% and an allowance for new glasses every 3 years.
My province has no premiums as of like 10 years ago, my tax rate averages out to about 22%. All in all, pretty lucky.
edit: changed from "Free" to "nothing out of pocket" before someone baww's about how it's not really free since it's paid by taxes.
Not really. Taxes paid depends on several factors. I make roughly $20k a year. I have 2 children living with me at home. My out of check taxes equate to ~20% or so. Add in my healthcare premium, and that jumps to about 30%, and I have the cheap option. Then factor in out-of-pocket expenses. Suddenly I am paying more for the same or less treatment. My deductible is $1000 a year, and that only counts towards co-pays and hospital expenses, not medications.
And people are starving all over America. I guess my childhood never happened then, huh? I distinctly remember a time when we literally had no food in the house.
"There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you." -Mazer Rackham - Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
lets compare health care by using a scale between one and ten with Privatized Healthcare some people will have a 10 and some will have a 1 and all the numbers in between depends on the resorses of the individual. with Socialized Healthcare every one will have the same and by the nature of the beast it will never be a 10 and no mater what you do to improve you economic resources you health care will not improve
I made a thread a while back about what my taxes pay for, I like to keep track of it to some degree.
It will be different for other countries of course. The largest chunk goes towards my retirement, but apart from that it's health care and elderly care... or care for disabled people.
State:
Governance, State's financial management, etc. ---> $365
Activity and sickness compensation (early retirement for disabled) ---> $635
Sick pay and Rehabilitation ---> $254
Social Insurance Agency ---> $80
Work place injury compensation/benefits, etc. ---> $47
Disability Benefits, etc. ---> $16
Parental insurance(parental leave, allowance for staying home when your child gets sick etc) ---> $365
Child allowance/support ---> $270
Other, family and children ---> $158
Unemployment support and activity support ---> $333
Wage subsidies ---> $174
Labour market programs ---> $79
Job seekers agency ---> $63
Other, labor / employment ---> $47
Infrastructure ---> $428
Personal Assistance for disabled etc, dental, other health care ---> $365
Defence and Military ---> $476
Education / Research (University / College) ---> $587
Public Retirement ---> $365
Others, seniors ---> $95
Courts and judiciary ---> $412
Fee to the EU ---> $333
Foreign Aid ---> $320
Interest on public/national debts ---> $380
Special need support for students ---> $238
Migration, Integration, Equality ---> $142
Culture, media and leisure ---> $126
Retirement
$7190
County Council
Primary healthcare ---> $650
Specialised healthcare (not psychiatric) ---> $2095
Specialised care (psychiatric) ---> $349
Dentistry ---> $95
Home Health Care ---> $47
Drugs and pharmacy services ---> $397
Other health care ---> $301
Traffic and infrastructure ---> $238
The municipality
Business ---> $80
Sports and leisure facilities ---> $143
Recreation centers, leisure ---> $80
Preschool and child care ---> $1126
Financial assistance / social assistance(welfare checks) ---> $222
Other individual and family care(social workers and their activities) ---> $380
Streets, roads, parking and parks ---> $254
Rescue Services ---> $111
Physical and technical planning, environment, etc. ---> $127
Library ---> $80
Culture ---> $111
School inc. preschool ---> $1523
Gymnasium ---> $682
Elderly and Disabled ---> $2444
The nerve is called the "nerve of awareness". You cant dissect it. Its a current that runs up the center of your spine. I dont know if any of you have sat down, crossed your legs, smoked DMT, and watch what happens... but what happens to me is this big thing goes RRRRRRRRRAAAAAWWW! up my spine and flashes in my brain... well apparently thats whats going to happen if I do this stuff...
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
-Kujako-
Not a big Affordable Health Care person myself. I wanted the single-payer system that Obama originally wanted. This insurance thing we got instead is the compromise with Republicans (it being the Heritage Foundation plan that Romney went with with Mass). The single-payer "socialized" system went out the window when people started freaking out about "death panels". (Like insurance companies aren't death panels all on their own.)