I suspect that our collective search for villains—for someone to blame—has distracted us and our political leaders from addressing the fundamental causes of our nation’s health-care crisis. All of the actors in health care—from doctors to insurers to pharmaceutical companies—work in a heavily regulated, massively subsidized industry full of structural distortions. They all want to serve patients well. But they also all behave rationally in response to the economic incentives those distortions create. Accidentally, but relentlessly, America has built a health-care system with incentives that inexorably generate terrible and perverse results. Incentives that emphasize health care over any other aspect of health and well-being. That emphasize treatment over prevention. That disguise true costs. That favor complexity, and discourage transparent competition based on price or quality.
You know, the long messages when you leave a voicemail that say things like “To leave a message, speak after you hear the tone. When you’re done, you can hang up the phone” (oh really?). Why does this suck, besides the fact that it’s annoying? Those extra 15 seconds of airtime add up — for everyone (thanks to double billing, which charges you airtime for incoming and outgoing calls, even if you’re listening to a prerecorded advert call!).
Well first of all, Sprint users can disable that garbage*.
The others…
Verizon: Post a complaint here: http://bit.ly/FJncH.
AT&T: They’re going to make some changes! (and iPhone users don’t have the long messages, for some reason)
T-Mobile: Post a complaint here: http://bit.ly/2rKy0u.
Read David Pogue’s various postings on his campaign:Part 1, Part 2, and an update. Pass it on!
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*Sprint Users: Access your voicemail box. Press 3 for personal options. Press 2 for greetings. Press 1, to change your personal greeting. Press 3 to add or remove the caller instructions. Follow the prompts to turn instructions on or off.
Texas Judge rules Microsoft can’t sell Word anymore I know some people who’d love it if this stuck…
Source: crunchgear.com
Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart | New York Magazine
In short, John is more of a newsman than most real news-show hosts. Even though he continually claims to just be a fake-news show. Interesting article.
Can we start paying attention to this again? China, Tibet, and the strategic power of water | Circle of Blue | WaterNews
Source: circleofblue.orgWow, Palin reaches new extremes! Thank you, Keith Olbermann, for a fairly calm refutation.
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