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It should be a well-known fact that cost is the highest priority when factoring the current value of healthcare. Managed Care companies are really Managed Cost companies (although none would market themselves this way except in board room meeting between brokers and groups). Until we get back to basics and start prioritizing quality over cost (in all areas of business, but especially in health care)--we are doomed to upward spiraling medical insurance costs as high consumer demand for quality care isn't balanced with a complete understanding of the quality value. Basically, if employers continue to be the main source of health benefits--using their own leverage of paying a certain percentage toward the premium of care for its members then patients will gain no understanding of the value of quality in the health care system.

I recommend signing up for a Health Savings Account immediately when they become available to all of us.

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I am very pleased at the findings of this report. Being a Libertarian, I am often at odds with my Republican, Bible-thumping friends whom I agree with on most economic issues. I will always be for the individual first before I ever speak up for the group. It shouldn't matter who you are or what you do providing that your actions do not infringe upon the life or property of your fellow citizens--this is the measure for true equality is society.

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Fantastic! For those of you trapped in a cubicle right now!!!

Thanks to my buddy Tom for this one.

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This is NOT statement of draft, however there are some ominous implications here. I am absolutely against a draft, 100%, because I believe a volunteer army fights the best especially considering the extremely technical nature of the weaponry the US Military deployes today in the field. Keep your eyes on this...

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Anti-media brings up an outstanding point when he talks about the coming attempt by the government to regulate blogs--i.e to totally violate the first amendment (which Mcain-Feingold does anyway). He asks the question if we bloggers would be willing to be imprisoned to ensure that we may keep the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. How much is our freedom worth?

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Soon we'll be drinking our own filtered pee--I'm sure there's already a website out there for that, however.

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Here is a very scary review of internet security today that I received from Robin Good's Site.

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Look, I am not in favor of kids playing Grand Theft Auto but this should be the parent's responsibility of keeping this stuff out of their hands. Why not pass a bill on who is fit to be parents instead?

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What is wrong with the following quote from this article?

"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The state's unemployment rate is at its highest level since December 1993, in part because people who don't have jobs believe the economy has improved enough for them to try to find work."

Can you guess who the idiot that wrote this article voted for? Here's a hint: He betrayed his country and fellow soldiers by making up lies that eventually got him elected into Congress.

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First of all, know that I am not a racist and I realize that that statement is usually precursor to a racist statement, but I'm getting my stuff straight from The Sage of South Central here. The Civil Rights Movement was undertaken so that black people in America would have equal access to civil services and education. I was in a restaurant just two days ago and sat right next to a black guy who was being served by the same waitress with the same plastic smile. I had a black roommate in college that became of my most dearest friends and was someone I was proud to have stand beside me as I took my wedding vows--he wasn't barred entry into our University because of his skin color. I work every day right next to black people and we laught at the same jokes and smile and say, "Hi" as we walk by each other. We even, gasp, drink from the same drinking fountain. I guess what I'm saying here is that when the body is lying in the coffin, the embalming fluid expertly placed, the shoes so carefully tied and the clothes immaculately worn--it's time to hold the funeral already. The Civil Rights Movement is dead--the black caucus in America is conglomerate of media whores who are making millions sowing seeds of hatred and divisiveness. When are we each going to recognize them for the buffoons they are and cast them out into the wilderness where they belong so that we sane Americans of all colors can get on to the business of living and loving each other as best we can. Except of course in heavy traffic--there it's every person for themsleves.

Media Lies - A post from Professor Bainbridge....

I love the blog Media Lies. This guy is like Christian Slater in Pump up the Volume only better--he gives you his sources. This is a fantastic post about the idiocy involved in the McDonald's cofffee burn case and tort reform. Great stuff Media Lies--keep it up. You're a great American!