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Re: The topic for unhappiness/vent your sorrow
@Son_of_Imoen , Individual states had to ratify the Medicaid portion of Obamacare in order to receive government funds and expand Medicaid to low income citizens. Many states refused to do so, including the one I live in.
Premiums on the Obamacare exchange are absurdly high - close to $1000 per month for an individual with no children. I don't even make that much.
Government subsidies intended to offset those high premiums require a minimum of $15,000 per year income. I don't make that much.
Low income Americans in all the states that didn't ratify Medicaid expansion, which is most southern states, and many other "red" (Republican dominated) states, are just as bad off or worse off than we ever were.
I am still uninsured, and have to go to a faith-based medical charity clinic for my diabetes care. A few years ago, I incurred medical bills of over $12,000 when I had to go to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis, which I am *still* paying off via a high interest loan I had to take out. I was ready to die rather than face financial ruin, until a friend talked me out of it, and found that charity clinic for me.
America still has one of the worst health care systems in the world.
Premiums on the Obamacare exchange are absurdly high - close to $1000 per month for an individual with no children. I don't even make that much.
Government subsidies intended to offset those high premiums require a minimum of $15,000 per year income. I don't make that much.
Low income Americans in all the states that didn't ratify Medicaid expansion, which is most southern states, and many other "red" (Republican dominated) states, are just as bad off or worse off than we ever were.
I am still uninsured, and have to go to a faith-based medical charity clinic for my diabetes care. A few years ago, I incurred medical bills of over $12,000 when I had to go to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis, which I am *still* paying off via a high interest loan I had to take out. I was ready to die rather than face financial ruin, until a friend talked me out of it, and found that charity clinic for me.
America still has one of the worst health care systems in the world.
BelgarathMTH
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Re: What do we think of Edwin Odesseiron?
He's OP, but so what? he's a red wizard of Thay, he's supposed to be OP
Re: Famous Quotes and laws of reality...
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
Michelle
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Re: Road to 2.6 | Is the Baldur's Gate II 2.6.2.0 Patch Ready to Release?
@JuliusBorisov @Mera has posted the issue here in more detail:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/1156209/#Comment_1156209
English doesn't have formal and informal uses of "you" anymore, so perhaps it's a bit unclear what's going on for you...
Most languages have two versions of "you", a formal and an informal one. Where and when to use the formal one or the informal one depends on the language, region, age group and social environment, but it is generally used rather consistently.
For example, people could be using the informal version to address family members and close friends, while using the formal version to address strangers, such as asking a clerk for directions.
If those close friends would suddenly start using the formal version (which as far as I understand Mera happens when you move from BG1 to BG2), it makes them act like you're a complete stranger to them, which can feel very alienating.
It probably wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue if both games were standalone, unrelated to each other, but considering the games are linked, that can be very jarring to suddenly deal with it. It'll be like they're completely different characters.
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/1156209/#Comment_1156209
English doesn't have formal and informal uses of "you" anymore, so perhaps it's a bit unclear what's going on for you...
Most languages have two versions of "you", a formal and an informal one. Where and when to use the formal one or the informal one depends on the language, region, age group and social environment, but it is generally used rather consistently.
For example, people could be using the informal version to address family members and close friends, while using the formal version to address strangers, such as asking a clerk for directions.
If those close friends would suddenly start using the formal version (which as far as I understand Mera happens when you move from BG1 to BG2), it makes them act like you're a complete stranger to them, which can feel very alienating.
It probably wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue if both games were standalone, unrelated to each other, but considering the games are linked, that can be very jarring to suddenly deal with it. It'll be like they're completely different characters.
Thels
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Re: The topic for unhappiness/vent your sorrow
Obamacare can grant subsidies and has some other complicated reforms to decrease costs, but it doesn't offer full, free coverage based on public funds like Medicare or social programs in other modern countries. And because most health insurance is still privatized (Obamacare doesn't eliminate the middleman) and we don't have the government negotiating prices directly with medical offices, like we do with Medicare, healthcare prices in general remain much higher than they are elsewhere.
The root issues, the fact that people can't not get healthcare and the fact that insurance companies have an incentive to squeeze money out of people, are still around.
The root issues, the fact that people can't not get healthcare and the fact that insurance companies have an incentive to squeeze money out of people, are still around.
Re: Cat Quest Glitch
The cats are supposed to run like that, and Barad Ding only recognizes the difference between "all" and "not all".
You don't need to find all eight cats in one trip; they're tracked persistently.
The variables checked for Barad Ding's quest-completing dialogue:
- ohn_barad_plot. Global, should be 2 throughout.
- ohn_found_cats. Local to area oh6100, should be 8 when you complete the quest.
You don't need to find all eight cats in one trip; they're tracked persistently.
The variables checked for Barad Ding's quest-completing dialogue:
- ohn_barad_plot. Global, should be 2 throughout.
- ohn_found_cats. Local to area oh6100, should be 8 when you complete the quest.
jmerry
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Re: Road to 2.6 | Is the Baldur's Gate 2.6.2.0 Patch Ready to Release?
It looks like you can't use the up/down direction keys in the debug console anymore to select previously entered commands. The alternate option to select a command from a popup list requires too much effort to be usable, especially for modders and mod testers.
argent77
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Re: The topic for unhappiness/vent your sorrow
semiticgoddess wrote: »Healthcare insurance in the United States is absolute garbage. We shell out tons of money just to fill the pockets of pointless middlemen who only exist to siphon money from the system. Insurance companies charge as high premiums as they can get away with and try with all their might to avoid covering healthcare when we ask them to live up to their end of the bargain. It's a poorly-regulated system based on market forces and profit instead of the public good, and for all the money we spend, we're not even healthier than folks in similar countries.
It's so bad that a lot of folks here go without healthcare because they just can't bear the insane costs, and others go broke or into debt paying for treatments they can't live without.
Sorry if I'm misinformed, but didn't the USA finally get public health insurance with Obamacare? What went wrong that it's still such a mess?
Re: [MOD] Shades of the Sword Coast
Thank you for breathing life into these games! Wonderful to see so many new quests added into BG1. While the exploring aspect was fun in the past, I have always found BG1 to be lacking compared to BG2 because of the many meaningless areas; hopefully this alleviates that 
Re: The topic for unhappiness/vent your sorrow
Healthcare insurance in the United States is absolute garbage. We shell out tons of money just to fill the pockets of pointless middlemen who only exist to siphon money from the system. Insurance companies charge as high premiums as they can get away with and try with all their might to avoid covering healthcare when we ask them to live up to their end of the bargain. It's a poorly-regulated system based on market forces and profit instead of the public good, and for all the money we spend, we're not even healthier than folks in similar countries.
It's so bad that a lot of folks here go without healthcare because they just can't bear the insane costs, and others go broke or into debt paying for treatments they can't live without.
It's so bad that a lot of folks here go without healthcare because they just can't bear the insane costs, and others go broke or into debt paying for treatments they can't live without.