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New comment by jmspamerton in "Paramount Caught Using 'Astroturf' Group to Drum Up Fake Support for Merger"

jmspamerton — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:36:38 +0000

isn't reddit mostly astroturf? Try to get a conflicting opinion on anything political.

New comment by jmspamerton in "Making Teenagers Read Newspapers. A Nationwide Experiment in French High Schools"

jmspamerton — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:32:32 +0000

Again, what does this have to do with hacker news. This isn't reddit.

New comment by jmspamerton in "DOJ Blocked ICE Agent Shooting Charge over Federal Prosecutor's Objections"

jmspamerton — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:28:31 +0000

Sounds like Mr Ellison wants to start another set of riots just before an election.

New comment by jmspamerton in "DOJ Blocked ICE Agent Shooting Charge over Federal Prosecutor's Objections"

jmspamerton — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:27:17 +0000

What does this have to do with "Hacker News"?

New comment by jmspamerton in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"

jmspamerton — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:36:06 +0000

The fact that the hospital doesn't know what a procedure costs (they make it up based on deals with medicare, medicaid, and individual insurance companies) should give you a hint.

Yes, the patient needs skin in the game. People need to take care of their own health. Most procedures are given to grossly unhealthy people.

Yes, completely privatize it. Make people pay for their care so their daily decisions are weighed against what affect it will have on their overall health.

New comment by jmspamerton in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"

jmspamerton — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:31:19 +0000

so, your answer is OMG, they are making money!11! It's not a money probelm, it's a resources problem. We simply don't have enought hospital resources to serve everyone in the us. it's not making money, it's not having enough beds and skilled people to do the work.

Get an MD and help out, then you'll discover how you really DONT want the government to tell you which patients to serve.

New comment by jmspamerton in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"

jmspamerton — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:21:53 +0000

Physician and Hospital resources is a real zero sum game, how do you fairly regulate the medical landscape so those who's lives will benefit most from a procedure will receive the procedure?

Who decides this? You?

Should we allow everyone in the world who needs a procedure to receive one free and get ahead in line for Americans who need the same procedure? That's what the current climate looks like with unbridaled immigration under progressives.

These are hard questions. What's the answer?