So many people are asking what the benefits are of recent health care reforms, and there’s a lot of frustration because so much help is needed right now, but the changes aren’t all that exciting – for this year. I share feelings many have that urgent help is needed NOW but it helps to remember that every journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step, and the current changes add up to way more than that. Along with the health care changes, the final bills provided changes to aid for college students too. Let’s take a look at some of the health care changes that do kick in this year:
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< previous post: Facts need wider acceptance
The idea that everything costs a lot of money has been a constant in the United States for way too long. Only this concept would account for very boring hamburgers costing about $4.00 at today’s fast food restaurants – an amount of money that people in quite a few countries work all day to earn. Hidden costs are built into so many of the items sold in the States and for some reason, America is willing to pay them.
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Have you ever introduced a group of people to information new to them and found your audience going to sleep on you? I’ve noticed that when introducing people to facts which challenge their assumptions about “how things work”, or simply an overabundance of data which is completely outside of what they’ve been accustomed to experience or think about, they my audience may nod right off to sleep on me.
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< previous post: Danger not equal to crisis+opportunity
Phil Greenspun always shares germane and interesting observations in his public writing. Here’s a doozy . . (more…)
< previous post: AIDS Walk in memory of my brother
Chinese language professor Victor H. Mair at U Penn writes,
“There is a widespread public misperception, particularly among the New Age sector, that the Chinese word for “crisis” is composed of elements that signify “danger” and “opportunity.” . . . A whole industry of pundits and therapists has grown up around this one grossly inaccurate statement. A casual search of the Web turns up more than a million references to this spurious proverb. . . This catchy expression (Crisis = Danger + Opportunity) has rapidly become nearly as ubiquitous as The Tao of Pooh and Sun Zi’s Art of War for the Board / Bed / Bath / Whichever Room.”
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My cousin Jill Judson has a team in AIDS Walk Boston on June 6 2010 in honor of my brother Jared, who died of AIDS. If you are able, please support Jill with a donation. Visit the team page for more information or visit “JILLElizabeth Judson directly to make your donation via the internet or by mail.
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< previous post: The Crime of Reason
Oops. Seems like Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen is in plenty hot water for publishing details about Apple’s new 4G iPhone before the official company release date. It seems that an Apple employee took the phone with him to a bar, left it behind, and Gizmodo bought it for between $5 and $10,000 dollars from the person who found it. Apparently, that’s not a good thing to do in California.
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