I listen to Philip DeFranco occasionally on my way home. He does wonderful recaps first focusing on media news, then us politics, and foreign/world news. He also posts sources

Major outlets did do some previously. Unfortunately, look at the active user count of Mastodon vs other social media outlets.

These companies want to reach the most people as possible. Theres also an AskLemmy about barriers to adoption of the general public unfortunately that was answered quite well :/

Hmm you have a good point for me specifically…

For some people, their insurance can also lock them into which pharmacy is contracted. But I don’t have this issue.

I have those two because its the most convenient for me locally. Local pharmacies matter because if a non maintenance Rx is needed, you need to have it sent there. An Rx delivery service like Optum or Express Scripts won’t work well for non maintenance Rx (takes days for delivery). BTW, I find Walgreens the same as CVS in business practices, salaries/care to pharmacists, etc (source: pharm friends).

There are pharmacies in like grocery stores and the like a bit further away from me but their selection is limited and if you need a medication it may take time for it to arrive at their location.

The true local pharmacies are very few…and I live in the bay area. There are 4 that I know of. Imagine living outside of CA/San Fran area.

So… Yes, I can change to one of those “true” local pharmacies but they are significantly out of the way. I don’t want to utilize a target or Safeway pharmacy for reasons listed above. Something for me to think about though because I typically support businesses with my money.

Same… It was either Rite Aid or CVS for me… And unfortunately I find Rite Aid even worse

Aetna is absolutely terrible insurance BTW. Its so hard to get them to authorize any healthcare service, they aren’t contracted with many facilities in CA, etc. All denials or delays getting them to approve care Americans need

Concur with you… And I live in CA where we do vote Democrat. While I would like to disagree, even Democrats I know veer away from politicians viewed as “too progressive”. They fear that true progressive agendas would alienate others within politics and result in nothing getting accomplished. For example, some love the idea of Bernie but believe hes too idealistic, “wishy washy” and that his plans are too. Too much for others within Congress to get on board and ally on the goals. If this is already coming from some Democrats in CA, I’m not surprised by swing states…

I 100% believe you. We may not like the reality but its there.

Do you play No Mans Sky alone or with friends? I picked it up for my deck but havent tried it out yet… Unfortunately one of the reasons why I have a deck is my PC can’t handle some games

I bought Vampire Survivors since it was slightly discounted and have only heard rave reviews about it… I sank 7 hours in my first day lol!!

Picked up all the DLCs too. Imo worth the money to support the developer

Maybe he can live on his own as he may still be independent with other activities of daily living like cooking, walking to the bathroom, be able to put on clothes, etc.

Not being able to drive is one thing but maybe there are food delivery services, Uber/Lyft/Taxis and other non medical transportation, and for medical emergencies Life Alert, Ambulances.

Just saying there is a lot we do not know.

I’m really scared for future elections when the GOP has a candidate that is actually charismatic or articulate…

I went without Prime for >1 year. I just online shopped directly from manufacturer if I can and paid shipping if free shipping not available. I minimized use of amazon only if I had $35 in my cart for the free shipping.

However, I know I am privileged enough to do so.

I honestly would encourage everyone not to have Prime though. Its like what $150+ now for a year? Save that money and wait until your cart is $35. If you cannot wait, you can pay for shipping (assuming $7) x20+ times before you make up price of that $150 for Prime.

Thank you for your advocacy! Agree its a whole team involved in patient care

Its still insane how many active users they have compared to Mastodon. BTW its 500+ million to Mastodons 1 million. Pretty insane number comparison

I try to buy physical (especially if official nintendo game) but if its more indie I go with digital… There may not be a physical copy anyways

Besides overhead I wonder if they are including staff like case managers or something to assist these individuals in adjusting? I hope so. Transitioning out of homelessness is important too.

The article did speak about “subcontractors”