Healthcare Costs A Lot In America: Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500

Posted on 2011.05.13 by rob friedman

Found this great info-graphic today here. Click the image below to see the full size version.

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

Key Points:

Providers charge more because they can.
They can charge more

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Hourly (test) Digest as of 8:00 PM for 2011.01.12

Posted on 2011.01.12 by lifestream

Today’s date is 2011.01.12. In the last hour there have been about 842 entries.

I liked a YouTube video — Wikileaks v Bill O’Reilly – the War on Journalism – Rap News… http://youtu.be/NXbCwq4ewBU?a [px]

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Daily Digest as of 12:34pm for 2011.01.07

Posted on 2011.01.07 by lifestream

Today’s date is 2011.01.07. In the last 24 hours there have been about 734 entries.

RT @unhosted: “They are not turning the free, public net into a shopping mall. It already *is* a shopping mall”

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A Customer On The Rocks

Posted on 2010.12.01 by rob friedman

Hi Jeff Bezos,

I am a very long time Amazon customer. The first Amazon order I can still see in the system is Order Number: 002-0510623-4668803 from May 13th, 2002. I have since grown to … Read the rest

Daily Digest as of 12:39am for 2010.11.14

Posted on 2010.11.14 by lifestream

21 posts during the last day 2010.11.14

Arizona #medical #mariujuana pulls ahead. http://j.mp/buZIvf [px]

The Marijuana Policy Project has claimed victory in #Arizona where #medical #marijuana just passed /w 4,000 vote lead! http://c.2ff.us/4S9 [px]

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State Compensation Insurance Fund: A Continuing Threat to California Small Businesses

Posted on 2010.11.13 by rob friedman

Over 80,000 employers in California are covered by “The Fund.” While most people are working, many more unable to work are currently receiving disability benefits, ranging from total temporarily disabled to permanently disabled with a … Read the rest