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NY banks have foreign currency for travelers- still curious what currency it was and if it might have been a clue to a destination he was considering. After the xray pic, it occurred to me that maybe he did not want to fly because he sets of metal detectors and then people look closely at him and no fugitive wants that.
And I assume his attorney would need to be licensed to practice in PA.
Aside from currency exchanges, certain banks will change foreign currency to U.S. dollars on the spot (mine does this as a service to account holders), and will change U.S. dollars to foreign currency with advance notice (My bank will do that with a 48-hour notice.)
Spondylolisthesis is often seen in younger people that do exercise that flexes the lower back repeatedly, like gymnasts. Sometimes there’s a weaker part of the back part of the vertebral arch - a birth abnormality - that may break, that causes slippage.
Exactly this. And it’s true for many other surgeries and tests too. Healthcare costs are many many multiples in the US, but outcomes are poorer and mortality rates higher. It’s not just because people aren’t getting the care they need, it’s often because they get care they don’t need. The opioid epidemic is a uniquely American problem. We simply don’t use painkillers in the same way in European practice. We do far fewer ENT surgeries, far fewer cardiac stent operations, fewer MRI scans and PET scans and use simpler medications as a rule. Everyone has access to the same healthcare, taxpayer funded, cradle to grave.It’s compelling to me that other countries have a much lower rate of spinal surgery, and also better outcomes than the US.
You can speculate that “socialized medicine” plays into this and it does, but outcomes after surgery are not better than if the patient tries other, non-surgical options.
Overuse of Interventional Procedures for Low Back Pain
A collaboration between AFP and the Lown Institute promotes a vision of delivering health care that is based on the evidence, balanced in its approach, and focused on the patient.www.aafp.org
I absolutely thought that, too. Opiates problem that led to a mindset akin to schizophrenia, but with extra rage and peculiar thinking. The dropping out of his family and friends' lives, the lack of a job, the loony decision to kill someone. Just my opinion, based on first- hand observations.
But this happens all of the time. Maybe it doesn’t always make the news, but the battle between insurance providers and healthcare providers happens on the regular, ime.Anthem Blue Cross says it's reversing a policy to limit anesthesia coverage
Anthem will reverse a policy that would have capped insurance coverage for anesthesia after objections from doctors and lawmakers.
I see many people saying what he did or has done will not change anything. But I’d like to point out that some major insurance carriers have already made changes or discontinued changes that would adversely impact policyholders.
You can usually get foreign currency at your local bank but you have to order it one or two days in advance and then pick it up. We did that recently before a trip to Beijing. It's a courtesy for bank customers. The exchange rate is a lot better than buying foreign currency at an airport foreign exchange kiosk, if the airport you are using even has an exchange kiosk. Some have closed down since 2020 when Covid struck, at least at the smaller airports.
Yes, LE from PA stated that he had his passport with him when they made the arrest.
Yeah, he clarifies in other posts he's had spondy for a long time, but specifically names the surfing incident as the acute cause of the sciatica, disability, and his search for surgical remedies."Spondy" may indicate a pre-existing condition. Quote from ClevelandClinic.com: Spondylolisthesis ehappens when your vertebrae are cracked or weakened enough ... to slip out of place. If a slipped vertebra presses on a nerve, you may develop shooting pain in your legs (sciatica). Some people need surgery to relieve spondylolisthesis symptoms ...
What is Spondylolysis?
Spondylolysis is a small bone fracture in your spine that can cause intense pain. Here’s what you need to know and when you need to see a provider.my.clevelandclinic.org
Yeah, but that’s just because they’re in the news right now, and everyone is talking about them.Anthem Blue Cross says it's reversing a policy to limit anesthesia coverage
Anthem will reverse a policy that would have capped insurance coverage for anesthesia after objections from doctors and lawmakers.
I see many people saying what he did or has done will not change anything. But I’d like to point out that some major insurance carriers have already made changes or discontinued changes that would adversely impact policyholders.
Especially because it will set a precedent that if you kill a CEO, you get what you want. That's... suboptimal.
A comparison with Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried is fallacious; those two were chronic lying grifters only interested in enriching themselves, even at the expense of bankrupting (SBK) or even endangering the health and lives of others (EH, with her ersatz blood tests).
My thoughts exactly.
It may be that he brought currency back from his trip to Japan & has carried it with him for these last few months. He seems to have lived for a long time with very little except what fit in a backpack. He may have traded in & out of a very sparce wardrobe as his needs changed. Its fairly common for young nomads to live like this. Some even use "couch surfing" websites for sleep accommodations. I once met a lovely fairly well known artist being hosted like this who had lived like this for 2 years when I met her & she had traveled the world.
LM was however short-sighted in his ‘reasoning’. The health insurance industry is exploitive in that it does not spend all of the premiums it collects on procuring health care for members covered by plans. A substantial amount of that is creamed off as profit.
the parallel I see is that EH claimed she was bringing a new modern testing protocol to revolutionize medicine (though she wasn't) and SBF was investing and creating wealth (but he wasn't) and LM is trying to change health care for the better (but he just murdered one guy) so they all have these lofty goals with no real way to achieve them- quixotic really.
Love the understatement
