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  • Speaking from the pharmacy perspective.

    Banks wove their way into drug transactions as a middleman called Pharmacy benefits managers. They stand between insurance and pharmacies to prevent collision, but instead, what we see is insurance companies pay a lot for drugs, while pharmacies see very little for that drug. Over 50% is being taken by the PBM because they're "preventing" collision. Don't even get me started on the vertically integrated pharmacies like CVS and United who abuse their position to force consumers to use their pharmacies instead of competitors or use "technological advancements" to keep their prices lower than their competitors.

    NYC is currently trying to pass legislation to fix this, but that's only at the state level.

    Wall Street needs to get the fuck out of healthcare and healthcare needs to stay the fuck out of Wall Street. Once a healthcare org talks about share holders, we're no longer talking about patients.

  • Bad take.

    Code is about working with a limited set of tools and making them work for whatever task is in front of you.

    Inspiration is from interacting with something and receiving insight.

    The best coders meld the two and push the industry forward. If you impose self limitations like this on yourself, then you'll never advance yourself.

    This is like saying you read lord of the rings and now can't play DND because the fantasy source material was 'stolen'.

  • I'm sure their adoption rate looks like, does the user use the autostart software when the start the car? Yes? Wow, using our software really is amazing.

    Now what about the optional Android auto software? No? Pft, we have 100% adoption vs 50% (assuming 50% of users use Android).

  • It's probably on claim submission.

    My company operates as an LTC pharmacy. We pay for every claim submission whether reject or success.

    I was on the phone the other day with my pharmacy (optum) and they did a "test" claim which was free for them. I know optum owns the pharmacy, insurance, and pbm, but either their abusive their vertical integration or they have an "ai" to test claims.

  • Most of us use Google, Microsoft and Amazon. They're ingrained and destroying our futures but they're convenient. Two generations from now will be saying the same about us. We as individuals can resist, but it won't make a trillion dollar company into a million dollar company. We eat the rich, none of this generation hate.

  • Just bought an EV from a local dealer. Went in on Saturday because they had a 2 month used listing on their website for about 10k under MSRP. They told me, oh no that sold, but please check out the new cars. I entertained them and told them they'd need to bring down the price 10k to get me to sign because it's simply out of my price range. They also mentioned these things (ioniq 6) are selling extremely quickly and they only have a few on the lot.

    They insisted and played games for a week, with offers OVER msrp, so I let them waste their time. They pushed me to come in, so as I was about to sign, I told them, actually, no. I need an offer 10k under MSRP or I'm leaving. At this point that was a 15k cut. They've now wasted a week of negotiation and suddenly found the used one I originally requested, but it was at their off-site lot.

    We drove over there, and it was a large 5 story parking deckcompletely filled to the top. They even had cars parked in front of cars. They tried one last game and made me wait for 3 hours to get it out.

    All that is to say, let the fuckers bleed. If they can't afford Christmas, maybe they need to learn what the fuck capitalism really means. If they can't afford new years, it's time to make a new resolution and if they can't afford spring break, it's time to find a new job.

  • Enter the world of brand injection into ai.

    User: Tell me the top 5 electric vehicles ranked by price and tell me the pros and cons

    Meta: I'm so glad you're looking to help the world by moving to electric. There are many options but the Mustang E is very popular. Here's an affiliate link to buy one.

  • No they're synthetic oil cans that are one of the best ways to grease things and can as a side be used as a bomb.

    You don't take a picture of a vodka bottle and say someone was trying to make moltov cocktails. Likewise, if I raided a bar and took pictures of empty vodka bottles and towels that doesn't make them or the customers terrorists.