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• JohnS commented on Because I am bored ...
  whitroth @ 1185: Suing the insurance co. was what I meant, of course, Since I left Chicago in '09, every doc orders PSA, and if I understand correctly, use them as an indicator. For the insurance co. to decide it required prior authorization, as if it was unusual, is utter incompetence on their part, and complete ignorance that this was the way medicine had gone. As I noted this occurred BEFORE the Affordable Care Act. There's no identifiable tort a lawyer could grab hold to. It was bad, stupid and just downright malicious, but it wasn't a violation of any...
• JohnS commented on Because I am bored ...
  Uncle Stinky @ 1190: Unrelated to anything, the NATO golfball near Kinross is on the market if anyone wants a unique residence.https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-89864398.html I bet it's got good satellite TV reception ... or are they going to take the antenna with them?...
• JohnS commented on Because I am bored ...
  Troutwaxer @ 1193: It sounds to me like the doctor sent the PSA to a lab which wasn't in-network? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something? I don't know why they would. They knew I was there because the insurance company told me they were IN-NETWORK. The forms I filled out on that visit identified the insurance company that would be paying. So if they sent it anywhere, they should have sent it where the insurance company said to send it....
• Robert Prior commented on Because I am bored ...
  the law is what the judge says the law is Which means it's effectively a lottery, not only which judge you get but how hungry they are, whether they're male or female, whether they hear the case in the morning or afternoon, whether the weather is warm or cool, whether you local football team won or lost the last game… Started reading Kahneman et al's latest book Noise, and they start off with judges and insurance adjusters, and how the variation between different professional judgements is a lot greater than generally acknowledged....
• Scott Sanford commented on Because I am bored ...
  I'm sorry, this is Charlie Stross' blog. He's a very well known fantasy and science fiction writer, so I just assume everyone knows that Glasgow's bidding for the 2024 World Science Fiction Convention, and that would be the reason I'd be talking about getting off this continent again. Also, Charlie came home with a Hugo from the last Glasgow WorldCon. He's certainly not going to miss the next one, whether or not they offer him a nifty rocket....