So, they're using 20 mil to buy down 2 Bil. Why don't they just make things cheaper in the first place, instead of overcharging?

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The pension program and rainy day funds are separate programs.

This is kind of a good idea, but 99% of college athletes don't go pro and most of them only play sports because of the scholarships. This wouldn't be a good idea in America unless college became affordable. It's a cart before the horse situation. In the US more people play sports in college to pay for college then they do with an intention of going pro.

College has become so expensive because goverment guaranteed loans allows colleges to charge more.

Exactly, for profit health insurance is a scam. Their only goal is to maximize profits for their shareholders, so that means they do all they can to avoid paying for care.

The system in other countries is much simpler because there are way fewer payers, sometimes only one and the goal of that agency is not to make profits.

Here we have thousands of middlemen that siphon off our money into their pockets while producing little to nothing of value and making everyone's lives more complicated.

By the way, the top 6 health insurance CEOs made $115 million last year. Just six people siphoned off over 100 million that could have gone to paying for healthcare. Disgusting

Sure there is a lot of distrust but the federal goverment is perfectly capable of running large agency's and programs, as long as they properly fund them and give them enough autonomy to do their own thing. Can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Love this idea.

Ha

At the state level sure. Don't agree with a national single payer health plan. Perhaps a federal network and framework, but I don't trust the Fed to manage such a service properly

Idk I used to work 25 hrs and get medicaid. Now I'm full time and they want like 85 a week and I pay the first 2k anyway. Plus co-pays. I might as well quit and get a part time job. It would be easier

American Legion SF, Austin Hawes campground near Pleasant Valley on River Rd. is real nice. Think you'd have to ride from the rail trail onto 44 past Satan's Kingdom, but the bike lane is pretty wide, then turning off toward the river in New Hartford is beautiful. You might be able to cross the river further south and head upriver on the East side, not sure as I don't mind 44 at all in that area.

I'm not sure what you mean. Tuition is massively overpriced because you're paying for schools to squander money on fancy new buildings and frivolous athletic programs. Even finance companies don't build such lavishly furnished facilities as your average university.

Personally, I think college sports should be decoupled from universities. Go with a European model where soccer academies are backed by pro teams instead of schools.

How much you got left?

Empathy is difficult for some

So no outside food allowed in? Even delivery?

I live in Central CT, was moved to bumfuck NY, was there for 4+ years on a dairy farm. It was awful. People were awful, stupid, proud of being stupid. Couldn't get anything without driving far too far.
I came home, and am much happier.

Future scary-voiced Republican ad: "Some of the medical debt Ned paid off was from people being hospitalized for COVID, but we all know COVID is a hoax - where did that money really go?"

The federal aid from our ridiculous stimulus spending doesn't need to be spent, right? Can we just use this $20m to reduce our own debt? Basically offsetting federal irresponsibility with some state responsibility?

They literally can't put any more money in the rainy day fund.

Connecticut has very limited power to address that, though, unfortunately.

The hospitals have already sold off the debt to bill collectors.

Just thank your lucky stars that you never racked up medical bills and then were stuck with a condition that left you unable to earn the money to pay them off.

It's the same thing John Oliver has done on his show. The medical debt can be bought for pennies on the dollar.

Watch the clip, he bought millions of dollars of debt for couple hundred thousand. And honestly I don't mind tax dollars doing that for low and middle income people. Money only ever goes up, and this debt relief will help millions of households and even allow people to start businesses if they wish.

I have been saying that for years they should start renaming laws to bandaids .. they aren’t fixing any issues just putting Band aids on it