I just went through this battle myself. And my insurance even approved it, but I’m traveling overseas for two months and even though they tell me my benefit covers a “vacation override” they wouldn’t approve it.

I asked the pharmacy how much it would cost to pay out of pocket. $1300 for 4 weeks, so $2600 to cover my trip.

Luckily my Dr was able to give me “samples” to get me through my trip.

Also, another thing that I learned in the past year. What your insurance will cover and how much they’ll cover changes depending on your history.

Spend a three day weekend in the ER/ICU and suddenly I DO need Ozempic and they’re giving me thousands of dollars worth of CGMs for free.

It’s all a cost/benefit analysis for them.

• Why does the USA love Israel so much?

U.S. politicians love Israel for their campaign contributions.

“Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor”

Every election year is the year you should vote for “other candidates” in the primaries.

That is how you work to reshape a party you’re not happy with.

Luckily primary season is here now so go make your voice heard!

^{*Disclaimer* - this applies to the US’ two party system. There are probably better ways in better systems.}

They take some getting used to but I absolutely adore mine. I don’t find mine to be noisy but I’ve also found mine has help reduce the amount of repositioning I do at night.

Hey States - FYI - if you don’t work for the Executive branch, executive orders don’t apply to you…

…or legal permanent residents…

“punishable by death, or watching my justice department trip and fall on their face. Your choice really…”

Sure - if their point was “fascists have always been fascists” then I agree; who wouldn’t? But that’s not what the article or discussion was about.

Republicans were not always Nazis

They kinda always have been. Did everyone just forget about the Ku Klux Klan? What about the 1920s Eugenics movement?

Before the Southern Strategy(c.1960s), klansmen, etc… were more likely to be Democrats than Republicans.

The people have always existed (by various names). I think this is more an inspection of the party itself’s shift

Guessing it’s an attempt to mask the girls identity. The article does make it pretty clear the accuser was an underaged girl who lived with him.

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Some importers/companies tracked tariff costs (Ubiquiti) per item/order.
Some importers/companies ate the cost and shielded the consumer (Costco).

But I suspect you’re right in the vast majority of cases.

I agree - it was a terrible suggestion…

Legumes aren’t low carb no one can afford to eat enough leafy greens to meet their caloric intake for the day

Plain canned tuna

Oh - like they do in England…

This is it exactly! I remember clearly the first time I had it. It was shocking and off putting because it was so different from anything I’d had before. But after that first experience of shock, it gradually grew on me until I actually enjoyed it.

I think this difference comes down to how open-minded folks are about trying new things.

I remember having a very similar experience with American Chinese food when one restaurant my parents started going to put large-ish chunks of ginger in one of the dishes I would always order. I didn’t know what it was at the time and told my parents it tasted like it had soap in it. Now I love ridiculously ginger heavy dishes.

I tend to think this is correct because I both think it tastes like soap and I like it. I would just tend to describe it as “clean” and “fresh” tasting instead of “soapy”.