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Joe's avatar

Regulations and lousy reimbursements are what drive doctors out.

And people want centralized health care?

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Bandit's avatar

You have to remember that, overall, people are stupid.

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Joe's avatar

Purposefully, willfully or naturally?

Any way you cut it, the percentage is extremely high.

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SomeDude's avatar

also, the link you posted could be greatly shortened by removing everything starting with the question mark onwards to the end.

all that is PHP tracking code, which may benefit whatever page attached it, but is totally unnecessary for the end user.

every now and then you still see php code that does something functional like the timestamp you can add to a YouTube URL, but most of it these days is just used to track where clicks came from.

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SomeDude's avatar

related by parallel but not directly:

this is becoming an issue with mechanic shops being eaten by corporate giants too.

this year, multiple shops have outright refused to install new parts bought from the manufacturer of the car because their new corporate ownership doesn't cover the liability when they don't purchase and mark up crappier parts themselves.

many small shops can no longer afford the insurance or liability protection needed to stay in business nowadays.

I fix vehicles for myself and sometimes for friends for around 50% shop labor quote when they buy the parts, but I've gotten super picky about who I'll help with that due to being cheated in the past on payment for working too fast. and because I don't want the liability issue if a part or repair fails on a stranger's vehicle.

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