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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Name and shame - it does absolutely no good to post your experience without the insurance company name.

Health Net pulled constant bullshit with me. The company regularly refused payment on claims, saying they weren't covered after previously paying for the same service under the plan. Health Net even went so far to refuse payment on a claim when they had provided prior approval for the appointment in writing. They would refuse payment on things that were clearly covered and I had to read them the policy to even get them to look at the denial. Health Net literally trashed prior authorization requests my doctor sent in and it took 4 months and personally faxing the request myself to get them to admit they were throwing the faxes away. The list goes on and on.

After major surgery I often spent 10+ hours per week on the phone with them because Health Net would deny so many claims. Getting rid of that crappy insurance company was a major relief.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Paypal locked my account after years of use for absolutely no reason. I never had a invalid charge, dispute, or any other kind of problem with it, just one day they decided to shut it down. They flatly refused to explain what was going on. With all the decent alternatives out there now there is no longer a reason to use their crappy service.

Love that they believe they're the only game in town and can demand your bank statement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

HP has known the hinges are defective since they introduced them. There are so many people having problems a class action suit was filed about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Must depend on the model. I've been running Mint on that (repaired) X360 for years without significant problems outside crappy Realtek wireless module issues.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (15 children)

HP laptops are garbage. This is the hinge of my HP X360 laptop after 6 months of occasional use: https://i.imgur.com/LhZWBIt.jpg

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's more insidious than that. Malignant narcissists like Trump believe their gaslighting and lies define reality for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this doesn't look like this has anything to do with Syncthing vulnerabilities. Instead it looks like a hack that uses a preconfigured Syncthing installation to transfer sensitive data. Disturbing nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It's also important to remember that Microsoft has no monetary incentive to force people to use Windows Recall.

With that in mind, there would be no reason for Microsoft to automatically enable Windows Recall in an update down the line. If it does happen, the user will be able to instantly tell thanks to that that visual indicator and turn it off again.

This article is nothing but propaganda. There is huge monetary incentive to force people to use Windows Recall and collect their data, and Microsoft routinely uses Windows Update to enable data collection. They began that practice years ago on Windows 7. It's a ridiculously simple matter for MS to disable the visual indicator and force This Week's Plan on their users to monetize their data.

Windows Central pretends to be critical of plans to enable a feature that can be made into malware by Microsoft in a couple of minutes, but then back peddles and says it can't be done (utter BS) and if it could be, it wouldn't be that bad.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 months ago

The word is "bribes."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A feature, not a bug of an oligarchy and an economy run by effective monopolies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not against the rules, so I corrected the title.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Medicare Advantage is a huge scam created during Dubya's term to turn Medicare into a profit source for insurance companies. It's sold by sales reps that say they "don't have any reason to push it over Medigap plans", but the truth is the commissions paid are far higher for an Advantage plan than for a Medigap plan. Those commissions can continue for decades and mean hundreds of thousands of dollars more income for those sales reps.

Those sales reps also routinely tell people they can switch to a Medigap plan if they aren't satisfied with an Advantage plan but neglect to mention that switching is only possible (for most people) for a few months after becoming eligible for Medicare. Once those months are up nearly everyone is stuck with an Advantage plan for the rest of their lives.

Advantage plans look good at first because if care is not needed, monthly costs can be much lower than for a Medigap plan, but nearly everyone needs more care as they age. When that care is needed costs of an Advantage plan can far exceed that of a Medigap plan. Once stuck with an Advantage plan, subscribers get to deal with companies that make extra profit off of denying care. Insurance companies consistently do that even if they're breaking the law because the profits far exceed the penalties.

If you or are your parent are going to go on Medicare, be very careful before choosing an Advantage plan. Make sure you know exactly what you're getting into before signing on the dotted line.

 

Washington Post: Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.

 

The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot.

The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed him and pushed his body against the conveyer belt, crushing his face and chest, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.

He was sent to hospital but later died.

 

It's looking more and more like full blown dementia.

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