Of all the things that have come out of capitalism, the idea of private health insurance is one of the things that angers me the most. I have to hand it to the companies though, they really know how to cover everything in their policies. This is a collection of the most notable exceptions in my recent insurance policy.
The Not Too Surprising:
- Treatment of Behavior Health or Substance Abuse [damn, I was really hoping for that black tar heroin habit]
- Treatment of Pre-Existing Conditions
- Charges for work-related sickness that would be covered under worker's comp.
- Charges for transplant organs that were sold rather than donated [now what to do with this bucket o' kidneys?]
- Experimental services
- Assisted suicide
- Non-Emergency Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery and drugs related to.
- Treatment of prevention of Hair loss
- Stress management
- meditation and relaxation therapy
- aromatherapy
- Gender reassignment and drugs related to it.
The Surprising but Probable:
- Charges for transplant organs from animals.
- Participating and instruction of parachute jumping, hang-gliding, bungee jumping, racing any motorized or non-motorized vehicle, skiing, or rodeo activities.
- Charges for treatment or services incurred during the voluntary attempt to commit, participation in, or commission of a felony, whether or not charged.
- Snoring
The Absurd:
- War or any act of war, whether declared or undeclared [So, they're expecting one?]
- Foreign or domestic acts of terrorism that result in a nationwide epidemic. [Again, they're expecting this?]
- Charges for treatment, services, supplies or drugs designed to treat, alter, impact, or differentiate a covered person's genetic make-up or genetic predisposition [Really looking toward the future guys.]
- Change in skin pigmentation.
Granted, I'm thankful for insurance, I've been very lucky that I haven't had to spend too long a time without it so far. This is just an observation and almost celebration on the thoroughness of this insurance company. Now, I did notice that they do not include natural disasters in the exceptions, just the unnatural ones, so that's good news and while bio-terrorism is included good ole fashion injuries that stem from blowing things up isn't. Things could be far worse, I just wish I could afford to be a Japanese man with breast implants that runs a sky diving rodeo. One of these days...one of these days.
14.6.13
On the Topic of Divination
I've been very much into science for a good portion of my life, but in High School and amidst the awkwardness of adolescence I had a mystic/spiritual/thing phase. It started in seventh grade but didn't really manifest completely until my sophomore year in High School. Something happened that year that just made me not give a shit about a lot of things and I had to find something else to turn my energy towards. I was really into new agey "celtic" stuff, lots of tarot, cryptozoology, paranormal things including ghosts and auras, even started to look up "spells" at the chagrin of my older brother. If it had anything to do with the exact opposite of what I'm doing now I was all about it. No proof if it even exists? No problem! I used the excuse of keeping an open mind to justify everything while the entire time my brain was saying "you know this is bullshit, right?" In a time when a lot of people I knew started doing heavy drugs to find better understanding I turned to fantasy and probably would have played D&D if I knew more people who played it.What started as an interest ended as a means of some comfort and guidance when I otherwise couldn't get any. To say I became obsessed with the idea of being able to tell the future wouldn't be quite right but it always was something I had strong feelings toward since my first feeling of Deja Vu when I was six or seven. I turned my back on religion when I was pretty young and since the science thing wasn't working for me at the time I guess I had to turn to other means of guidance, lord knows I couldn't turn to family.This lasted into my early twenties and then I just gave it up, believed in nothing for a year or two, then found science again.
It's tough not believing in something, looking back on the experience it gives me insight to those who turn to religion, sometimes we just need that comfort of something else making our choices for us. I still have fun with the I Ching every so often but the tarot cards and "magick" books are long gone, buried in a trash heap along RT 94 in North Jersey with a lot of other things I used to believe in. Adolescence isn't easy, [for guys anyway] it starts when you're thirteen and goes until you're twenty-three. Ten years of uncertainty, frustration, and severe lack of guidance is enough to drive most people mad, no wonder personality disorders manifest during these years. As far as divination goes, it's just another thing and has about as much hold as organized crime, religion, and mathematics [Great Gauss, who may or may not be in a heaven or any afterlife for that matter but we do know you are quite dead unless of course reincarnation is a thing, hallowed be thy theorems], it's something to get behind and something to believe in, and a lot of times people need that.
It's tough not believing in something, looking back on the experience it gives me insight to those who turn to religion, sometimes we just need that comfort of something else making our choices for us. I still have fun with the I Ching every so often but the tarot cards and "magick" books are long gone, buried in a trash heap along RT 94 in North Jersey with a lot of other things I used to believe in. Adolescence isn't easy, [for guys anyway] it starts when you're thirteen and goes until you're twenty-three. Ten years of uncertainty, frustration, and severe lack of guidance is enough to drive most people mad, no wonder personality disorders manifest during these years. As far as divination goes, it's just another thing and has about as much hold as organized crime, religion, and mathematics [Great Gauss, who may or may not be in a heaven or any afterlife for that matter but we do know you are quite dead unless of course reincarnation is a thing, hallowed be thy theorems], it's something to get behind and something to believe in, and a lot of times people need that.
13.6.13
News from the Future
Ten Years after US Immigration Reform Passes: "Bachmann was right."
WASHINGTON DC It has been ten years since sweeping reforms passed and it is times like this when the American people look back into their past and reflect on what was. Since surprising immigration reforms in the final years of the Obama administration, the political climate is very different. What used to be a seemingly perpetually deadlocked legislative branch has become a model of progression. The two party system lives on in the form of the Democrat and Labor parties and the once influential GOP has all but completely disintegrated under pressure from the influx of new voters that occurred in the later years of the "Teen-cade," a name that in the end turned out to be most appropriate because of the awkwardness of the decade. What caused this dramatic change? In 2013, at the time influential GOP party member, now part time rodeo clown, Michelle Bachmann said in an interview that if immigration reforms were passed no more republicans would be elected. At the time many people scoffed at the notion, but of course hindsight is twenty twenty, and by mid-term elections in 2014 and mainly due to frustration by many American voters, most of the republican congressional seats were voted out. Young Representative from Pennsylvania, Frank Thurman (L) had this to say on what transpired "I remember first seeing the Bachmann interview on facebook.com when my boyfriend at the time posted it from work. Naturally like many others I thought to myself "Well that'll be the day." Sure enough after the reforms occurred and there was a brand new population of voters there was drastic upheaval. After that, healthcare became more socialized to accommodate the new immigrant population and a few years later and after five more states recognized gay marriage the marriage equality act of 2018 was signed and put into law. That was just the start of what many would say would be one of the golden ages of recent American History. More money was even given to STEM education and NASA! It truly was an exciting time, but what really was surprising to myself and many others was that Bachmann was right for once."
Like in any time of great change, not everyone was happy during these years though. For a time there was a surge of violent cult like activity by Tea Party splinter groups in the South Eastern United States and Texas. It escalated when an Alabama sect of the Children of Santorum committed mass suicide upon the ratification of the Marriage Equality Act by drinking a poison concoction of holy water, moonshine, and cyanide and it was because of the armed raids on several branches in 2019 that Planned Parenthood became a federally protected institution. The truest sign that the days of the republican party of the 21st century were over was when one of its most outspoken members, Sean Hannity, died in 2020 while Auto-Erotic Asphyxiating himself. After the dust on the political battlefield settled, a new age of American Politics came forth from the ashes and an age of progression began. In the past three years there has been incredible work done for climate control, medicine, education and infrastructure. Tax reform has corrected many mistakes from the past and for once, giving money to the government is no longer seen as a trick by the boogeyman to steal people's infants. As far as the remains of the once influential republican party, many of the more adaptable members were absorbed into the already increasingly conservative Democratic party and those who refused to adapt formed the ineffectual Blood Party, named so because the name "The Red Party" was far too "Pinko Commie" sounding.
It was once said that the flap of a butterfly's wing can create storms across the world. This idea has been no better shown than what has transpired in the past ten years. To think, the simple act of giving more power to oppressed immigrants and minorities could have such a large effect on the greater political world. It was not always the smoothest of transitions, but when it was all over, this great country showed its true colors and potential.
June 13, 2023
Definitions
Gravy: noun, plural gra·vies.
1.the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
2.Slang.
a.profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.
b.money illegally or dishonestly acquired, especially through graft.
3.something advantageous or valuable that is received or obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1905–10 for def 2; Middle English gravé, gravey < Old French gravé, perhaps misreading of grané (compare grain spice) < Latin granātus full of grains. See grain, -ate1
gravy boat: noun a small dish, often boat-shaped, for serving gravy or sauce.
Origin: 1890–95
blog [blawg, blog] noun, verb, blogged, blog·ging. noun
1.a Web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other Web sites. verb (used without object)
2.to maintain or add new entries to a blog.
Origin: 1995–2000; shortening of Weblog
Jon [jon]
noun a male given name, short for Jonathan or form of John
john [jon]
noun Slang.
1.a toilet or bathroom.
2.( sometimes initial capital letter ) a fellow; guy.
3.( sometimes initial capital letter ) a prostitute's customer.
not of course to be confused with
jawn [jon]
noun Slang
1. Anything and everything in the Philadelphia area.
In conclusion, this jawn is a blog created by someone named Jon that is in itself named for a vessel that can hold something valuable and advantageous, ill begotten gains, or delicious thickened fat drippings.
1.the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
2.Slang.
a.profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.
b.money illegally or dishonestly acquired, especially through graft.
3.something advantageous or valuable that is received or obtained as a benefit beyond what is due or expected.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1905–10 for def 2; Middle English gravé, gravey < Old French gravé, perhaps misreading of grané (compare grain spice) < Latin granātus full of grains. See grain, -ate1
gravy boat: noun a small dish, often boat-shaped, for serving gravy or sauce.
Origin: 1890–95
blog [blawg, blog] noun, verb, blogged, blog·ging. noun
1.a Web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other Web sites. verb (used without object)
2.to maintain or add new entries to a blog.
Origin: 1995–2000; shortening of Weblog
Jon [jon]
noun a male given name, short for Jonathan or form of John
john [jon]
noun Slang.
1.a toilet or bathroom.
2.( sometimes initial capital letter ) a fellow; guy.
3.( sometimes initial capital letter ) a prostitute's customer.
not of course to be confused with
jawn [jon]
noun Slang
1. Anything and everything in the Philadelphia area.
In conclusion, this jawn is a blog created by someone named Jon that is in itself named for a vessel that can hold something valuable and advantageous, ill begotten gains, or delicious thickened fat drippings.
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