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Yeah, sounds like they got something right.

Real world, sometimes a doctor will think up a novel use of the effect of a drug. And sometimes they'll throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks. When you don't have a good answer this can be sane medical practice. But there should be a requirement of reporting it to something like this database.


It's not even about the doctors trying things themselves. Enough people have more than one issue at the time that they will notice "you prescribed this for A, but B went away as well".

Noteable here: Out of network. What did she expect to happen?

My insurance has a separate deductible and max out-of-pocket for out-of-network providers.

When I reach those, I’d expect them to pay the remainder. As agreed. As implied by a prior authorization.


I've never seen a max out of pocket for out of network.

You have now! https://imgur.com/a/Qw62Vhl

That's via Aetna.


> When I reach those, I’d expect them to pay the remainder.

They won't. "Out of pocket maximum" means something completely different to the insurance company than it does to any normal person.

Out of every dollar you pay out of pocket, the insurance company will decide how much they feel like counting it. Might be the full dollar, or some pennies, or nothing.

You might have paid $20K out of pocket in a year, but the insurance company will say you've only paid $1000 because just because. Good luck reaching that "out of pocket maximum".

Source: I've been there.


I reach my out-of-pocket maximum, every year. The rest of the year, we pay no more copays.

No sane healthcare system that puts ordinary citizens first should ever have this distinction.

This is what's driving the click-to-cancel movement. Many companies have engaged in such scummy practices and the result is an overreaction as usual.

Lanyard to your *belt*?

I hike, a phone falling is a realistic issue. I use a lanyard around my neck, though, not to my belt. A lanyard long enough to reach from your belt to use is likely to let it hit the ground. I've had it slip out a few times and be caught by the lanyard--without hitting the ground.


It's not about the risk of it going up, but in whether it will be promptly noted and contained if it does go up.


You can't smother a lithium battery fire because it's not using atmospheric oxygen in the first place. The only options are containment or cooling.


Yeah. Right there on the safety card--note whether there's fire outside an exit before using it.


They aren't going to talk to the passengers in a gap unless there's a major need (like Sullenberger saying "This is the captain, brace for impact". He had already committed to the Hudson long before he said that. And note that that's the minimum communication that conveys the message, he didn't spend one second on that he didn't have to.)


Heat a lithium secondary cell too much and it goes into runaway. When the cells are packed together in one device if one of them goes up it can take the others with it. The bigger the device the hotter it will be and harder to avoid it turning into a disaster.


The cheap junk *should be* banned as a fire hazard.


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