Ukraine

[neoplacebo]

Says the guy who gets his dental work done at a dental school in spite of having such grand medical insurance from the Kaiser insurance school. Genius.

I don't recall ever having said I had great dental insurance. It's well known that Medicare does NOT have much in the way of dental insurance. Perhaps you could research that for your own edification? Biden wanted to improve it, but had to postpone that. Read up and get edumacated, for a change.

Yes, you are uselessly correct in that you've never specifically stated you have great dental insurance. But you HAVE quacked and squawked about your Kaiser insurance. If you're paying extra for it without getting benefits like vision and dental, then what the fuck are you paying them for?

[Ulysses]

Says the guy who gets his dental work done at a dental school in spite of having such grand medical insurance from the Kaiser insurance school. Genius.

I don't recall ever having said I had great dental insurance. It's well known that Medicare does NOT have much in the way of dental insurance. Perhaps you could research that for your own edification? Biden wanted to improve it, but had to postpone that. Read up and get edumacated, for a change.

Yes, you are uselessly correct in that you've never specifically stated you have great dental insurance. But you HAVE quacked and squawked about your Kaiser insurance. If you're paying extra for it without getting benefits like vision and dental, then what the fuck are you paying them for?

I guess it's too much to ask you to even try to educate yourself about something before you to off all half-cocked about it.

Sad.

[neoplacebo]

Bullshit. I'm not half cocked. I'm locked and loaded. And as always you didn't answer the question. You never stated whether your Kaiser is replacing Medicare and if you no longer have Medicare. If you still have Medicare, what does Kaiser give you for the money you give them?

[Ulysses]

Bullshit. I'm not half cocked. I'm locked and loaded. And as always you didn't answer the question. You never stated whether your Kaiser is replacing Medicare and if you no longer have Medicare. If you still have Medicare, what does Kaiser give you for the money you give them?

I can't help it if you don't pay attention.

1) Traditional Medicare has NO dental coverage

2) Kaiser covers Medicare under the quasi commercial program known as "Medicare Senior Advantage".

3) The Kaiser Senior Advantage program has minimal dental coverage, which covers a perfunctory cleaning and set of x-rays every 2 years. Nothing for fixing teeth. Try to grasp that.

4) Why on earth do you think my Kaiser is replacing Medicare? Are you really that stupid?

5) Try to get up to speed on all the complexities of Medicare and private insurance. Google is your friend there.

6) Traditional Medicare covers only hospital care. Nothing for doctor's visits, meds outside of hospital, etc etc etc.

7) You ignant.

[Vrede too]

I don't recall ever having said I had great dental insurance. It's well known that Medicare does NOT have much in the way of dental insurance. Perhaps you could research that for your own edification? Biden wanted to improve it, but had to postpone that. Read up and get edumacated, for a change.

You have Medicare Advantage, and some Advantage plans do include dental.

As you've been told before - Medicare doesn't offer dental insurance, but most of us use real dentists anyway.

I would have no problem trying a dental school. The students are probably closely monitored and they've got to learn somehow.

(signature: obsessed butthurt )

Awww. , Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.

[neoplacebo]

Bullshit. I'm not half cocked. I'm locked and loaded. And as always you didn't answer the question. You never stated whether your Kaiser is replacing Medicare and if you no longer have Medicare. If you still have Medicare, what does Kaiser give you for the money you give them?

I can't help it if you don't pay attention.

1) Traditional Medicare has NO dental coverage

2) Kaiser covers Medicare under the quasi commercial program known as "Medicare Senior Advantage".

3) The Kaiser Senior Advantage program has minimal dental coverage, which covers a perfunctory cleaning and set of x-rays every 2 years. Nothing for fixing teeth. Try to grasp that.

4) Why on earth do you think my Kaiser is replacing Medicare? Are you really that stupid?

5) Try to get up to speed on all the complexities of Medicare and private insurance. Google is your friend there.

6) Traditional Medicare covers only hospital care. Nothing for doctor's visits, meds outside of hospital, etc etc etc.

7) You ignant.

Not surprised; you can't help anything.
1. I know that.
2. Congratulations
3. My question was "what does Kaiser give you for the money you pay them?"
4. I didn't think that; I was asking you if your Kaiser replaced Medicare
5. I have no problem or issue with Medicare and don't need to google it; they send me a voluminous booklet every year explaining it all
6. Medicare part B covers doctor visits; it's medical insurance. google it
7. You piss ant

[Ulysses]

Aha. Yes, Medicare part B covers doctor visits. Not sure if it's free or not. I pay about $160/month for Medicare coverage anyway, with another $95/month for the Kaiser part. I think.

Here's the skinny on Advantage:

Medicare Advantage (also known as Part C)

Medicare Advantage is a Medicare-approved plan from a private company that offers an alternative to Original Medicare for your health and drug coverage. These “bundled” plans include Part A, Part B, and usually Part D.

In most cases, you’ll need to use doctors who are in the plan’s network
.
Plans may have lower out-of-pocket costs than Original Medicare.
Plans may offer some extra benefits that Original Medicare doesn’t cover — like vision, hearing, and dental services.

The primary reason why I'm on Kaiser Senior Advantage is to maintain continuity with my last 10 or so years of employer subsidized health care, which was mostly Kaiser. Kaiser however would not be my first choice if I had other affordable options, but it's good enough and there don't seem to be any. Kaiser is an HMO so the costs can be lower. I will say however that I haven't found decent dental coverage via Medicare Part C/Kaiser. It just covers cleanings and x-rays every couple of years. All else seems to be $$$. If you know of an affordable comprehensive Medicare based dental plan, please do let everyone here know about it. I do know that Biden was trying to improve Medicare based dental coverage, but the GOP congress cucks prevented that. At this point I don't expect Biden to resume pushing for it until after the 2022 elections at best. It will require a Dem Senate and House without the Manchin/Sinema blockage.

Here is what I found:

https://www.investopedia.com/best-denta ... re-5075299

[billy.pilgrim]

Bullshit. I'm not half cocked. I'm locked and loaded. And as always you didn't answer the question. You never stated whether your Kaiser is replacing Medicare and if you no longer have Medicare. If you still have Medicare, what does Kaiser give you for the money you give them?

I can't help it if you don't pay attention.

1) Traditional Medicare has NO dental coverage

2) Kaiser covers Medicare under the quasi commercial program known as "Medicare Senior Advantage".

3) The Kaiser Senior Advantage program has minimal dental coverage, which covers a perfunctory cleaning and set of x-rays every 2 years. Nothing for fixing teeth. Try to grasp that.

4) Why on earth do you think my Kaiser is replacing Medicare? Are you really that stupid?

5) Try to get up to speed on all the complexities of Medicare and private insurance. Google is your friend there.

6) Traditional Medicare covers only hospital care. Nothing for doctor's visits, meds outside of hospital, etc etc etc.

7) You ignant.

Medicare doesn't have dental or vision - period. You have private insurance that runs up the cost of Medicare, costs more than Medicare and through smoke and mirrors actually covers less than Medicare for most seniors while selling dental and vision plans to the gullible.

[billy.pilgrim]

Aha. Yes, Medicare part B covers doctor visits. Not sure if it's free or not. I pay about $160/month for Medicare coverage anyway, with another $95/month for the Kaiser part. I think.

Here's the skinny on Advantage:

Medicare Advantage (also known as Part C)

Medicare Advantage is a Medicare-approved plan from a private company that offers an alternative to Original Medicare for your health and drug coverage. These “bundled” plans include Part A, Part B, and usually Part D.

In most cases, you’ll need to use doctors who are in the plan’s network
.
Plans may have lower out-of-pocket costs than Original Medicare.
Plans may offer some extra benefits that Original Medicare doesn’t cover — like vision, hearing, and dental services.

The primary reason why I'm on Kaiser Senior Advantage is to maintain continuity with my last 10 or so years of employer subsidized health care, which was mostly Kaiser. Kaiser however would not be my first choice if I had other affordable options, but it's good enough and there don't seem to be any. Kaiser is an HMO so the costs can be lower. I will say however that I haven't found decent dental coverage via Medicare Part C/Kaiser. It just covers cleanings and x-rays every couple of years. All else seems to be $$$. If you know of an affordable comprehensive Medicare based dental plan, please do let everyone here know about it. I do know that Biden was trying to improve Medicare based dental coverage, but the GOP congress cucks prevented that. At this point I don't expect Biden to resume pushing for it until after the 2022 elections at best. It will require a Dem Senate and House without the Manchin/Sinema blockage.

Here is what I found:

https://www.investopedia.com/best-denta ... re-5075299

The primary reason you chose a private company to take over your Medicare is plain and simple too stupid and lazy to change.

[neoplacebo]

Aha. Yes, Medicare part B covers doctor visits. Not sure if it's free or not. I pay about $160/month for Medicare coverage anyway, with another $95/month for the Kaiser part. I think.

Here's the skinny on Advantage:

Medicare Advantage (also known as Part C)

Medicare Advantage is a Medicare-approved plan from a private company that offers an alternative to Original Medicare for your health and drug coverage. These “bundled” plans include Part A, Part B, and usually Part D.

In most cases, you’ll need to use doctors who are in the plan’s network
.
Plans may have lower out-of-pocket costs than Original Medicare.
Plans may offer some extra benefits that Original Medicare doesn’t cover — like vision, hearing, and dental services.

The primary reason why I'm on Kaiser Senior Advantage is to maintain continuity with my last 10 or so years of employer subsidized health care, which was mostly Kaiser. Kaiser however would not be my first choice if I had other affordable options, but it's good enough and there don't seem to be any. Kaiser is an HMO so the costs can be lower. I will say however that I haven't found decent dental coverage via Medicare Part C/Kaiser. It just covers cleanings and x-rays every couple of years. All else seems to be $$$. If you know of an affordable comprehensive Medicare based dental plan, please do let everyone here know about it. I do know that Biden was trying to improve Medicare based dental coverage, but the GOP congress cucks prevented that. At this point I don't expect Biden to resume pushing for it until after the 2022 elections at best. It will require a Dem Senate and House without the Manchin/Sinema blockage.

Here is what I found:

https://www.investopedia.com/best-denta ... re-5075299

Yeah, that's what I was asking you; if the Kaiser has replaced your Medicare or not. So you have both of them, the former coming with some discount as evidently part of a group plan. I don't know of any dental insurance. I don't have any (insurance, not teeth) and just have Medicare which to date I've never used.

[Ulysses]

Yeah, that's what I was asking you; if the Kaiser has replaced your Medicare or not. So you have both of them, the former coming with some discount as evidently part of a group plan. I don't know of any dental insurance. I don't have any (insurance, not teeth) and just have Medicare which to date I've never used.

Glad I was able to provide you with the information you needed.

[Vrede too]

Here are the six Republicans who voted against investigating Russia for war crimes

The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would direct President Biden to prepare a report on the government’s efforts to collect and examine evidence related to war crimes and other atrocities committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The bipartisan legislation passed the lower chamber in a 418-7 vote, with all those in opposition belonging to the Republican Party.

A spokesman for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said the congresswoman mistakenly voted against the bill, and plans to tell the House clerk that she meant to vote in favor.

GOP Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Scott Perry (Pa.) all opposed the bill.

Wednesday’s vote was not the first time Biggs, Greene and Massie opposed legislation responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Last month the trio voted against a bill to revoke normal trade relations with Russia, along with five other Republicans. The eight GOP members in opposition of the legislation have all worked to maintain close ties to former President Trump and have frequently found themselves in the far-right wing of the Republican Party.

In a video posted online, Greene said she could not back the U.S. getting involved in the conflict because there are larger issues Americans are facing at home....

Maybe MTG WTF? can't do more than one thing at a time, but America can.

Also last month, Biggs, Greene and Massie voted against a separate bill that called for a ban on Russian oil imports and additional sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Gosar joined the trio in opposition....

And in June, Biggs, Greene and Massie made headlines for opposing a bill that called for awarding Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police and all individuals who defended the Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

Greene told Politico that she voted against the bill because she did not like that the legislation referred to the Capitol as “the temple of our American Democracy” or that it called the Jan. 6 attack an insurrection.

[billy.pilgrim]

Yeah, that's what I was asking you; if the Kaiser has replaced your Medicare or not. So you have both of them, the former coming with some discount as evidently part of a group plan. I don't know of any dental insurance. I don't have any (insurance, not teeth) and just have Medicare which to date I've never used.

Glad I was able to provide you with the information you needed.

Still too stupid to understand that Medicare doesn't do dental, or that your Advantage type plan isn't Medicare.

PSA: don't go camping out of your state. You likely won't have coverage if you need a hospital. Oh they'll admit you, but that mri or CT that is billed at $4,000, but only cost $0 or a couple of hundred out of pocket, will cost the full $4,000 and your 1 night hospitalization could run $20,000 or $30,000. So stay in California.

[billy.pilgrim]

Here are the six Republicans who voted against investigating Russia for war crimes

The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would direct President Biden to prepare a report on the government’s efforts to collect and examine evidence related to war crimes and other atrocities committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The bipartisan legislation passed the lower chamber in a 418-7 vote, with all those in opposition belonging to the Republican Party.

A spokesman for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said the congresswoman mistakenly voted against the bill, and plans to tell the House clerk that she meant to vote in favor.

GOP Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Scott Perry (Pa.) all opposed the bill.

Wednesday’s vote was not the first time Biggs, Greene and Massie opposed legislation responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Last month the trio voted against a bill to revoke normal trade relations with Russia, along with five other Republicans. The eight GOP members in opposition of the legislation have all worked to maintain close ties to former President Trump and have frequently found themselves in the far-right wing of the Republican Party.

In a video posted online, Greene said she could not back the U.S. getting involved in the conflict because there are larger issues Americans are facing at home....

Maybe MTG WTF? can't do more than one thing at a time, but America can.

Also last month, Biggs, Greene and Massie voted against a separate bill that called for a ban on Russian oil imports and additional sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Gosar joined the trio in opposition....

And in June, Biggs, Greene and Massie made headlines for opposing a bill that called for awarding Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police and all individuals who defended the Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

Greene told Politico that she voted against the bill because she did not like that the legislation referred to the Capitol as “the temple of our American Democracy” or that it called the Jan. 6 attack an insurrection.

Why are there republicans?

[O Really]

Why are there republicans?

Why indeed? I know for a long time it's been said that although the extremists had taken over the leadership of the party and gotten some people elected, that there remained a large group of "regular" or "moderate" Republicans that just go along because they don't want to vote for Dems. And that there would be some point at which that group couldn't/wouldn't go along and would refuse to support the crazies. That lack of support might include working within the Repug party or bailing from the party entirely. I am pretty sure that was a wishful thinking myth, and that the crazies really do represent a solid majority of Repugs, and that no cavalry will be riding over the hill. It's one thing to put up with rude, crude, abusive criminal behaviour for a while as long as your judges are getting nominated and your taxes don't go up. But it is clear there is no limit which these people will accept and support.

[billy.pilgrim]

Pink Floyd back together for Ukraine


https://youtu.be/saEpkcVi1d4

[billy.pilgrim]

Come on, where's the love for this great group?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/ ... rt-ukraine

"Most observers assumed Pink Floyd were long defunct. They last released original new music 28 years ago"'

"a tribute to the band’s late keyboard player Rick Wright. At the time, Gilmour was insistent that was the finale for a band"

"Pink Floyd couldn’t tour without Wright, who died of cancer in 2008, and there was to be no more music: “It’s a shame,” he told the BBC, “but this is the end.”'


The invasion of Ukraine changed Gilmour’s mind. “I hate it when people say things like ‘As a parent, I …’, but the practicalities of having an extended Ukrainian family is part of this. My grandchildren are half-Ukrainian, my daughter-in-law Janina is Ukrainian – her grandmother was in Kharkiv until three weeks ago. She’s very old, disabled, in a wheelchair and has a carer, and Janina and her family managed to get her all the way across Ukraine to the Polish border and now they’ve managed to get her to Sweden, literally last week.”'

[Vrede too]

Saw a woman on Facebook share something talking about how Russia is freeing Ukraine from neo-nazis, then a few posts later shared something about how Russia is stopping globalist Jews. The post she shared literally mentioned "Jews" and how Putin is good because he's keeping Russia Christian.

Like 2 days apart.

Waaat.

If the Facebook wars aren't enough, your skills are needed:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAyl2XiWZyo

[Ulysses]

This one brought tears to my eyes...

[O Really]

Come on, where's the love for this great group?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/ ... rt-ukraine

"Most observers assumed Pink Floyd were long defunct. They last released original new music 28 years ago"'

They couldn't be "defunct" if they never played again and were all dead. Their music is eternal. Would that writer find that "most observers assume Beethoven is defunct"?

New music is just a bonus.