Leaving New York City

[Haryana]

7 hours ago, bizaro86 said:

 

That $33k was in Canada, where most of that stuff would be covered by the government on an ongoing basis. Obviously in the USA costs would be much much higher.

 

Take the viable way out for affordable high-quality healthcare -> India.

 

 

[Eng12345]

On 12/13/2024 at 9:27 AM, Saluki said:

 

Statue of Liberty is definitely worth the trip.  It's a half day though, with getting there and back. 

 

If you want to see a Broadway play, but not any particular one, you can go to one of the TKTS locations and get some for shows that extra tickets, sometimes half off, for the same day. 

 

I think the hop-on hop-off tourbus is overpriced, but the route will take you to all the major spots in Manhattan and the tour guides are pretty knowledgeable about the history.

 

Your wife probably isn't interested in the financial district, so I wouldn't make a trip just for that, but if you go to the World Trade Center, it's close by and you can see the Bull statue and rub the horns (or balls) for good luck. And the bar where George Washington had his farewell dinner with his troops is still there and nearby also if I recall.  

Thanks for the tips Saluki! 

 

Definitely going to try to sneak in a show at broadway! 

[Spekulatius]

High Line Trail (if you are into walking with a lot of stops at restaurants, coffee shops along the way)

Do a mini cruise around Manhattan (starts at the Hudson River - a couple locations there)

Koreatown (great and cheap food)

NYC Diamond district.

Bryant Park (between Korea town and Diamond district)

9/11 Memorial

 

[Eng12345]

22 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

High Line Trail (if you are into walking with a lot of stops at restaurants, coffee shops along the way)

Do a mini cruise around Manhattan (starts at the Hudson River - a couple locations there)

Koreatown (great and cheap food)

NYC Diamond district.

Bryant Park (between Korea town and Diamond district)

9/11 Memorial

 

Definitely starting to realize I won't even be able to come close to seeing everything in 4 days there...

 

 

[Spekulatius]

1 hour ago, Eng12345 said:

Definitely starting to realize I won't even be able to come close to seeing everything in 4 days there...

 

 

I think think you can do all this in 4 days. Make a plan, but don’t plan too much.

[Luke]

 

 

 

What is going on? My feed is full of these from tons of legitimate businesses lol

[Luke]

 

 

 

 

The whole feed! No regulatory oversight from meta to protect the CEO billionaires ?!

[Morgan]

Almost everyone from every demographic hates insurance companies. It's extremely unlikely this will cause any meaningful change, but something needs to change with healthcare in the US. That's why these memes are everywhere.

Edited December 15 by Morgan

[Spekulatius]

If you want to change the health cares altem find out where the fat margins and large salary are made. It’s probably not the insurance that sends you the bill. FWIW, this guy want even insured with UNH. His back injury was a result of a surf accident. His surgery was a success and and we do not know what sort of financial issues resulted from it, could have been a deductible? Otherise, this guy was basically living a dream, but he apparently had mental issues, 3 d printed a ghost run and shot a health exec that had nothing to do with whatever issues he had.

 

After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, he worked at the Santa Monica-based car-buying website TrueCar until 2023 and lived in Hawaii for some time starting in January 2022. During a six-month stay at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space in Honolulu, Mangione’s back pain worsened in part because of a surfing incident.

Edited December 16 by Spekulatius

[Dalal.Holdings]

Yep. Back surgery went well based on his reddit posts and his pain much better.

 

His wealthy family even apparently owns some nursing homes in MD that are poorly rated--wonder why Luigi or the populists against the healthcare system haven't looked into that...

 

But again, the mind of someone who likely developed a psychotic disorder is not a rational one

 

https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/us-news/luigi-mangiones-family-operated-nursing-home-empire-that-was-cited-for-abuse-and-health-violations/

 

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The for-profit Lorien Health Services network, founded by Mangione’s affluent grandparents, touts its nine Maryland homes as idyllic places with the promise of top-class services and amenities that include restaurant-style dining, movie theaters and even beauty spas.  

 

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But at least two of the homes have been hit with low ratings by Medicare.gov for health inspections and quality-of-life issues, with one slammed with a warning label over reports of abuse.

 

Edited December 16 by Dalal.Holdings