Public health: ACA premiums 2024, $2,057/month, $19,000 deductible
2024 ACA premiums for a bare bones Brone policy for 2 adults: $2057/month or about $25k/year, $19,000 annual deductible.
Follow up: Where is Covid today?
Snap shot taken from covid19.who.int on Nov 2 2023:
Climate: Insurance industry costs due to disasters down sharply
Insurance industry costs for disasters is down sharply YoY, as media keeps telling us climate disasters are worsening. Are they?
Climate: To change the climate, what do we choose not to fund?
A choice to spend money on X is a choice to not spend money on Y, Z and many other activities. Politicians often present government spending programs as a choice…
EVs: Hertz slowing its EV rollout
he company had deals to acquire EVs for its rental fleet. About half were being used by Uber drivers – but those drivers dorve “their vehicles into the ground”, increasing…
Economy: Most who build wealth do so gradually, over time
For example, only 1% of families under 35 are millionaires, but that rises with age. By ages 55-64, 21% of families are millionaires. This trend is particularly pronounced among college…
Climate: We must establish global, individual digital ID
We must establish global digital personal IDs to track each individual's carbon emissions, meat consumption.... this is the way?
Drones: Man faces 10 year prison sentence for shooting down quadcopter
Guy in Florida shoots down a quadcopter, is arrested and charged with Federal offense for downing an aircraft. He was already a convicted felon.
Education: Oregon’s median class size is 22
The median number of students in a class in Oregon schools is just 22. Teachers are likely to strike, and are asking for smaller class sizes. Or that for each…