Tom's were previously known as alpargatas, from Argentina. Its a slip in canvas shoe/loafer. Used to cost .25 cents a pair and now they are $50. Because Tom's saw an untapped market and tied a cause to the product, gifting a pair of "toms" for every purchase to someone in need; or something like that.

Dang

It’s the pharma/insurance/govt complex. There is nothing that resembles a free market. 98% corruption. If patients just paid their doctors and surgeons we wouldn’t have a problem at all.

Nevermind, I looked at it through a mirror. Its from LAST December, and they used 2636 KWH, an average of 3500 watts continuously over the month. That's around than $0.07 per KWH which is dirt cheap. I pay around $0.13. All the other fees are excessive though.

Yup. For like 4 or 5 years now probably and the birth of both children.

Not enough

Was about to say this. It was actually the model pre insurance era and was essentially how insurance began. It’s still the best model and only migrated into today’s bloated insanity due to the explicit bureaucratic menace and middlemanning its tentacles into every aspect of basic medical care.

In other words, I can’t see any way it becomes as disastrous as the current system… unless it just ties back into the current system. Otherwise it’s a far better, more direct, an cheaper model for care.