Again, most of the states are too bunched together for me to clearly label them, but the big takeaway is similar: While NJ/NY remain high above everywhere else, other states are catching up quickly...and the Dakotas are skyrocketing at the same pace NJ/NY did last spring:
In fact, at their current trajectories, both New Jersey *and* North Dakota are both on track to hit 20 #COVID19 deaths per 10,000 residents right around...Christmas Day.
That's 1 out of every 500 residents dead.
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#FunFact: Die Hard is based on a novel called “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp, which was a sequel to “The Detective”, which was made into a film starring Frank Sinatra.
Which means Bruce Willis and Frank Sinatra both played the same character.
Also: In the novel, McClain (Joe Leland) is older, and it’s his estranged daughter who he’s visiting in L.A., not his estranged wife. The terrorists really are political terrorists. There’s a couple of unnecessary characters who were rightly eliminated from the film.
Otherwise, the film sticks pretty closely to the novel...except for the ending. The ending is actually exactly the same in the book, except for two critical differences...and holy shit do those differences completely change the tone.
1. DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE! You only have until DECEMBER 15th in most states for coverage starting January 1st (in some states you have longer for coverage starting in February or March).
Some states have later deadlines for January coverage:
MA: 12/23
MN: 12/22
RI: 12/31
2. MAKE SURE YOU ENROLL IN AN #ACA-COMPLIANT POLICY! The Trump Admin is pushing noncompliant junk plans. Make sure to use an *official* #ACA exchange website:
When adjusted for New Jersey & Pennsylvania no longer being on the federal exchange, HCgov is enrolling people 17.1% faster than last year for the same period:
The Week 3 HCgov report also finally starts breaking enrollments out by state. When adjusted for the 2-day difference, 35 out of 36 states have enrolled more people for 2021 so far than for 2020 at the same point:
“Elite” means “the best”. That’s who you’re SUPPOSED to want running things. Every action film goes on and on about how the protagonist is an “elite soldier” etc.
This is @chucktodd’s “Hillary is overprepared” bullshit all over again.
Some seem to have misunderstood my point. I'm NOT saying that attending an Ivy League school automatically makes you the most qualified for a job, and lord knows it doesn't mean you're a good or decent person. Half of Trump's cabinet went to Harvard/Yale and they're assholes. 2/
For that matter, *I'm* considered (by some, anyway) to be a trustworthy, reliable source for ACA/healthcare policy data analysis despite only having a bachelor's degree from Michigan State & having NO official experience in the healthcare, insurance or actuarial fields. 2/
For those who don’t get it: What he describes as being a terrible thing is EXACTLY how health insurance...or pretty much any insurance...works: Those who don’t have health problems help pay for those who do, since they might have health problems themselves in the future.
Crap. This was one of the best & most popular healthcare threads I've ever posted, and somehow everything except the first tweet seems to have disappeared. :(