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Inside: Surprise billing's death-spiral may suck in untold patients; Podcasting "Vertically Challenged"; and more!

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Surprise billing's death-spiral may suck in untold patients: The best time to kill Envision Healthcare was before it started (the second best time is now).

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1503400456558723077

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Podcasting "Vertically Challenged": We need to investigate the companies Big Tech DOESN'T buy.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1503412656513990658

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#20yrsago Saving entertainment from itself web.archive.org/web/2002032512…

#15yrsago Walgreens marks up generics by 975% Walgreens marks up generics by 975% freakonomics.com/2007/03/if-cra…

#15yrsago Viacom: privacy-hating hypocrites freedom-to-tinker.com/2007/03/14/via… 4/

#15yrsago EFF reveals plot to hobble European television web.archive.org/web/2007031517…

#10yrsago Lawblawg commemorates My Cousin Vinny abnormaluse.com/2012/03/20th-a…

#10yrsago Former NYT CEO paid $23.7M exit package; company netted $3M over the past 4 years bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 5/

#10yrsago Lockdown London: how the Olympics will turn London into (more of) a police state theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar…

#10yrsago What is a game? raphkoster.com/2012/03/13/x-i… 6/

#10yrsago Copyright troll stripped of copyrights, which are to be sold to pay off its victims arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

#5yrsago Mormon church uses bogus copyright claims in attempt to censor Mormonleaks archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id… 7/

#5yrsago Games and other online communities are societies, owed a duty of care by their owners vimeo.com/208372546

#5yrsago Fearing border harassment, Girl Guides of Canada cancel all trips to Trump’s America theguardian.com/world/2017/mar… 8/

#5yrsago Woman Texas politician proposes rectal exams, fines, mandatory literature and masturbation ban for men dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

#5yrsago Just add Guinness: the strange world of prefab “Irish pubs” eater.com/2017/3/7/14839… 9/

#5yrsago America has spent more rebuilding Afghanistan than it spent rebuilding Europe under the Marshall Plan nytimes.com/2017/03/13/opi… 10/

Saturday's threads: A systemic (not individual) approach to content moderation; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1502726084470706176

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* @99piorg on fiber, internet deserts, meshnets, digital redlining 99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-fu…

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