PART 2: Enrollment data by state; year over year performance; federal vs. state-based exchanges; Medicaid expansion vs. non-expansion: #ACA13acasignups.net/23/03/23/mazel…
The biggest takeaway here is that nearly 4 MILLION #ACA exchange enrollees in non-expansion states earn less than 138% FPL. acasignups.net/23/03/24/mazel…
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For the most part the ASPE report on #ACA coverage is pretty much in line with my own estimates from January: A bit over 40 million Americans now have healthcare coverage via the ACA via exchange QHPs, basic health plans in MN/NY and Medicaid expansion: acasignups.net/23/03/23/old-n…
However, the ASPE report has a couple of curious estimates for effectuated QHPs. Overall, they put it at 95.2% of total OEP selections, but this ranges from as low as *78.5%* in New Mexico (?) to *101.3%* in Rhode Island (!)
The first seems way too low; the second is impossible.
On the one hand, this isn’t technically disqualifying in any way. On the other hand, that’s the most bizarre thing to say. Literally EVERYONE in the U.S. (and many other countries as well, I’d imagine) knows exactly where they were and what they were doing at the time. Weird.
It doesn’t mean you were doing anything significant—I was just sitting down at my home office computer while my wife was in the shower when I saw the news on FARK, of all sources. fark.com/comments/45086…
📣 March (& likely FINAL) update: COVID death rates by partisan lean & VACCINATION rates (w/bivalent booster data): acasignups.net/23/03/06/march…
With Johns Hopkins University, the NY Times *and* the White House COVID Response Team all shutting down their county-level COVID death data tracking projects this month, this will likely be the last time I can compare county-level death rates vs. vaccination rates.
Since COVID vaccines were widely available to all U.S. adults as of 5/01/21, the COVID death rate has run 2.7x higher in the least-vaccinated tenth of the U.S. than the most-vaccinated.
It's run 2.4x higher in the least-vaxxed fifth vs. the most-vaxxed fifth.
I spent the weekend in Jackson, MI for the #FRC2023 robotics competition (my son is on the team). This photo captures a scene straight out of an espionage thriller movie--these 2 girls had to replace a faulty motor with literally *seconds* to spare before their next competition.
Normally this was a situation where a half-dozen adult mentors (w/professional engineering or electrical experience) would have jumped in, but these 2 high school students pulled it off themselves w/only their fellow pit crew members to assist. Their parents should be very proud.
I have my first regular maintenance appointment for my 2022 Kia Niro EV at Glassman Kia tomorrow morning.
Here’s the confirmation email I just received. 🤔
To clarify: 1. I've never owned a Mitsubishi in my life. 2. It's an EV, so the "maintenance" should be just rotating the tires, making sure the wiring isn't loose, perhaps changing the cabin filter. 3. I've never taken any car to a *dealer* for maintenance. Now I know why.
I just figured since it's an EV I might as well try taking it to a dealership one time to see what happens. Now I know. I think I'm gonna cancel & just take it to my normal mechanic to rotate the tires instead...