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These insurers use Utilization Management (UM) companies to save them money by doing exactly what you describe. The UM hires a doctor and statisticians to look at what the average patient in your situation needs. I've heard of them denying 24 PT visits and approving a re-evaluation after 10 or 12 visits, but I hadn't heard of them denying a prescription like that until now. That does sound like BS. Glad they caved in, but sorry you had to resort to threats. You're the customer and should be treated accordingly.

I have a heater almost identical to that for my teardrop camper and it will run me out of there in no time. Their claims for a 350-450W heater to warm any room to 75° in 2 mins is preposterous though. It takes nearly 20 mins to warm my 10x5 camper. I still think it's a great heater for a small room, but not 20x20. I don't know if these are the size you're looking for, but I almost never buy anything w/out checking to see if Todd on Project Farm has done a review on what I'm looking at.

Providers say they inflate their prices to account for the payors negotiating down the price. Then they should explain why self-insured patients pay the highest price of all for services. It sounds to me like buying a new car from the stealership, only a fool pays sticker price instead of negotiating. On an unrelated note: I work for a very close competitor of UHC. We had a virtual town hall meeting today and the CEO of our Fortune Top 20 company didn't speak. Her mouthpieces told us to avoid saying anything to defend our industry because it might make us a target of violence. In fact, they asked us to stay off social media altogether for the next week or so and that all communications will be scrutinized carefully by AI for the next few months. They offered counseling for anyone suffering from anxiety over our competitor's CEO's the murder. Then in the same breath they said don't worry, it's still perfectly safe to go into the NYC offices and all other sites.

Webster says the importance of the victim is the difference between assassination and murder. Good to know that I don't have to ever be worried about being assassinated...one less thing to worry about.

WHA? that one is cutting edge!

At the range, the laser is not necessary. You have time to focus on the front sight and super-impose it over your target. In a critical situation I imagine it might be too dark to see my sights and/or my target is moving and/or I can't get into a perfect position. It seems that keeping an eye on the target and painting it with a dot, like @chances R said, might be my only hope of getting a good hit. Regardless, I like to have a laser even if I don't need it vs wishing I had one when I do need it.

I'm glad you mentioned this. The first thing I learned when I put a laser on a pistol was that my grip/stance was nowhere near as steady as I thought it was. LOL That immediate visual feedback helped a lot with correcting my shooting.

IMHO, the best argument for a laser is that you can't always fully extend your arms and/or get a perfect sight picture. I'm gonna rely on proper stance, grip, and sight picture as my go-to whenever possible, but I think the CT laser grip on my LCP and the TLR6 on my P365 could be difference between a hit or a miss in the dark or when shooting from retention.

I love good ramen from a Japanese restaurant too. You get a lot for the price too.

Well, I wasn't planning to buy myself $220 worth of ammo for Christmas, but I know I'll love it!

Part of this reminds me of a story I heard John Chaney tell. He said: "My grandfather walked 10 miles to work and my father walked 5. I drive a Cadillac and my son is in a Mercedez. My grandson will be driving a Ferrari, but my great-grandson will be walking again because tough times create strong men; strong men create easy times; easy times create weak men; weak men create tough times. Many will not understand, but you have to raise warriors."

It's especially frustrating to think of a single member of our military being inadequately fed or housed when millions are getting better food and housing for free and they give nothing in return.

Never thought I'd see anybody asking for deck pics on this site, but I'm sure somebody's willing: