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I wrote about better healthcare. Let’s look at finances. Redefine nonprofit. Spending money on salaries, buildings and equipment that doesn’t improve healthcare just be nonprofit is nonsense.
Simplify billing. Companies make money taking physician notes and recordings to find the best code to make the most money for the physician and themselves.
Our healthcare groups like UnitedHealth and Cigna are on the stock market so they need to make money for stockholders. More they bill us and reduce costs the happier their stockholders are.

I look at insurance companies to figure out how to save money. They want to reduce their costs. They want you to do preventative care like annual physicals like the dentist’s checkup to find things before it becomes a big problem. They want you to use telemedicine instead of going to doctor’s s office or ER. They want monitoring devices to monitor or control blood pressure or blood sugar. Vaccinations are usually a good preventative approach.
Why not have a universal preventative program with fixed codes for payment? This gives rural and urban community healthcare facilities a baseline from which to operate. I’m not proposing fully universal healthcare. I’m saying let’s start with basics that gets us on a healthier trajectory.

Kansas got a positive review so the rating may get better which affects borrowing. I wish the US Congress would get same. Congratulations to Kansas governor. Hope current budget doesn’t ruin it.

Today in 1796 Edward Jenner inoculated a person with cowpox to stop the spread of smallpox which had killed millions at this point in Europe.

Queens of England and Russia promoted variolation which had been done in China, Middle East and Turkey for centuries.

Science works. Promote the study of science for yourselves, family and animals.

State house tried to force more recess and fitness test into the school day. They tried to force certain political positions to be taught. I think they forgot what is taught in history and social studies. History shows how a successful society is structured. Social studies teaches different cultures. Government classes teach how our government works and how to participate. State house must have missed those days in school.
Serious note. Our education scores started diving in 2015. Reading has never recovered. What happened around 2015?

Overall the numbers are good.

For Kansas, unemployment was same. Participation rate was slightly down meaning people stopped looking for work. About 1,000 private jobs were lost with additional 200 government jobs lost, probably due to research cuts.

Nationally 115,000 additional jobs is an okay number for where we have been. Strong economy is above 120,000 per month. Financial and IT have large losses. Healthcare is leading in job creation. Other low paying sectors increased. Manufacturing is gaining but still negative for last 12 months.

Bottom line for us. Expect interest rates to stay same or increase based on inflation which will get worse.

With debt increasing loan rates will not come down either.

Good news it’s Spring and we are in a strong country.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyterrifying/s/RnJ8o9hB18

Warning couldn be tough to watch for some. Should this be in firs aid kits?

So there’s talk about not having enough physicians and not enough attorneys we don’t have enough vets in the Royal areas either. What can we do about that?

Kansas News Service reported that the Finney County economic development director was pitching the idea of taking 6,000 acres for a renewable energy field and a data center project.

Data centers don’t hire many people but may provide more taxes than the farm land.

Irrigation of 6,000 acres uses 3 billion gallons of water each year where a data center would use far less, true? This would conserve groundwater. Could you reuse/capture the water from the data center for irrigation?

Would it be better to put in the renewable energy system to provide revenue, but send the energy on the Grain Belt Express transmission line that is to start near Dodge City?

The fire damage in SW Kansas has dropped out of the news. How are people doing? Did any government agencies actually help yet?

Obviously Congress is still talking.

What are some solutions to cost of healthcare?

Change non-profit definition?

Universal preventative measures paid for?

Increase the number of physicians?

Use of technology to track blood pressure and blood sugar etc?

Use more telemedicine for physical and mental health?

What else?

Farming is always changing. Finding crops that take less irrigation and turn a profit. The heat and lack of precipitation is changing varieties of crops that can be grown. Where does farming turn based on this?