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Replace health insurance with health savings accounts?


What's funny about this is that health savings accounts are really just a discount program based on your tax bracket. The higher your tax bracket the bigger the discount. So in other words, the richer you are the more you'll save with a health savings account.

So if Trump pulls off his "huge tax cuts" he'll be undermining his plan for health savings accounts. Classic Trump cognitive dissonance.


So what if someone in the 33% bracket can potentially save up to 8% more than someone in the 25% bracket, they're paying much higher on AGI! And when the rates are reduced so there's a lower incentive to use the accounts, it still can be saved/invested and grow tax-free and gains can even be spent tax free if used on qualified medical expenses. That's the bigger incentive IMO.


Hey do you have another working link for Public penetration test results: https://ptr.iot.nist.gov/A2L7P9D23345 you posted a month ago. I had to send a message here because Hackernews does not allow direct messages.


As it's currently structured, HSA's are usually a part of a health insurance plan with high deductibles. It's not an either/or thing, it's a both/and thing.


What's an issue that Trump talks about?


Doesn't Opcache take care of that? Using a large framework isn't really a problem because all of the classes, configuration, etc is all kept in ram.


The code itself is held in shared memory, so it doesn't need to be recompiled. However, you still have the application startup time to worry about.


What good is your personal information if it's not to show you personalized ads?


They can sell it to third parties, who can in turn show ads on other sites.


That's what I don't understand either. It's already the case that news isn't shown to a lot of people unless it gets a lot of engagement.

What's different? Is Facebook now saying that it won't show the posts of publishers, even if people are liking/sharing/commenting?


In the movie "Her" the main character's job is to help people write thoughtful letters to their loved ones. I'm sure the film meant that to be ironic, but that seems like a realistic 21st century job.

When all the industrial jobs have been automated, couldn't they be replaced by jobs that help us fulfill our emotional needs? Or is there some set of core jobs that fundamentally produce value for the economy?


Couldn't ad networks move from javascript to server-side?


Which phone company?


Virgin Mobile.


I'd be amazed if warning labels had any affect at all. The real factor is the price.

The last time I smoked, a pack of cigarettes cost about $2.50. Now it's over $7.


It seems crazy that election day isn't on a Saturday.


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