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thefugitivesaint · 3 days
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I turned 50 this year and I don't think I'm technically allowed to continue to use tumblr given the demographics. Just know that the din of the underworld has grown slightly louder to these ears and that you're following the aesthetic tastes of a ripened homosapien. I hope you're good with that dear reader.
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biplet · 1 year
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“Straws give you wrinkles” “sunlight gives you age spots” “smiling with your eyes gives you laugh lines” okay but what if I did that. What if I drank Vanilla Coke from a bendy straw and danced in the sunlight and laughed with reckless abandon. What then. We all age we all get wrinkles we all grow old and dammit I will do it with the sun on my face and the joy of life at my back
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animentality · 1 year
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kafkasapartment · 7 days
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"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born."
- attributed to Albert Einstein
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incognitopolls · 3 months
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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.
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lookingforcactus · 29 days
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A big cost and concern for many seniors in the U.S. is the price of prescription drugs and other healthcare expenses—and this year, thanks to The Inflation Reduction Act, their costs may go down dramatically, especially for patients fighting cancer or heart disease.
I learned about the new benefits because my ‘Medicare birthday’ is coming up in a couple months when I turn 65. I was shocked that there were so many positive changes being made, which I never heard about on the news.
Thousands of Americans on Medicare have been paying more than $14,000 a year for blood cancer drugs, more than $10,000 a year for ovarian cancer drugs, and more than $9,000 a year for breast cancer drugs, for instance.
That all changed beginning in 2023, after the Biden administration capped out-of-pocket prescriptions at $3,500—no matter what drugs were needed. And this year, in 2024, the cap for all Medicare out-of-pocket prescriptions went down to a maximum of $2,000.
“The American people won, and Big Pharma lost,” said President Biden in September 2022, after the legislation passed. “It’s going to be a godsend to many families.”
Another crucial medical necessity, the shingles vaccine, which many seniors skip because of the cost, is now free. Shingles is a painful rash with blisters, that can be followed by chronic pain, and other complications, for which there is no cure
In 2022, more than 2 million seniors paid between $100 and $200 for that vaccine, but starting last year, Medicare prescription drug plans dropped the cost for shots down to zero.
Another victory for consumers over Big Pharma affects anyone of any age who struggles with diabetes. The cost of life-saving insulin was capped at $35 a month [for people on Medicare].
Medicare is also lowering the costs of the premium for Part B—which covers outpatient visits to your doctors. 15 million Americans will save an average of $800 per year on health insurance costs, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Last year, for the first time in history, Medicare began using the leverage power of its large patient pool to negotiate fair prices for drugs. Medicare is no longer accepting whatever drug prices that pharmaceutical companies demand.
Negotiations began on ten of the most widely used and expensive drugs.
Among the ten drugs selected for Medicare drug price negotiation were Eliquis, used by 3.7 million Americans and Jardiance and Xarelto, each used by over a million people. The ten drugs account for the highest total spending in Medicare Part D prescription plans...
How are all these cost-savings being paid for?
The government is able to pay for these benefits by making sure the biggest corporations in America are paying their fair share of federal taxes.
In 2020, for instance, dozens of American companies on the Fortune 500 list who made $40 billion in profit paid zero in federal taxes.
Starting in 2023, U.S. corporations are required to pay a minimum corporate tax of 15 percent. The Inflation Reduction Act created the CAMT, which imposed the 15% minimum tax on the adjusted financial statement income of any corporation with average income that exceeds $1 billion.
For years, Americans have decried the rising costs of health care—but in the last three years, there are plenty of positive developments.
-via Good News Network, February 25, 2024
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belzebubsofficial · 15 days
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And who said romance was dead?
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girl-bateman · 7 months
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A Study in Beauty. 
Brand New City, Mitski
Howls Moving Castle, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho, Dir. Mary Harron
Liquid Smooth, Mitski
Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys, Euphoria
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
Jennifers Body, Dir. Karyn Kusama
slant of light, ryebreadgf
American Psycho, Dir. Mary Harron
American Beauty, Alan Ball
Black Swan, Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Cléo from 5 till 7, Dir. Agnès Varda
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missroserose · 2 months
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averyluckyclover · 6 months
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it’s my birthday in a few days
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tonyzaret · 21 days
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Made a few small edits to what I felt was an inaccurate infographic
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writerswritewriting · 5 months
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Writing fantasy fiction when I was a child: elves and dragons and magic and castles and talking to animals and-
Writing fantasy fiction as an adult: 'okay so she lives in a house and has a family that loves her-'
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agonyfears · 1 year
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GROWING UP. ( young and beautiful, lana del rey / nothing new, taylor swift + phoebe bridgers / working for the knife, mitski / first love/late spring, mitski / nothing new, taylor swift + phoebe bridgers / ribs, lorde / nothing new, taylor swift + phoebe bridgers )
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one-time-i-dreamt · 6 months
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Buying ramen aged me by 50 years and I was convinced buying better ramen would return me to my original age.
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classycookiexo · 17 days
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