Dylan Scott

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Senior correspondent covering health care at Vox. All good things in all good time.

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“All these companies that are screaming about theft, they’re kind of complicit in it because they keep reducing staff." America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves: www.vox.com/money/239385...

i loved this www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/10/24/h...

I went inside the Weeds Time Machine with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social to tell the story of employer-sponsored insurance: spotify.link/K027J1zp0Db

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Why are dental benefits siloed off from the rest of our health insurance? It goes back centuries, to "barber dentists." Dentistry itself was cordoned off from the rest of medicine. Read more from @emilystewart.bsky.social www.vox.com/23901293/den...

Flexible spending accounts, the most befuddling tax break in US health care, explained: www.vox.com/policy/23892...

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I feel the article about dental insurance deep in my bones (well, teeth) right now...

It's open enrollment season again! Vox has a package of stories today with everything you need to know about: - Employer-sponsored insurance - Flexible spending accounts - Dental benefits - Medicare Advantage - How to pick your own health plan Check it out: www.vox.com/23914351/hea...

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Also important to recall that most people don't "need" their health insurance—that is, don't have catastrophic health expenditures—in most years. So you end up with a population that is meh on the system, with majorities saying they're somewhat or very satisfied with their own health insurance. 🩺📊

So while employer-sponsored insurance creates plenty of problems — job lock, cost-shift onto workers, limited leverage to control costs, etc — it's also working just well enough for just enough people that it's really hard to dislodge: www.vox.com/23890764/hea...

Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.com Nobody would build a system like America’s on purpose.

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Plugging my own research on this, an important dimension of employer-provided insurance with which too few are familiar is the impact of ERISA on self-funded employer plans, which deny patients important legal recourse in challenging wrongly denied claims —> low insurer accountability wrt denials.

Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.com Nobody would build a system like America’s on purpose.

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and NAME A GODDAMN BENEFICIARY

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This is also a really great time to update your advance directive paperwork with your doctor and your loved ones! Even if you're young, you still need a directive in place in case you're in an accident, or something happens. Have your medical wishes on file and designate a medical power of attorney.

Nearly 60 percent of working-age Americans get health insurance through their work. How did we end up with a system unlike any other in the developed world? www.vox.com/23890764/hea...

Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.com Nobody would build a system like America’s on purpose.

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This is a great @dylanlscott.bsky.social story I didn't know I needed #healthpolicy www.vox.com/policy/23892...

FTR: 1. Friday the 13th 2. Friday the 13th Part 2 3. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 5. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 6. Friday the 13th Part III 7. Jason X 8. FT13th (2009) 9. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

really picked the wrong time to jump back into microblogging, the "news" is so dead (excepting of course all of the real news, but you know what I mean, I am not here to riff on Ukraine)

"Get me drunk and ask me why Vine is better than TikTok, and I’ll explain" you don't have to explain, this is objectively correct https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bachelorette-recap-season-20-episode-3-week-3.html

MZS on Harrison Ford is predictably exquisite: https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/harrison-ford-and-the-ravages-of-time.html

Harrison Ford and the Ravages of Timewww.vulture.com In his “grand old actor” phase, Ford has treated his characters’ alienation and sadness as a brittle core around which fantastic visions can be wound.

am I understanding correctly that Congress agreed to spending levels for the coming appropriations bills as part of the debt-limit deal and House Rs are just... reneging on that agreement? did I miss something here?

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The White House has published a new report chronicling the administration's efforts to identify and address administrative burdens in public benefits: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/burden-reduction-initiative/

been listening to a lot of the PopMart tour, really believe if folks who don’t like U2 gave it shot, that might be the thing to convert them

even in the summer, can’t get there on white wine — rose is the best i can do

a sampling of my 4 year old’s stream of consciousness: What would happen if you told a whale to eat a fish? Are whales nice? Are spiders nice? What would happen if a spider was chasing a beetle?

Im sorry for the meta posts but yeah this place feels a lot more like twitter in its heyday than threads

as on threads, started by just copying @adrianna.bsky.social follows

Alright, decided to start spending time on here too

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