Insurance Denied A $12,000 ER Visit Because The Appendix Was Not Ruptured
This is a deeper problem with health care in America than it might appear.
It costs $12,000 to rule out appendicitis while it could be ruled out by a simple good history, a good physical exam, and maybe a $40 test if even needed. Everyone wants to go to the ER and get a CT scan because everyone is becoming his own doctor and believes he is a graduate of Google Medical School and knows better than all doctors!
The patients do not go to their doctor because he can't see them soon enough because he has no time because he or she is seeing 30 patients a day because insurances do not pay enough and demand more to save money. Insurance companies are not so smart because the patients end up going to the ER and it costs them $12,000 for an average visit instead of a 50 or $100 for the PCP. To make up for the added expense, insurance companies rais, the premiums for everyone and reduces coverage and doctors' pay and the cycle goes on until one day it will crash.
ER visits cost a fortune because no doctor has the balls to think and take responsibility for his own clinical judgment without the proof of a $10,000 test or an MRI because he or she is terrified of being sued. Our sue happy society screws physicians and sue for no good reasons, so physicians practice a brainless very defensive expensive medicine with unnecessary testing for everything which sky high the cost and screws up the insurance companies. Since insurance companies do not lose, they increase the rates, deny hospital payments, reduce the coverage and reduce the doctors' pay to keep their profit high. Basically, they screw everyone in the end.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
Egyptian Christian Orthodox Church Wedding
Egyptian Christian Orthodox Church Wedding
Weddings are the most common social events in which people express their happiness by singing and dancing regardless of ethnicity, language, or culture. Wedding traditions and customs greatly vary between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. We have attended several Middle-Eastern Christian Orthodox weddings which introduced me to new types of music and dances. An Orthodox wedding is considered a ceremony where two people becoming one in the marriage that is why chanting and praying is essential. On the other hand, the reception celebration music and singing were utterly different from the church.
Church songs and musical instruments vary from a culture to another. The Egyptian Orthodox Church singing is very traditional and did not change since established. The church has been chanting the same lyrics and tunes using the same musical instruments for 2,000 years. The performer who is the priest is considered a holy man with spiritual authority. People loved and respected his performance regardless of his musical talent. They believe his singing is definitely a blessing in their life. The Copts interaction with the Church songs is definitely on a different spiritual level from a concert audience.
Weddings are the most common social events in which people express their happiness by singing and dancing regardless of ethnicity, language, or culture. Wedding traditions and customs greatly vary between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. We have attended several Middle-Eastern Christian Orthodox weddings which introduced me to new types of music and dances. An Orthodox wedding is considered a ceremony where two people becoming one in the marriage that is why chanting and praying is essential. On the other hand, the reception celebration music and singing were utterly different from the church.
In an Egyptian Christian Orthodox wedding, all the guests wore formal outfits. The bride wore a white wedding dress and veil to emphasize purity. The groom wore a black tuxedo. The wedding ceremony started in the Orthodox Church, and it involved ritual religious singing and praying mainly conducted by the priest and deacons. Of course, dancing is not appropriate in the Orthodox Church. Crowning of the bride and groom was beautiful and gave a sense of being special like a king and a queen. The prayers spoke of blessings, harmony, love, obedience, and sacrifice. The praying was vocal by off tune and unnecessarily good sounding voices of the priest and the deacons who were all males.
The praying in the Orthodox Church is more important than good sounding music or voices. The guests often replied to the priest and the deacons’ singing by a similar off tune, mixed up notes, and not really pleasant to the ears voices. The song has a slow, monotonous chanting character. It was precisely similar to the chanting of the Tibetan monks in their temples. The Orthodox Church did not have music, there was no orogen, harp, violin, or piano. One deacon used a metal triangle and a metal stick which produced a small bell-like sound. Another deacon used a handheld larger size Talam or small Cymbal, and it created a sound of small splash Cymbal. The church wedding ceremony lasted more than one hour, and I was delighted it was finally over. The bride and the groom did not say a word during the entire service.
The praying in the Orthodox Church is more important than good sounding music or voices. The guests often replied to the priest and the deacons’ singing by a similar off tune, mixed up notes, and not really pleasant to the ears voices. The song has a slow, monotonous chanting character. It was precisely similar to the chanting of the Tibetan monks in their temples. The Orthodox Church did not have music, there was no orogen, harp, violin, or piano. One deacon used a metal triangle and a metal stick which produced a small bell-like sound. Another deacon used a handheld larger size Talam or small Cymbal, and it created a sound of small splash Cymbal. The church wedding ceremony lasted more than one hour, and I was delighted it was finally over. The bride and the groom did not say a word during the entire service.
Church songs and musical instruments vary from a culture to another. The Egyptian Orthodox Church singing is very traditional and did not change since established. The church has been chanting the same lyrics and tunes using the same musical instruments for 2,000 years. The performer who is the priest is considered a holy man with spiritual authority. People loved and respected his performance regardless of his musical talent. They believe his singing is definitely a blessing in their life. The Copts interaction with the Church songs is definitely on a different spiritual level from a concert audience.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Bad Science
Bad science is biased science.
It supports the wrong facts in which most people believe. The scientific method of thinking is unbiased, has no preset beliefs, and it questions everything. We should not accept any result as a fact unless enough trials and observation have proved it. A statistically significant observation must have a pie value or false positive consideration of less than 0.05. Old incomplete science is considered "Bad science." For hundreds if not thousands of years most people believed the earth was flat because that was the popular science at the time.
There are many examples of bad science. In the past, many scientists had altered their observation under the influence of their beliefs whether it was religious or pre-set ideas. The great Isaac Newton described the gravity laws and how the planets orbit the sun by fundamental mathematical equations. However, when he could not calculate how the planets orbit the sun in relationship to the sun’s and each other’s gravity as well, he went back to the oldest trick in the book and claimed a divine power intervenes now and then to correct his calculations. This was the believed science of gravity until 100 years later when Pierre Simon Laplace, the French mathematician was able to decipher the mysterious problem and solved the formula without the need for divine intervention.
Einstein's calculations proved the universe was expanding, but he did not believe it because it was a bizarre idea. So Einstein added a constant to alter the equation to make common sense, even though that common sense was wrong. Hubble proved the universe is expanding in the 1920s. Einstein also wholly rejected quantum physics and mechanics because it sounded unreasonable silly until it was confirmed a fact later.
After the dark ages, Europe adopted the scientific method of research hence the industrial and technological revolution began. For hundreds of years, the white race from Europe became more advanced, colonized the rest of the world, and ruled over the other races. The White race became superior to other races for a few hundred years. When the Caucasians explored the world, they found other races to be less advanced and living a more primitive life compared to Europe. This was wrongly perceived as being less intelligent, less civilized, or closer to animals. Also, the belief of being superior justified invading and colonizing those countries as an excuse to improve them. The whites considered people of the colonized countries savages, like the Native Americans, African Blacks and Asians which justified slavery, cruelty, and ill-treatment of the other races.
Years back, many of what called scientists or doctors took measurements and conducted researches to compare intelligence in different races. Unfortunately, the purpose of the measures was to prove the inferiority of the black race compared to the white, not to accurately observe if there is a real difference. Some scientists believed the size of the brain is indicative of intelligence. When those doctors found the brain size in whites is identical to blacks, they tried to compare specific centers within the brain to prove whites have larger brain area responsible for intelligence than in blacks. The scientists consciously or subconsciously under measured the dimensions of the Black samples compared to the white because their mindset was already biased. When the experiment was repeated without knowing which sample was white and which was black beforehand, the results were utterly inconclusive. When the other races get their fair share of education and elevated socioeconomic status, they prove to be as smart as or even smarter than whites.
At the beginning of the last century, Whites believed Asians and Blacks are less intelligent than whites, and women are less intelligent than men. They could not have been more wrong! Most computer technology requiring intelligence is made by the Japanese, and the smart computers in NASA’s moon landing operation were Black Females.
A scientist should leave his faith or strong beliefs at the door before entering the lab to conduct an experiment. If not, he, or she will conduct biased science. Biased science is Bad Science.
It supports the wrong facts in which most people believe. The scientific method of thinking is unbiased, has no preset beliefs, and it questions everything. We should not accept any result as a fact unless enough trials and observation have proved it. A statistically significant observation must have a pie value or false positive consideration of less than 0.05. Old incomplete science is considered "Bad science." For hundreds if not thousands of years most people believed the earth was flat because that was the popular science at the time.
There are many examples of bad science. In the past, many scientists had altered their observation under the influence of their beliefs whether it was religious or pre-set ideas. The great Isaac Newton described the gravity laws and how the planets orbit the sun by fundamental mathematical equations. However, when he could not calculate how the planets orbit the sun in relationship to the sun’s and each other’s gravity as well, he went back to the oldest trick in the book and claimed a divine power intervenes now and then to correct his calculations. This was the believed science of gravity until 100 years later when Pierre Simon Laplace, the French mathematician was able to decipher the mysterious problem and solved the formula without the need for divine intervention.
Einstein's calculations proved the universe was expanding, but he did not believe it because it was a bizarre idea. So Einstein added a constant to alter the equation to make common sense, even though that common sense was wrong. Hubble proved the universe is expanding in the 1920s. Einstein also wholly rejected quantum physics and mechanics because it sounded unreasonable silly until it was confirmed a fact later.
After the dark ages, Europe adopted the scientific method of research hence the industrial and technological revolution began. For hundreds of years, the white race from Europe became more advanced, colonized the rest of the world, and ruled over the other races. The White race became superior to other races for a few hundred years. When the Caucasians explored the world, they found other races to be less advanced and living a more primitive life compared to Europe. This was wrongly perceived as being less intelligent, less civilized, or closer to animals. Also, the belief of being superior justified invading and colonizing those countries as an excuse to improve them. The whites considered people of the colonized countries savages, like the Native Americans, African Blacks and Asians which justified slavery, cruelty, and ill-treatment of the other races.
Years back, many of what called scientists or doctors took measurements and conducted researches to compare intelligence in different races. Unfortunately, the purpose of the measures was to prove the inferiority of the black race compared to the white, not to accurately observe if there is a real difference. Some scientists believed the size of the brain is indicative of intelligence. When those doctors found the brain size in whites is identical to blacks, they tried to compare specific centers within the brain to prove whites have larger brain area responsible for intelligence than in blacks. The scientists consciously or subconsciously under measured the dimensions of the Black samples compared to the white because their mindset was already biased. When the experiment was repeated without knowing which sample was white and which was black beforehand, the results were utterly inconclusive. When the other races get their fair share of education and elevated socioeconomic status, they prove to be as smart as or even smarter than whites.
At the beginning of the last century, Whites believed Asians and Blacks are less intelligent than whites, and women are less intelligent than men. They could not have been more wrong! Most computer technology requiring intelligence is made by the Japanese, and the smart computers in NASA’s moon landing operation were Black Females.
A scientist should leave his faith or strong beliefs at the door before entering the lab to conduct an experiment. If not, he, or she will conduct biased science. Biased science is Bad Science.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
The Genealogy of Jesus
The genealogy of Jesus in Mathew and Luke are written opposite to each other, descending vs. ascending, but they do not match. How to explain that?
According to Mathew, Jesus the son of Joseph, the son of *Jacob, the son of Matthan, *Eleazar, *Eliud, *Akim, *Zadok, *Azor, *Eliakim, *Abiud, *Zerubbabel, *Shealtiel, *Jeconiah, *Josiah, *Amon, *Manasseh, *Hezekiah,*Ahaz, *Jotham, *Uzziah, the son of *Jehoramin.....
However, According to Luke, Jesus the son of Joseph, the son of *Heli, the son of Matthat, *Levi, *Melki, *Jannai, *Joseph, *Mattathias, *Amos, *Nahum, *Esli, *Naggai, *Maath *Mattathias, *Semin, *Joseph, *Joda, *Joanan, *Rhesa, *Zerubbabel, *Shealtiel, *Neri, the son of *Meliki.......
Some apologists claim Mathew listed the paternal genealogy of Joseph, the husband of Mary. So, Mathew stated that Jacob has begotten Joseph. But, Luke recorded the maternal genealogy of Joseph to prove Jesus was the son of David on Mary's side too. Luke named Joseph the son of Heli while actually, Mary was the daughter of Heli, not Joseph.
However, there is no mention in the bible of Luke that the genealogy is according to Mary. Also, there was no mention of Mary was the daughter of Heli. Moreover, wasn't mary the daughter of Joachim and Anne, not Heli.
According to the story, Joachim, and Anne, the parents of Mary were virtuous and childless longing for a child. They were ashamed of being childless so, they promised to give their offspring to god if their prayer for a child was answered. The angel appeared and told Joachim about Mary's birth. According to the Catholic Church, Mary had an immaculate birth without sex like Jesus too. This story, Mathew, and Luke do not match each other about the geology of Jesus.
I guess they were trying to double prove Jesus descent is from David. But Something is confusing here.
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