Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK] is a member of the committee.
I’m curious about how benefits and employment insurance work for Ontario OT. I’m searching for information online but it’s a bit confusing!
Hello fellow Swiss redditors,
The current pandemic has shown us that a sanitary crisis is much more realistic and dangerous threat to us in Switzerland than a war. But while we spend billions every year to maintain a militia with a military service for a crisis (war) that is very unlikely, we undertake a lot less for a national medical emergency situation, that will be much more common in the future, given climate change and population density increasing. Just look at Korea, where there is a dangerous virus epidemy every few years. A virus could also be used as a weapon, so it’s also a matter of national defense. What would you think if there was a real 6-12 month medical service, where young people get a real training for different kinds of medical situations, so that you could immediately levy them should another Pandemic arise. Currently one of the reason we have to confine, is because hospitals can only increase their capacity so much before they run out of qualified personnel to handle the patients. A medical service could provide hundreds of minimally qualified people, that could be used to support the more qualified medical staff where they can, just with the basic training.
It would have to be similar to military in nature. After school you could be able to choose between the military service, medical service and a general civil service (every other type of service you can imagine, like social helper, the voluntary firewatch, or filling sandbags in case of floods). Then every year until you are a certain age, there is a small refresher (like the yearly shooting). Think of it like three pillars that support our society. Benefit of it would also be that our citizens would be trained much better for medical emergency situation in their private life, like what to do as a first responder, how to handle a sudden illness in your family etc. This could even extend our life-expectancy. It could also increase how much we as a society value people working in the medical sector. And lastly it should not replace the military, I think the military is an important part of our security infrastructure.
What do you think? Is this something we want? Should there be an initiative proposing this?
Just wanted to share this. I've worked in the medical space and have helped other patients as well as myself with this strategy. Any time you get a bill from your insurance, call them and challenge them on the amount.
For example: Got an X-Ray done and was told over the phone that total out of pocket expenses would be $70. In my bill the actual charge was ~$150. Called in, challenged the amount and filed an official grievance/complaint. Went to review and got a letter 2 weeks later saying the charges were just dropped.
Example 2: Got some blood labs done. Got a bill for ~$150. Saw that the original charge (before ins paid) was like $800+. Called in again, challenged the charge. Told them I could get all those tests done for less than what my co-pay was as a cash patient and that there was no way in hell I was paying that amount. Filed an official grievance/complaint and again, 2 weeks later was informed that the charges would just be cleared.
Basically, you have the right to challenge a payment amount to be equal to or less than what Medicare would pay out. And if you want to get real sassy you can threaten to call the state insurance board to report them for over charging. More often than not it's much easier to wipe the bill than to deal with the headaches of an educated customer. Worse case scenario, your bill gets lowered, best case is you pay nothing. Can't hurt to try.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any sites for information regarding the DMS or RAFMS. I am aware of the gov.uk website for DMS but I am finding it difficult to find any specific details about phase 2 training, the operations they have been involved with and how the tri-services integrate together on a daily basis?
I also can’t find any instagram pages for either, which haveusually been a big help for the other generic RAF information.
Any help/advice/guidance would be much appreciated.
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