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Name all the artists in your library

I was tagged by @thatmetalwoman, thank you!

Name all the artists in your library/ipod/spotify playlists/mp3 players/phones etc. However you listen to your music, share in alphabetical order all the bands and singers that you listen to!

This is going to take forever... ok let’s go

A: AC/DC, Adrian Von Ziegler, Aerosmith, After Forever, The Agonist, Alice Cooper, Alter Bridge, Amaranthe, Amberian Dawn, Amon Amarth, Amy Winehouse, Anathema, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aranis, Arch Enemy, Archive, Arctic Monkeys, Audioslave, Avantasia, Avenged Sevenfold;

B: Banks, Battle Beast, The Beatles, Bear McCreary, Bee Gees, Beth Hart, Black Sabbath, Blackmore’s Night, Bon Jovi, Brian May, Bruce Dickinson, Bryan Adams;

C: Caladan Brood, Can, Chris Isaak, Cinderella, The Coral, The Clash, Coverdale & Page, Cradle Of Filth;

D: David Bowie, DDT, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Delain, Diary Of Dreams, Dio, The Doors, Dream Theater;

E: Eagles, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Ennio Morricone, Ensiferum, Epica, Europe, Ex Libris, Exit Eden, Extreme;

F: Finntroll, Fleetwood Mac, Freddie Mercury;

G: Gary Jules, Gary Moore, Grace, Green Day, Guns N’ Roses;

H: Halestorm, Hans Zimmer, Heart, Hedningarna, Hugh Laurie, Hypnogaja;

I: Ian Gilan, In Flames, Iron Maiden;

J: Janis Joplin, Jeff Loomis, Jethro Tull, Jim Croce, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, John Denver, John Lennon, Joss Stone, Judas Priest, Julie London;

K: Kamelot, Kansas, Kill It Kid, The Killers, Kingdom Come, Kipelov, Kiss; 

L: Lacuna Coil, Lake Of Tears, Lana Del Rey, Led Zeppelin, Lordi, Loudspeakers;

M: Manowar, Marc Streitenfeld, Marilyn Manson, Maurice Jarre, Max Steiner, Megadeth, Melnitsa, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Mötley Crüe;

N: The National, Nazareth, Nightwish, Nirvana, Nino Rota;

O: The Offspring, Opeth, Ozzy Osbourne;

P: Pantera, Pink Floyd, Placebo, The Pretty Reckless;

Q: Queen;

R: Radiohead, Rainbow, Ray Charles, ReVamp, Robert Plant, Roger Taylor, The Rolling Stones, Rory Gallagher, Roxette;

S: Sabaton, Sam Smith, Saturnus, Scorpions, Seether, Septicflesh, Sinéad O'Connor, Skid Row, Slash, The Smiths, Smokie, Sonata Arctica, Steelheart, Sting, Stratovarius, Summoning, Survivor;

T: Tarja Turunen, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Tracy Chapman, Tuomas Holopainen;

V: Van Canto, Van Halen, Visions Of Atlantis;

W: Wardruna, Warrant, The White Buffalo, Whitesnake, The Who, Wintersun, Within Temptation;

X: Xandria, The XX;

Z: Zack Hemsey

I tag @harder-than-rock, @zwergenmaedchen and @ceraunos (because they’re my only friends on tumblr :D) and everyone else who wants to do it!

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Paizo At Gencon: An Introduction To Starfinder With Robert McCreary

Starfinder is the newest addition to Paizo's range of tabletop RPG's, debuting in 2017 to critical acclaim. Despite its high tech space opera appearance, it isn't a game that strays too far from the path...finder. Set in the same universe as Paizo's flagship game but far in Golarion's possible future, it adds lasers, aliens, spaceships, and teleporters to Paizo's eclectic game world. To get a primer on Starfinder and all the options available to new players, I spoke to the game's Creative Director Robert G. McReary at Paizo's booth at GenCon.

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Playlist musicale 2017 (2/2)

Liste des chansons (playlist 2017 - part. 2)

Mise à jour : 31 décembre 2017

playlist 2019 (part. 1)

playlist 2018 (part. 2), playlist 2018 (part. 1)

playlist 2017 (part. 2), playlist 2017 (part. 1)

playlist 2016 (part. 2), playlist 2016 (part. 1)

playlist 2015

0-9 #

16 Horsepower - Haw (1996)

A

AC/DC - Hells Bells (1980)

The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider (1970)

alt-J - In Cold Blood (2017)

Anaïs - J'ai retrouvé mon mojo (2017)

Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau (2017)

Arcade Fire - Everything Now (2017)

Archive - Lights (2006)

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (2013)

Louis Armstrong - Christmas in New Orleans (1955)

Arno - Dance Like A Goose (2016)

Arthur H - La beauté de l'amour (2011)

Audioslave - Revelations (2006)

Asaf Avidan - My Old Pain (2017)

B

Band of Horses - The Funeral (2006)

Courtney Barnett - Lance Jr. (2013)

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1967)

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)

Beck - Girl (2005)

Benjamin Biolay - Volver (2017)

Birth Of Joy - Three Day Road (2014)

Björk - Violently Happy (1993)

Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)

The Blues Brothers (cover Robert Johnson) - Sweet Home Chicago (1980)

Blur - Girls and Boys (1994)

Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (1963)

Georges Brassens - La mauvaise réputation (1952)

The Breeders - Divine Hammer (1993)

Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)

C

Camille - Fontaine de lait (2017)

Jerry Cantrell - Bargain Basement Howard Hughes (2002)

Bertrand Cantat - Anthracitéor (2017)

Car Seat Headrest - Destroyed By Hippie Powers (2016)

Johnny Cash (cover Nick Cave) - The Mercy Seat (2000/1988)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (1996)

Ray Charles - What'd I Say (1959)

Louis Chedid - T'as beau pas être beau (1978)

Chelsea Wolfe - Feral Love (2013)

Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse (2017)

The Clash - The Guns of Brixton (1979)

Benjamin Clementine - Phantom Of Aleppoville (2017)

CocoRosie - Child Bride (2013)

Leonard Cohen - Almost Like the Blues (2014)

Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry (2006)

Alice Cooper - Poison (1989)

Elvis Costello - Alison (1977)

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (1979)

D

Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia (1980)

Deep Purple - Hush (1968)

Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (2014)

Depeche Mode - Going Backwards (2017)

Fatoumata Diawara - Bissa (2011)

Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (1985)

Beth Ditto - Fire (2017)

The Do - Gonna Be Sick! (2011)

Fats Domino - Blueberry hill (1956)

The Doors - Ghost Song (1978)

Bob Dylan - Ballad Of a Thin Man (1965)

E

Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (2000)

Endless Boogie - Vibe Killer (2017)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983)

F

Piers Faccini - Cloak Of Blue (2016)

Faith No More - The Last To Know (1995)

Mylène Farmer - C'est Une Belle Journée (2001)

Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée (1991)

Thomas Fersen - Encore Cassé (2017)

Thomas Fersen - Hyacinthe (2005)

Foals - Inhaler (2013)

Foo Fighters - Run (2017)

Forest Swords - Thor's Stone (2013)

Franz Ferdinand & Jane Birkin (cover Serge Gainsbourg) - A song for sorry angel (2006-1984) 

The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger (2006)

Future Islands - Ran (2017)

G

Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass (2017)

Richard Gibbs & Bear McCreary - Gayatri, Full Opening theme (from Battlestar Galactica) (2003)

Girls in Hawaii - Guinea Pig (2017)

Girls in Hawaii - Not Dead (2013)

Goldfrapp - Annabel (2013)

Jean-Jacques Goldman & Sirima - Là-bas (1987)

Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (Spirit House) (2017)

Guns N' Roses - Civil War (1991)

H

Johnny Hallyday - Quelque chose de Tennessee (1985)

Johnny Halliday (cover The Animals) - Le pénitencier (1964)

Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals - Jah Work (1997)

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (1987)

PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy (1995)

Heartless Bastards - Only For You (2012)

Jimi Hendrix - Freedom (1971)

Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo (from Sueurs froides - 1958)

Hoboken Division - Boilin Up (2017)

I

Idles - Well Done (2017)

Interpol - Obstacle 1 (2002)

Iron Maiden - Total Eclipse (1982)

Izia - Let me alone (2009)

J

Jack the Ripper -  White men in black (2005)

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1984)

Mick Jagger - Gotta Get A Grip (2017)

Jay-Z - The Story of O.J. (2017)

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains (1987)

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I love Rock n roll (1981)

Elton John - Nikita (1985)

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)

Juliette - Nour (2013)

K

Karpatt - Encombrants (2016)

The Kills - Impossible Tracks (2016)

L

Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. (2017)

Lamb - Wise Enough (2011)

Mark Lanegan - Nocturne (2017)

The Last Shadow Puppets (cover Jacques Dutronc) - Les Cactus (2016/1967)

Last Train - Way Out (2016)

Bernard Lavilliers - Croisières méditerranéennes (2017)

Maxime Le Forestier - Né Quelque Part (1988)

The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun (2003)

Linkin Park - Lying From You (2003)

M

Madrugada - Salt (1999)

Mano Negra - Mala Vida (1988)

Mano Solo - Pas du gâteau (1993)

Manu - La dernière étoile (2015)

Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People (1996)

Bob Marley - Burnin and Lootin (1973)

Mickey 3d - Respire (2003)

Moby - Natural Blues (1999)

Moonchild - The Truth (2015)

Morrissey - Spent the Day in Bed (2017)

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980)

Muse - Dig Down (2017)

N

Nena ‎- 99 Luftballons (1983)

Nico Vega - Beast (2006)

Nine Inch Nails – Less Than (2017)

Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (1993)

Noir Désir - L'Appartement (2001)

O

The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (2008)

Les Ogres de Barback - Condkoï (2012)

P

Pearl Jam - Even Flow (1991)

Tom Petty - Free Fallin’ (1989)

Tom Petty - Learning To Fly (1991)

Pixies - Debaser (1989)

Placebo - Lady of the Flowers (1996)

Placebo (cover Talk Talk) - Life's What You Make It (2017-1985)

Prince - Batdance (1989)

Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song (1983)

Q

Queens of the Stone Age - The Way You Used to Do (2017)

R

The Raconteurs - Consoler of the Lonely (2008)

Radiohead - I Promise (1997/2017)

Rage Against The Machine - Freedom (1992)

Raphael - Caravane (2005)

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby (1976)

R.E.M. - Accelerate (2007)

The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)

Royal Blood – Lights Out (2017)

Olivia Ruiz - Dis-moi ton secret (2016)

S

Saez - Premier mai (2017)

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK (1976)

Shaka Ponk - Gung Ho (2017)

Del Shannon - Runaway (1961)

Emilie Simon - Désert (2003)

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)

Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (1964)

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (1964)

Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1950)

Skunk Anansie - I Believed In You (2012)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock (1993)

The Smiths - This Charming Man (1983)

Soan - Celui qui aboie (2017)

Alain Souchon - J'ai dix ans (1974)

Speedy Ortiz - Tiger Tank (2013)

Spoon - Inside Out (2014)

Vince Staples - Norf Norf (2015)

Stereophonics - Taken A Tumble (2017)

The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969)

The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981)

The Strokes - Machu Picchu (2011)

System Of A Down - Aerials (2001)

T

Talking Heads - Burning down the house (1983)

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (2012)

Téléphone - Le jour s'est levé (1984)

Television - Marquee Moon (1977)

Têtes Raides - Qu'est-ce qu'on s'fait chier (2003)

Texas - Can't Control (2017)

Thee Oh Sees - Toe Cutter / Thumb Buster (2013)

Hubert Félix Thiéfaine - Les Dingues et les Paumés (1982)

Timber Timbre - Sincerely, Future Pollution (2017)

U

U2 - The Blackout (2017)

V

The Velvet Underground - After Hours (1969)

Veruca Salt - Seether (1994)

W

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)

Wolf Alice - Yuk Foo (2017)

Woodkid - I Love You (2013)

Wovenhand - Obdurate Obscura (2014)

Shannon Wright - Defy This Love (2007)

X-Y

Z

Zazie - Larsen (1995)

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Julie & Julia (2009)

Biography, Drama, Romance |

Julie & Julia is a American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New Yorker Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in Child’s cookbook in 365 days, a challenge she described on her popular blog that made her a published author.

Ephron’s screenplay is based on two books: My Life in France, Child’s autobiography written with Alex Prud’homme, and a memoir by Powell, Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Both of these books were written and published between 2004 and 2006.

Julia Child – 1950s

In the 1950s, Julia Child, an enthusiastic and unabashed woman, moves to Paris with her diplomat husband, Paul Child. She attends Le Cordon Bleu to learn French cooking, and is initially met with skepticism as she is the only woman in the class. Madame Elizabeth Brassart, the proprietress of the school and Child clash. She is undaunted however, and begins collaborating on a book about French cooking for American housewives with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.

Julie Powell – 2002

In 2002, Julie Powell is a young writer with an unpleasant job at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s call center, where she answers telephone calls from victims of the September 11 attacks and members of the general public complaining about the LMDC’s controversial plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center. She is discontented with this, and is disheartened at watching her acquaintances succeed in their own professions. She is happily married to Eric Powell, a writer for a magazine.

Director: Nora Ephron

Writers: Nora Ephron (screenplay), Julie Powell (book), Julia Child (book), Alex Prud’homme (book)

Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub

►Cast:

Meryl Streep…Julia ChildAmy Adams…Julie PowellStanley Tucci…Paul ChildChris Messina…Eric PowellLinda Emond…Simone BeckHelen Carey…Louisette BertholleMary Lynn Rajskub…SarahJane Lynch…Dorothy McWilliamsJoan Juliet Buck…Madame BrassartCrystal McCreary…Ernestine (as Crystal Noelle)George Bartenieff…Chef Max BugnardVanessa Ferlito…CassieCasey Wilson…ReginaJillian Bach…AnnabelleAndrew Garman…John O’BrienMichael Brian Dunn…Ivan CousinsRemak Ramsay…John McWilliamsDiane Kagan…Phila McWilliamsPamela Stewart…Instructor at Le Cordon BleuJeff Brooks…MinisterFrances Sternhagen…Irma RombauerBrooks Ashmanskas…Mr. MisherEric Sheffer Stevens…TimBrian Avers…GarthKacie Sheik…AnnetteMegan Byrne…Woman at the PartyDeborah Rush…Avis De VotoHelen Coxe…Dorothy De SantillanaAmanda Hesser…SelfMaryann Urbano…Dinner GuestSimon Jutras…Dinner GuestFelicity Jones…Dinner GuestMeg Kettell…Simca’s ConciergeStephen Bogardus…Scott McLeodByron Jennings…Houghton Mifflin ExecutiveKelly AuCoin…Houghton Mifflin ExecutiveRichard Bekins…Houghton Mifflin ExecutiveLuc Palun…The Chestnut VendorRémy Roubakha…Oyster ManMarceline Hugot…Madame BernheimErin Dilly…Judith JonesRobert Emmet Lunney…Bill KoshlandGuiesseppe Jones…MailmanJeff Talbott…InterrogatorJohnny Sparks…InterrogatorSimon Feil…GIPaul Borghese…GIMark Gindick…GID.L. Shroder…GIDarin De Paul…GITom Galantich…American AmbassadorAllyn Burrows…Waiter in Paris CaféCenovia Cummins…Musician at the WeddingMaxim Moston…Musician at the WeddingShmuel Katz…Musician at the WeddingPaul Ognissanti…Musician at the WeddingEric G. Halvorson…Musician at the WeddingJulia Prud’homme…Bridge TeacherDimitri Radochevitch…Fish MongerEmmanuel Suarez…BakerChristelle Cornil…Baker’s WifeFrançoise Lebrun…Baker’s MotherTeddy Bergman…Cobb Salad WaiterJean-Pierre Becker…Fruit Store OwnerMark Wilkins…ButcherJamie Hall…Cheese GuyFrancesco David…ButcherDenise Marie Whalen…Dancer (as Denise M. Whalen)Luis Villabon…DancerValentine Aprile…DancerAlexander Brady…DancerRoy William Gardner…Exhibit GuestDianne Dreyer…American HousewifeEvelyn Taucher…Hat-Making TeacherMary Kay Place…Julie’s Mom (voice)Gerard Adimando…Diplomat at the WeddingDan Aykroyd…SelfKrizia Bajos…Woman at DanceIra Berkowitz…Paris Train PorterBeth Campbell…Bridge PlayerLou D’Amato…French BureaucratSteve Dash…Hotel GuestFrancis Dumaurier…Looping Voices (voice)Lindsay Felton…Woman with American AmbassadorVivian Kalinov…Office WorkerTimothy Knock…Dancing Party Guest / Gallery ObserverCorby Kummer…Guest at Embassy PartyAlyssa Lakota…French Maid ServerFran Lieu…Dinner GuestJudy Malka…French ModelDesiree Matthews…Dinner GuestLauren McCune…Restaurant PatronTrish McGettrick…Wedding GuestJackie Prucha…Office WorkerMike Quinn…Man at DancePeter Riga…Wedding GuestRobert Sciglimpaglia…Railroad CommuterStacey Scotte…Cooking Show GuestHarry L. Seddon…New York City Subway ConductorKent Sladyk…Paris Train Porter

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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Readers And Tweeters: More Than Two Sides To Every Story

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.

Dispensing The Facts — Or Dispensing With The Facts?

Kaiser Health News and PolitiFact HealthCheck’s rating of our advertisement on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing legislation, H.R. 3, ignored key facts and third-party data that backed up the assertions made (“Pharma’s Take On The Pelosi Drug-Pricing Bill: Fair Warning Or Fearmongering?” Dec. 5).

In our ad, we correctly stated that H.R. 3 “would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years.” The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that just one part of the legislation (Title 1) would reduce revenues to the biopharmaceutical industry as high as $1 trillion. In addition, an analysis from Avalere, a leading health care consulting firm, found that H.R. 3 could “decrease manufacturer revenues by $1T for CYs 2020-2029 in the Medicare and commercial markets.” The KHN story excluded the Avalere analysis while providing no evidence that the impact was less than the amount estimated by CBO and others.

Moreover, our ad directly quoted CBO’s preliminary estimate, which said the bill “would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.” Despite being an exact quote, KHN still chose to rate this as “mostly false,” even though every person quoted in the article acknowledged there would be a reduction in new medicines.

The story also ignored a study from Vital Transformation, an economic consulting firm, which found H.R. 3 could result in at least 56 fewer innovative medicines from emerging biotech companies over 10 years. The impact on the entire industry would be much greater.

We stand by the claims we made in our advertisement and reject KHN’s analysis of our ad and the impact H.R. 3 would have on biopharma innovation.

― Robert Zirkelbach, executive vice president of public affairs, PhRMA, Washington, D.C.

The simple argument that a tradeoff exists is "mostly false"!? I agree the industry overplays the effect size but come on!

— Ben Ippolito (@ben_ippolito) December 5, 2019

— Ben Ippolito, Washington, D.C.

I was very glad to see Kaiser Health News look into and expose the false and misleading advertisements from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) that had been running in “Politico PM Playbook” over the past few weeks leading up to the House vote on H.R. 3, “The Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019.”

This is exactly the kind of spotlight that we need more of on an industry that is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into lobbying and false advertising in an attempt to stop any meaningful action that would threaten their record profits. We at Accountable.US are doing everything we can to expose the corruption, influence-purchasing and coziness between the pharmaceutical industry and the Trump administration, but we need the media to step up as well to help people cut through Big Pharma’s false advertisements and learn the truth.

Because to be clear: Corruption and lies may be par for the course in Washington, D.C., during the Trump era, but this is an issue that can’t be seen as simply another run-of-the-mill falsehood by a D.C trade organization. The cost of prescription drugs is a matter of life and death for millions of Americans and it’s an issue that elected officials have made commitments to address. But if the pharmaceutical industry is able to spread false and misleading information to policymakers and the public unchallenged and with impunity, then this critical work becomes far more difficult.

That is why following the Kaiser Health News analysis, I wrote a letter to the publisher and top editors of Politico requesting that the false advertisements be removed from the website and that further advertisements from PhRMA using assertions that have been labeled false be rejected.

― Kyle Herrig, president, Accountable.US, Washington, D.C.

This is a dumb. I use blended feeds every day, and while they are usually thick, it still works just fine. EnFit is small, yes, but it’s not any smaller than the g-tube port. It’s a safety mechanism that differentiates it from IV ports so tube feds are administered incorrectly. https://t.co/6bJ7YEw8KS

— 𝙂𝙐𝙉𝙉𝘼𝙍 𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 (@G17Esiason) December 16, 2019

— Gunnar Esiason, Hanover, N.H.

This ‘Warmline’ Is All Ears To All

I am the president of a nonprofit organization, Peers in Cayuga County, in Auburn, N.Y. We have been offering a “warmline” since 2015 (“‘Warm’ Hotlines Deliver Help Before Mental Health Crisis Heats Up,” Dec. 9). It operates 24/7/365. We volunteer in Cayuga County and mostly work with people within the county. But, when it comes to the warmline, we answer the phone and listen and talk with whomever is on the phone. We have received calls from out of the county as well as out of the state. We believe in supporting anyone who needs help and are open to anyone calling in to get the support they need. Of course, we don’t know which resources to direct them to nationwide, but people are people and we can support anyone. With that in mind, I would like to have our number listed in as many ways as possible so we can help whoever wants it: (315) 246-3004.

― Margaret Phinney, Auburn, N.Y.

Extra Pointers For Patients To Ward Off Billing Fraud

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal makes many excellent points (“Analysis: In Medical Billing, Fraudulent Charges Weirdly Pass As Legal,” Dec. 16), but please allow a few comments.

First, not to apply a neck brace in such an accident when the patient has been unconscious would be medical malpractice ― period.

Second, the article ignores patient responsibility. When a patient has been out of the hospital for a while, pain management should transition to one’s personal physician. Depending on state law, it may require an office visit, but it’s your personal physician’s job.

Regarding being offered unnecessary medical equipment such as walkers or commodes, just say no and sign that you refuse it. It is your choice. Actually, it could be argued that accepting unnecessary medical equipment constitutes fraud.

Finally, Ms. Rosenthal reminds us of post-accident “pfishing.” Accident reports are easily accessible. Honest businesses never cold-call patients. If you haven’t been told a referral is being made to “X” office and to expect a call, hang up! (Some states have laws forbidding this; you may wish to inform your state attorney general’s office.) Follow your doctor’s recommendations and don’t get hooked!

— Gloria Kohut, Grand Rapids, Mich.

This! Medical billing is a game of greed, confusion, obfuscation, and fraud, plain and simple. After my last experience with CU Health, I have refused to get medical attention I still need because I can't stand or afford the hugely profitable billing scam. https://t.co/1NbGyVvkVD

— Sharon McCreary (@selfesteemfail) December 19, 2019

— Sharon McCreary, Denver

I love this article! I want to know when we are going to stop accepting this as OK. Some of these bills can really hurt people who live on a fixed income. The government needs to step in and stop allowing these things to happen.

― Michaela Reyes-Holmes, Thompson, Ohio

Health care is crazy town. No other part of the economy looks anything like this, because no other sector is as deeply screwed up by government misregulation. #GovtFailure #NotMarketFailure https://t.co/Hjr6qYaZgV

— Kurt Couchman (@KurtCouchman) December 19, 2019

— Kurt Couchman, Burke, Va.

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