Quillback

Yeah I have a friend that is an ER nurse, plenty of folks come to the ER when they have a cold or a flu thinking that they can receive some magic pill that will cure their cold. They'll sit and wait, as they are not a priority, and when there's time, they'll get some Nyquill or whatever and sent on their way. I guess with the ACA they'll clog up the doctor's waiting room instead of the ER, which is a good thing. But not good if you're trying to see that doctor yourself.

I can go to the emergency room and get heart bypass surgery?

That's purely wishful thinking. And please tell me the hospital that is giving life saving treatments for free. And if that's the case, why sign up for Obama care if you can get free treatment?

How do insurance rates go down if they have to pay, in your example, $80,000 for this procedure, and in the past, as this person would not have been covered, they would have paid zero? And in the past, if you were not covered, you would not have gotten the bypass as the hospital can deny treatment. If anything the ACA will create more demand for medical services, thus driving up prices. Forget about the idea of the ACA lowering insurance rates or medical costs. What the ACA doesis use taxpayer money to subsidize insurance costs. You want to make sure that costs go up, no better way that to start throwing government money at it.

You're pointing out one of the many flaws to the ACA. Also even if you meet the deductible, many of the plans still will only pay 60-80% of the bill. Folks using these plans can still face massive medical bills, and it's most iikely the poorer folks will select the cheaper plans with the high deductibles and low co-pay. Oh well, it's not going away, best thing we can do is to fix it and make sure it is adequately funded. I don't want to give the impression that I'm pro-Obama care, it's an unbelievably poorly written, flawed piece of legislation, but unfortunately we're stuck with it.

That GA back, Todd Gurley did not play yesterday (sprained ankle). That guy is a premier back, big and fast. If he's back 100% next week, Mizzou better be ready to play some tough run defense.

Congrats to Mizzou, it would be fun to watch an underdog emerge in the SEC and win the SEC championship (I realize that is extremely unrealistic), but still possible (remotely) at this point.

Thanks Jacob.

Yep I'm all for fixing the ACA, because it needs it. And the reality of the situation is that the ACA is the law and we're stuck with it for now so let's make it work. But from what I'm seeing the latest bills coming out of the House to end the budget shutdown are not proposing to end the ACA, or defund it. And the current lack of agreement on the shutdown is equally the responsibility of Democrats as much as Republicans. This whole "It's all the Republican's fault" argument being used by some is contributing to the rancor and not helping to get to a resolution. The Democrats could help end this shutdown by agreeing to some minor concessions and granting those moderate Republicans something they could sell to their base. As long as the Dems continue this hard line no negotiating stance this thing is going to drag on. The whole thing is becoming a struggle to see who "wins" and it's as much attributable to Tea Party Republicans as it is to Obama.

You can say the same thing about Obama, he is willing to sink the ship to get his way.

Yep you're right, but the shutdown continues and on October 17 we face a debt ceiling dispute. We're far from the end.

Sorry, got to dispute the "THEY LOST" part of your argument. The GOP controls the House because "THEY WON". And yes as part of our Democracy, the Congress is allowed to disagree with the president. The true DANGER we face, is a president that thinks he's a dictator. And far as upholding the law, what about that Janet Napolitano refusing to enforce the laws against illegal immigration? Oh, I guess since she was appointed by Obama, it's OK for her to disobey the law, but not OK for ELECTED Republicans to disagree with Obamacare?

I disagree that contacting the politicians is useless, it's pretty much a volume game, if they get lots of responses on something, they'll usually focus on that. Doesn't mean that they may get something done. I'm in favor of a balanced budget amendment BTW.

I'll have to remember to pick up a Larson book next time I'm at the library. I've been reading Ian Rankin books lately, set in Scotland so the "English" is a little different, but still a good read if you like crime novels.

I do, kind of, been a long time since I read "The Stand".

No problem, I understand, had stuff to do around the house anyway.

Will do, got some time to fire off some emails today.

Thanks for the article. Anyone know if Big M is one of the eight open?

I'm going to try that myself. I've heard through the grapevine that a suspender or slow floater fishes better than an unmodified "new version" wart.

That's a darn good day, Jeb. Those nice spots are a blast to catch!

LOL, no we did not fish near the secret ramp. We went to a secret spot near a secret cove first thing in the morning. We had a good early bite dragging c-rigs with Trick worms and speed craws on some 10-20 foot deep brush piles. Then things got tough, with just a fish here and there, Jeb out fished me 11 - 3 or something like that. I must have been wearing the wrong color t-shirt or something.

We may have used the same secret ramp you did, we were there in the AM however.

Windsor is the bigger of the bunch you mentioned, Loch Lomond is the biggest BV lake. Fished Windsor last week, it was a tough bite, there are some schooling fish that can pop up and if you're right on them, you can get them on a spoon. If you're into bream, there's been a good bite on Windsor, crickets fished around deep brush piles.

Thanks for the pic.