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  • really good article with a couple surprises in there.

    "some people speculated that, because of the political pressure against it, its release must have been an act of resistance by someone within the IRS. But the open sourcing of the program was always part of the plan, and was required by a law called the SHARE IT Act. It happened “fully above board, which is honestly more of a feat!,” Given told 404 Media. “This has been in the works since last year.”

    Vinton told 404 Media in a phone call that the open sourcing of Direct File “is just good government.”

    “All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"







  • You’re accessing a system meant to exrract value rather than provide care.

    solution:

    medical tourism means you choose which country has the medical procedure you’re looking for at the price point you’re looking for.

    I get all of my dental work done in Thailand: same technologies, same expertise, better customer service, much lower prices, often 50% lower even at the most prominent international clinics, cheaper if you go to the local clinics instead(many still speak English)

    the Thai government heavily invested in medical infrastructure, tech and education 20 years ago and it paid off for both their local economy in terms of medical tourism and for people like me and you who don’t want to pay obscene amounts of money for medical care.

    you can check the fees online before you go, and if you have any major dental work to be done, it’ll be cheaper with a round trip ticket to Thailand than it will be in many other countries.