My first experiences with Medi-Cal

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Tuesday July 08, 2014 · 11:20 PM PDT

2014/07/08 · 23:20

So, I found out, when filling out the Covered California application, that I qualified for Medi-Cal. It took a ridiculous amount of time for my application to be finalized (apparently, something about the way I took the photo of my driver's license tripped up the software that verified residency, amazingly enough), but I finally got through.

Living in Santa Clara County, I was able to select the Santa Clara Family Health Plan as my provider, and they are really good. My other choice was Anthem Blue Cross, who are not accepted by the clinic/doctor I go to, so that choice was even easier than it would have been otherwise.

Anyway, once my coverage started, here's what I got:

MrPlow

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Sunday January 20, 2013 · 11:10 PM PST

2013/01/20 · 23:10

Actors-turned-politicians. There's been a fairly long history of it, from Helen Gahagan, one of the first two women elected to Congress, to Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California. California has been a real trailblazer when it comes to such things.

Below the fold, I give you a ditty by the great Tom Lehrer, about the late former senator George Murphy, best known for suggesting that Mexicans were uniquely suited to farm work, because they were "built lower to the ground".

MrPlow

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Friday November 02, 2012 · 12:11 AM PDT

2012/11/02 · 00:11

I received an interesting campaign mailer today, called the "California Public Safety Newsletter and Voter Guide". It was interesting, in that it had some rather curious ballot initiative endorsements.

MrPlow

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Tuesday June 09, 2009 · 7:38 PM PDT

2009/06/09 · 19:38

According to The Times in London, the Metropolitan police, in the Enfield area of north London, have been waterboarding criminal suspects.

MrPlow

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Sunday April 26, 2009 · 11:16 PM PDT

2009/04/26 · 23:16

Back in 2003, George W. Bush made a statement against torture in the world.

Of course, at the time he released those words, he had already approved a program that "authorized" torture.

MrPlow

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Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 10:24 PM PDT

2009/03/25 · 22:24

Friday at 11:00 AM Pacific time, there will be a memorial service for the four Oakland Police Department officers who were murdered over the weekend by a person with an assault rifle:

The service will be at Oracle Arena in Oakland at 11:00 AM Pacific time on Friday, with the doors opening at 9:00 AM.

MrPlow

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 11:34 PM PDT

2008/07/18 · 23:34

When this political season is done, if not before, there are some phrases which have crept into our discourse, which should be terminated with extreme prejudice.

I have a few to start with.

<x> threw <y> under the bus
<x> was against <y> before he was for it, or vice versa
flip-flop

MrPlow

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Saturday April 12, 2008 · 10:01 PM PDT

2008/04/12 · 22:01

I didn't see anyone post anything about this this week, so I thought I'd drop something from one of my favorite satirists, Tom Lehrer, in the week of his 80th birthday, as my first diary here, after 4? 5? years.. The video, while in some ways dated, is still relevant today, in his commentary on how the United States is viewed abroad.

Hope you enjoy it:

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My first experiences with Medi-Cal

To lighten the mood a little bit

Bogus California mailer I received

Metropolitan Police accused of waterboarding

Bush released a statement against torture??

Memorial service Friday for fallen Oakland PD officers

A Modest Proposal: Phrases that should be thrown under the bus

Tom Lehrer