https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage"On iPhones, green buttons and text bubbles indicate SMS-based communication; on all iOS devices, blue buttons and text bubbles indicate iMessage communication. "
articles and discussion about comparison to other countries:
https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1acp24/why_an_mri_costs_1080_in_america_and_280_in_france/"If the US Government was serious about lowering the costs of imaging on Medicare, Medicaid, and the health sector in general, they would out right outlaw Physician ownership, investment in imaging centers. It is proven over, over, and over again(http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(09)00346-9/abstract) that when docs own an imaging center utilization rates go up. However, the AMA is too large of a lobbying force. Instead, of addressing the root of the problem, the Government has taken the tact of lowering pay outs for the scans done. this has done nothing to curb the utilization rates. It has gotten so bad for IDTF centers, that they are closing, and the imaging is being hustled back into Hospitals, where the HOPPS rates are much higher, and usually more extensive(their claims that they treat the poor that don't pay(when in fact it makes up only 1%)."
https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/18tz4h/why_does_an_mri_that_costs_99_to_160_in_japan/"..hospitals and radiology clinics bill based on their assumed reimbursement rate. See, they know that the insurance company will only reimburse them for a small percentage of their aggregate billing (10%-50%) depending on the insurance company. So they inflate all their prices in order to maximize the payout."
"Ad based search engines make almost $300 a year off their users.
Google generated $76 billion in US ad revenue in 2023. Google had 274 million unique visitors in the US as of February 2023.
To estimate the revenue per user, we can divide the 2023 US ad revenue by the 2023 number of users: $76 billion / 274 million = $277 revenue per user in the US or $23 USD per month, on average! That means there is someone, somewhere, a third party and a complete stranger, an advertiser, paying $23 per month for your searches."
this seems to be a good place to mention avoiding groupthink and trendy opinions. more fresh diverisity and bold independent thinkers.a flood of general americans would be worse than cultivating a niche counterculture initial userbase.
reddit is a source of information. (fact).but i logged out and will not be going back.