Reducing human oversight and intervention in HR will definitely not lead to problems down the road.

But then reversing sites will be so much more annoying

I think people should in general put as little trust as possible in corporations. Ensuring your tools, language and platform are as free as possible is a good idea.

Just look at the problematic situation for VS Code extensions by Microsoft, which are non-free.

I'll start with the German system. Here you are either automatically insured in one of the public insurances (there are many), which marginally differ in their cost (think single digit euro differences) and have to cover basically the same procedures. If one reaches a certain income level, being privately insured is possible.

If you are publicly insured, you wont see most costs, as these are directly handled between your insurer and the doctor/hospital. For some medications and procedures there are co-pays that are flat fees (5 Eur for Medications, ...).

Access to specialists mostly need a referral from your family doctor.

In private insurance, often you yourself will be billed and you will need to hand this to your insurance company.

The good side is that in most common situations I have never needed to worry about cost in public insurance, wait times for referrals can be very long and understanding what you need to get certain care can be very difficult. Private insurance often has better payment schemes for providers and less artificial limits on number of patients or which doctor is able to provide services, so access to most care is faster and more widely available.

TIL what FDP means in french...

Can't imagine potato salad with either vinegar or mayo tasting good hot

I think even similar trends in men, look at images of strong men 100 years ago. Professional bodybuilding has really shifted perceptions

Some foss games I can recommend are Battle for Wesnoth and Endless Sky.

They probably don't want to get into any arguments regarding cost with a patient.

If this passes, smartphone manufacturers are going to register their devices as religious artifacts

Most likely most of us would be in the yellow zone