It's a very important mode of treatment for disabled, chronically ill, and high-risk patients, as well as people who live far away from the specialist care they need. And with the rise of H1N1 virus, preserving remote options for treatment is more important than ever.
While I personally will be okay because I don't go through insurance for my therapist, I 100% owe my current improved quality of life and mental health to telehealth. I never would've gotten diagnosed or received the important, life changing treatment that I have if telehealth weren't standardized.
Medicare's coverage of telehealth services is set to expire at the end of December. Private insurers frequently follow Medicare's lead when it comes to coverage.
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I feel like it's relevant to point out that the entire focus of the iconic "Holidays are Coming" ads was the reactions of all the people in the town coming out to greet the red trucks as a symbol of Christmas season beginning. I guess the animals were excited instead? And the satellite.
If the sled is moving toward us, Santa put the lantern on the back of the sled which, I guess that’s why you needed Rudolf.
We finish over the clouds with the Cola logo etc. Total humans counted? Zero!
Oh! I get it, it’s supposed to be Santa’s sled. Sled? Sleigh? Hm. Okay, wait. I have watched this clip a million times. I CANNOT tell if the sled is moving towards us, trailing light behind it, or if it's going away from us and there is a long trail of light spewing out of its front for some reason.
Hey! The red hubcaps are back! Oh but that front truck looks about twice the width of the others. Why is there is a trail of light flying in the sky?
Oh, back to suburbia. So the trucks' route was Vague Midwest Suburbia --> Generic Japan --> San Fransisco --> New York City --> Vague Midwest Suburbia again. That... doesn't sound fuel-efficient.
Trucks go over what I assume is supposed to be the Golden Gate Bridge. Lights continue to turn on as they pass.
More trucks driving down what looks like New York City but those trucks are looking awful sketchy at that distance. Lights get brighter! No people! Anywhere!
Trucks approach a city, I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be recognizable but it’s near the ocean. The sky looks like it's dusk again (WILL THIS SUN NEVER SET??), oh, but there’s no actual sun anywhere so it sort of looks like all the lights from the city are making the sky glow.
Another red truck drives down the road past.. Woah hang on. It’s driving past Japanese style pagodas??? But still mountains and fir trees in the background and everything is lit with christmas lights and covered in snow.
Okay, I’m fine with the surrealism of bears watching TV in an ice cave. I am struggling with the implication that those bears are getting a TV signal on their 70’s television from… the satellite. I don't know why the satellite was there otherwise.
Woah, the hell is this? A family of polar bears drinking bottles of Coke is watching a 50’s style TV show, on a 70’s style television set, which is decorated with lights and holly and mounted into the wall of their ice cave. 🤨
…..huh? This is possibly the weirdest clip from the whole ad. There’s a satellite orbiting over earth (also lit with Christmas lights) and a muffled radio voice says “Holidays are coming.” Going from raccoons and fir trees to a satellite in space is definitely a choice.
More trucks! They’re going over a brick bridge past a GIANT brick house. Oh hey, this time Christmas lights actually turned on where they weren’t before!
Three decorated fir trees with lights and lit stars at their tops.
More trucks, more suburbia, more lights brightening. There is a wonky Christmas tree mounted on top of a sloped roof???
Three raccoons peek their heads out of a large hole in a tree, scoobydoo style.
The trucks have arrived in the town! They. Are. Different. They’re driving past a bunch of very suburban looking homes that are squished together like street shops. Already-on Christmas lights grow brighter as the trucks pass. Uh.. I don’t think there are any people.
The puffin is back, in suburbia now, and an animated snow man turns its head. Apparently, that was supposed be a wink but it isn’t, and I guess he’s winking at the trucks? GIANT flakes of snow fall around them. Several glowing yellow balls fly around in the sky and then immediately go out of frame.
Two squirrels huddle together, covered in snow. Honestly, they look terrified and miserable but I don't think that was what they were going for.
Aww, a happy dog stands in the snow in front of his large suburban house, the implication being that he sees the trucks coming. Christmas lights that…. Were already on, turn on brighter. No people in sight. Am I crazy or is that an anarchist symbol in the back on the left?
Woah, suddenly we are in a giant tunnel that’s lined with TONS of multi colored christmas lights in arches above the trucks. How huge does this tunnel have to be for these big trucks to have like 10 feet of clearance on all sides?
Never mind the sun is back up. More trucks, mountains, trees, and driving on snow. Also the second truck has about a foot more snow on top of it than the first.
More trucks, more trees, more northern lights. No structures or signs of life other than the paved roads.
Another driverless truck drives past fir trees straight toward the camera, but hey, at least now the road is cleared! That's a first. Oh, this one has a logo on the front too, that’s new. It’s night time.
Two red trucks drive past fir trees on snowy roads. No driver is visible in any of them. Oh hey, I just noticed that the first close-up of the truck had a red hubcap and not a single truck has had that since.
Two trucks are parked where there's a snow drift between them and the nearest road. It’s almost full night.
Oh, never mind the sun is still setting, we’re still in fir trees and mountain land, watching two also different trucks drive along the road. The puffin is also back, on the side of the road
Wait, okay there are at least five different models of trucks here, one is like twice the size of the others, including the front. Is that road-safe??
Still in fir tree mountain land, five red Coca Cola start up their engines with the iconic rectangle of Christmas lights on either side. All the logos from here on out look much more clear, which, if you're gonna spend budget on a human editing, definitely prioritize the legibility of your logo.
Close up of one of the famous red Coca Cola trucks with the glowing logo on it. The second capital C’s front curl has gotten too enthusiastic and created a second cursive “o” so it says “CocaCoola” with the dash not really between the words. The truck lets out some white steam from…. Some where?
An elk/reindeer(?) with snow on its antlers calmly turns his head slightly while facing the "camera". Snow falls all around him. Some of the snow falls *up*!
A polar bear submerged in water bursts its head above the surface, also looking towards the camera, revealing northern lights behind it.
Uh, still echoing, different wide landscape now, a snow and ice covered flat land, also bereft of human life, and the mountains and trees are fully gone, but it’s still sunset.
Next clip: okay, we’re back to the forest landscape. A puffin sitting out in the snow suddenly looks up and behind it.
