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Do you guys offer warning lights or markers for the smaller kids that let the actors know to go a bit easier on them?

If so, any good stories about people using it (or who should have used it)?

A local amusement park does a Halloween bash every year and they have a haunted maze. My son got a "monster warding pendant" last year (he was 6) and he went through the maze brandishing it like a holy object chanting "Don't jump out at me! Don't jump out at me!". The actors were all very cool and friendly with him. One of them snuck up behind my wife and scared the bejezus out of her though which then scared him when she screamed. :)

Have you ever seen interesting evidence of a problem that several doctors and activists talk about regarding an inflated cost of drugs and medical care?

For context: A recent report was done by Consumer Reports which showed that drug prices at CVS was in some cases several times higher than at CostCo. (EDIT: I originally said "hundreds of times", but I actually meant hundreds of percentage points. Reworded to be more accurate and clearer.) There have also been reports about how medical institutions have to bill absurdly high amounts for their care so that they won't lose out on money that various insurance companies might pay. They then just wait for the insurance company to decide how much they will actually pay and adjust the remainder. In some reported cases a million dollar hospital treatment might actually only cost ten thousand dollars if it were paid for without using insurance.

What was one of your favorite features of a haunted house? Something that either was fantastic at scaring people or otherwise making it a fun and exciting time for all?