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Within hours of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death by a gunman in Midtown Manhattan, the major media went full North Korea, lavishing praise on the sainted business leader. The Washington Post reported that the “smart and affable” Thompson had a “focus on keeping premiums low,” citing an unnamed company staffer who we’re to believe “spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their job.”

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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 113 points 1 week ago

It is so rediculous the fbi and police were brought out with what appeared to be unlimited funds. Im pretty sure some other folks were shot dead in new york. how much money was spent finding their assailents.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 104 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 24 points 1 week ago

I doubt it even then with the all important ceo that all resources must be used for.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

moist.catsweat.com

Just... why?

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 15 points 1 week ago

I liked the guys about and faq so I made my account here after kbin imploded (still owrry about elmer). His explanation was its comedically unmarketable in the faq.

[-] Earflap@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago
[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 week ago

As far as I can tell. Earnest had finally began handing some things off as something or things in his life was not doing well but I have no details. Seems like he had not transfered enough to get by without him or something though as kbin.social gives 500's and I could not find any other kbins that work. mbin is the fork and that is what I moved to. it had been forked actually because he would not let people work on kbin.

[-] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Important to remember the race hierarchy is as below

Black < Latino < White < Rich

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Wow! So wealth transcends racism?! We've done it boys! 😜

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile I guess my place in the hierarchy is "None of the above", haha

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Asian? It depends on skin color and bank balance.

Arabic... Isn't on the chart.

[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

If those were legitimate murders the body politic has ways of shutting that down.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

AFAIK, NY has a little north of 1 murder a day, so, yes, it matters who you are :/

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 66 points 1 week ago

Premiums low, denials high

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 42 points 1 week ago

Of course they did - the MSM is the public relations arm of the ruling class, and a significant part of their job is ensuring that the peasants don't revolt.

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago

they aren't doing this to convince us, the proles. they're doing it for their corporate masters. it's a sign to them that they will cower and comply in advance to make sure that we, the not wealthy, won't be given any more ~~ammunition~~ reasons to start going after any more of them.

it's not going to work, the corporate media not only ripped any credibility they had during the last 16 years, they decided to go for broke and nuked it in the last 3 months. does anyone really believe anything anyone associated with a major media outlet has to say about anything related to people who are at least millionaires?

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I just don't believe anything the media says whatsoever. If anybody in the media opens their mouth, it's likely a lie.

[-] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I saw one quote praising his "deep sense of empathy" and claiming he had a "clear passion for improving access to care" .....lol. I took a screenshot because of just how absurd that is. I mean, I expected plenty empty talk about what a great guy he is, but COME ON. At least try to make it sound grounded in reality.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Thompson had a “focus on keeping premiums low,”

Lol premiums are literally their entire source of revenue. The CEO of an enormous publicly-traded company had a focus on keeping revenue as low as possible? If this were actually true, the people most likely to have killed him would be everybody on the board and everybody else in the c-suite.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's not true. They gain revenue by fucking over many parties in many ways beyond just premiums

[-] ssladam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly. The more claims you can deny the lower you can make premiums appear because you're not actually paying out.

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