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[-] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 58 points 1 month ago

Maybe...just fucking maybe...basic human needs like healthcare should not be for-profit.

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

And now the upcoming administration wants to privatize even MORE shit

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago

"Limbs aren’t necessary."

  • Brian Thompson, probably.
[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 23 points 1 month ago

I mean, he doesn't need them anymore

[-] Steve@communick.news 32 points 1 month ago

By this logic, I'm wondering if beds are medically necessary.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 24 points 1 month ago

Or maybe the CEOs could just donate their limbs - after all, if artificial ones aren't necessary, are true limbs really?

[-] LadyMeow 15 points 1 month ago

Casual reminder that it’s never not healthcare CEO season.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago

"eh, a peg leg will do"

If you company is run like my rimworld coming, something is going very wrong

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Doubling down, are we?

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago

Which insurers? I truly cannot find this in the article

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

https://www.advocatemagazine.com/article/2022-november/health-insurance-bad-faith-for-prosthetic-denials?utm_source=perplexity

Some quick googling shows anthem and UHC (shocker) have been specific culprits with this, being the subject of legal action (Atzin, et al. v. Anthem, Inc., et al., Case No.: 2:17-cv-6816 ODW (PLAx) and Trujillo and Harden v. Unitedhealth Grp. Inc., et al., Case No. SACV 17-2547-JFW (KKx) (C.D. Cal. 2019)) regarding their denial of claims.

Helpful?

[-] millie@beehaw.org 12 points 1 month ago

They just really want to be the stars of their own Bastille Day.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Perhaps other things shouldn't be necessary like health insurance or the companies etc that exist just to screw people over. 😉

[-] aeternum 4 points 1 month ago

#LandOfTheFree murica!!!!!

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