Oh, I know I am firmly on that list. Brian Thompson got what he deserved. It’s a shame it hasn’t happened to more of them.
They were tracking everybody before too right? Because terrorism or something? Fuck off feds.
Okay? Thats only what, most of the US population?
Snowdon was right, they're watching every single hominid.
*Snowdonald
I have negative views of health insurance companies
Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
Most every health professional does, as well.
Monitor deez nuts, bitch. Fuck the rich and fuck you. Buck buck, motherfuckers.
Saint Luigi of Baltimore, forgive us our debts. Deliver us from the greed of the Wicked. Protect us in sickness and in health. Lead us from the labyrinth of insurance denials. Bring Justice to the Merchants of Death.
I referred to Luigi during a call with my SSDI attorney earlier today. I was shocked that she didn't immediately get the reference.
They turned down my application despite their own doctors saying I was disabled.
If you reach the end of your days, and you haven't ever been on at least one watch list...Can you really even say you have ever lived at all?
Okay, we already know the spooks are already monitoring everyone. We've known this for a long time. They don't have to come up with an excuse to try and tell us.
HI FBI GUY! sorry for the weird ass porn you have to watch too.
The document is one of a flurry threat reports quietly circulated to law enforcement across the country by a sprawling network of little-known intelligence organizations created in response to 9/11. Called fusion centers, groups like the New York State Intelligence Center were tasked with fighting terrorism, which alleged the killer Luigi Mangione was charged with. Today, there is at least one fusion center in all 50 states (even Wyoming, home to the Wyoming Information Analysis Team.)
Marked “LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY,” the document quoted above is, like other intelligence reports, not usually available to the public. But this record was pried loose by the open records wizardry of the transparency nonprofit Property of the People. Without them, this report would join the countless others exempt from public scrutiny. That’s a real gift to the government agencies that produce these reports, which often serve little purpose beyond inflating supposed threats into zeppelin-like proportions.
Consider, for example, the report’s boldfaced title —“Executive ‘Hit Lists’” — evoking some kind of John Wick-style serial hitman. But the evidence for this amounts to “viral posts online” that “listed the names and salaries of several health insurance executives” and some “Wanted” signs posted in Manhattan.
The Man being The Man
get me in the shot!
Oh, so this is the new scare! There's already been the Lavender Scare, the Red Scare, the Satanic Panic etc.
This scare will be called the Health Scare. Any other suggestions?
It would seem they have a conflict of interest. Choosing life or death for someone where not providing care would be less costly. Morality = / = legality.
It would seem to make sense to allow the doctors to be advocates for their patients, but I get that oversight is needed too. It’s not an easy situation to solve. There are clearly glaring issues in the current system.
In case it’s unclear murder is wrong if done by 1 person or a collective entity through an indirect series of actions.
E: fixed formatting = / = Without spaces changes to equal and not ‘not equal’
There are doctors and organizations who scam the insurance, and this is used for justifying these systems being in place; however in the for-profit world especially these are increasingly used as a tool for profit rather than loss protections.
fun fact: insurance companies allow that to happen because its cheaper than preventing it and hilariously why there is less fraud via medicare/medicaid.
so next time you hear that non-sense for an excuse know that it is false and entirely of their own making.
Agreed, and that’s the hard part. Finding and promoting good and right while removing greed. Oversight is needed, but doesn’t this feel a bit like the wolf watching the sheep?
The system isn’t completely broken, but it has glaring issues. Transparency and accountability is missing. Rules for thee and me need to match with equity.
“Good”, “right”, and “fair” seem to be dying in society.
We can only be our own little light in a sea of darkness…maybe with a little luck we can make the world a little brighter.
they would demand a public apology for hurting these poor companies' feelings.
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