Oligarchs vs their Consumers. Both now killing each other openly. The opening of true class warfare.
I assume the DOJ will pursue the death penalty for the claims adjuster.
Don't kill people with guns. Kill people with paperwork. Most effective serial murder in the world. We know their motives, MO, and exactly where they live, but nobody will prosecute them.
I'm told the best way to kill someone and get away with it is to hit them with your car. Not, like, drive into a crowd of people, but like nail them when they're crossing the street or walking near the side of the road. Especially if they're walking or on a bike. You can just say you didn't see them or whatever, and our car-focused culture will be like "yeah ok that happens."
So hypothetically if any healthcare CEOs are out jogging in their suburbs, someone could run them over and maybe not even be charged with a crime.
Nah, because it's a CEO the person who does it would definitely get charges, and they would likely push for the death penalty, even for a traffic accident.
CEOs are not on the same level as the rest of us.
Might be right, but remember that the families of healthcare CEOs can find a good lawyer to sue your ass for wrongful death.
Probably better than getting the death penalty for allegedly shooting the CEO dead, but yeah there's no risk-free way of getting rid of the the worst sorts of people.
There's no risk free way of letting them live.
Oof. Poignant.
I don't know how you can work for these companies and sleep at night, especially at the executive levels. Utter psychopathy.
I was listening to the Acquired episode on Epic and they touch on the severe cost overruns in our healthcare system. They make a point to share that hospitals aren't the ones making a killing. It's insurance companies.
They make a compelling argument that if you add up the total that you pay to insurance, taking into account what your employer pays, there's no way you get that much value out of your health insurance annually.
It's a metaphorical gun to the head. It's not designed to help. The purpose of the system is what it does.
Oh man, epic is such complicated garbage that even with a company brought in to set it up, the center I worked at during the rollout was a fucking mess. I left 14-18 months after initial deployment and they were still ironing bugs out, and I heard they rolled back within a year or so of leaving. Also, it's almost hilarious how often I hear nurses bitching about using epic just when I have to go in for anything, and none of them are related to the place I worked.
I imagine it's something like this that helps:
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Even with the amount of money they earn I don’t think I’d be able to sleep at night anyway.
sleeping is overrated anyways, I mean how are you supposed to spend money while doing it?
They have pills and alcohol for that. Or they don't actually sleep and are on a coke binge instead.
Literally nobody in their social circles holds them accountable for what they're a part of.
It's like ignoring your friends are part of the Nazi Regime because they're "just doing it for the money."
Last I heard UnitedHealthcare was denying claims with an AI -- https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/
Abstraction. They don't even see individual numbers of denied claims, they see a percentage, a percentage of chance and other KPI. For they, there's no people being affected by the denials, only indicators.
Following the killing of Brian Thompson, Tim Noel replaced him as the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Noel had previously served as the CEO of UnitedHealthcare's Medicare & Retirement unit. The announcement came after Thompson was fatally shot in December.
Who's Tim Noel? The new CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
UnitedDeathcare
One Luigi wasn't enough, i see.
Reminds me of a scene in Fight Club when Robert Paulson accidentally becomes a martyr. The crew partially took his death as, "we are all Robert Paulson," we are all this martyr.
There is a nation of Luigis, and it's everyone. Everyone just has to stop waiting to die. It need not be violent or deadly, either. One way would be merely: Everyone just has to stop. Doing everything. At the same time.
Probably a good time would be around when the supply chains completely collapse in 10 or so days from now.
Hol up I'm OOTL why are supply chains collapsing in 10 days or so
Because it takes 3 weeks for cargo ships to arrive in California from China. Trump announced his tarrifs 3 weeks ago, so imported items are about to drop off
People need to get off the consumer bandwagon in order for this to happen.
Whenever we're on the brink of radical change, all it takes is a new hollywood movie to come out to distract everyone.
Plant your victory garden this year. Hunt. Fill the freezer. Go solar. Build a network of mutual aid.
With supply chains halted, we're all going to be thrown off the consumer bandwagon soon. With no choice in the matter.
It's what Healthcare CEOs call Durable Savings.
The family premiums won't go down with one less child, but costs are saved.
Win-win for shareholders!
"‘You have not tried all lower levels of care available in your area. You can learn to control your behaviors and stay at home. You can learn coping skills in your home. Your family can support you as you get treatment.’”
100% I believe they sent this to family... If addictions were so easy to manage we wouldn't have all these addiction programs
DENY
Another death their CEO is responsible for.
I wonder if they’ve appointed a new CEO yet.
They appointed a new one (a Tim Noel) back in late January.
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