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BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving “Too Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered (medium.com)

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 348 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The Punchline That Isn’t Funny

BlackRock will probably win this lawsuit. Or settle for millions. Either way, they’ll extract value from a system designed to extract life from patients.

They’re not just suing UnitedHealth — they’re suing the very idea that health insurance should provide health insurance. They’re fighting for their constitutional right to profit when people die and lose money when people live.

Welcome to American healthcare, where caring too much is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Dear Sweet Mother of God, this article does not hold back on the biting truth.

It's a worthwhile read with only one small mistake contained within:

Luigi Mangione didn’t just kill a CEO

There is no reliable evidence to suggest Mr. Mangione killed anyone. And I, for one, remain convinced he did not do that deed.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 140 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hope Mangione is found innocent and he suits the shit out off all the media companies that declared guilty without any proof.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

sues* of*

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 93 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is no reliable evidence to suggest Mr. Mangione killed anyone.

I'm so sick of everyone making me repeat myself with this:

Luigi was.

With me.

The morning.

Of the murder.

He physically could not have committed the crime from another location. We were setting up for our friend's dad's birthday party and he was busy getting the balloons ready.

Not guilty.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

Can confirm, I was there too. It was an early one and we had to get him up, I remember; that guy could sleep through like fifteen alarms.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like Brian Thompson, Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, is one of the people that Luigi Mangione didn't kill.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for this link. Goodness, this guy is a horrible human being.

[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I keep coming back to this, but why do the evil twisted fucks behind evil PURE evil shit always have comedic "cartoon villain" names like fucking Fink?!

[–] dvlsg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I like nominative determinism better when it's funny.

[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure a piano fell on that guy.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It actually doesn't hold back on the biting lie, their source says pretty much the opposite and the lawsuit is about earnings forecasts and stock price manipulation.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's worth noting that this is a blog post, and not reporting from an accountable journalistic agency.

I don't see anything obviously incorrect, but it's worth noting the source.