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Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’ (nypost.com)

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 17 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It isn't. It's inhumane the way these companies are behaving. They're a threat to society and this is humans' instinctual response to eliminating threats.

We are giving thousands of dollars of our money to a company to insure that our life and health will be taken care of, it should NOT be up to these companies what methods of remedies that a person needs to be kept alive and healthy are "deemed necessary"

Furthermore; these companies CEO should NEVER be paid more than an average citizen... full stop. There's no reason an insurance company employee owns a yacht.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

average citizen

Median citizen. The average is raised significantly by a few rich folks.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 points 1 hour ago

Great point and an even better ultimatum.