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[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 4 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

That's murder in my book. The board of United health care can be found here (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UNH/profile/) all of them set the policies of United so there all guilty of murder over profits. Health insurance companies should be none profit.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Can we set up a fundraiser to pay off someone to let the CEO die?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

Release the ~~Kraken~~ Luigi

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 14 points 8 hours ago

Soooo.... It's obviously worse when it involves people's lives, but:

Every corporation does this. Maximize profit right to the border of legality. Sometimes landing on the wrong side of it, but that's "just the cost of doing business".

That's what you get with unregulated capitalism.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like another CEO could use a high-velocity pat on the back.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 7 points 8 hours ago
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Murder? Ulterior motives?

If someone kills for money, they risk their lives in some of the more retarded areas of the US.

They need radical punishments for companies that kill for profit. Both the nursing homes and UnitedHealthcare (and others who probably do the same but have not been caught yet).

[–] oldscratchXV@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

It's time these asshokes became scared for their lives again.

[–] zib@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

News like this reminds me that Luigi did nothing wrong.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Luigi didn't do anything because he's innocent

[–] CatalpaRed@lemmy.zip 87 points 14 hours ago
[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 70 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Are these the death panels we were promised?

[–] themoken@startrek.website 44 points 14 hours ago

Death panels are a classic example of criticizing socialism by describing capitalism.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 59 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Sure hope nothing happens to their new CEO.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago

We don’t take kindly to Aliens ‘round these parts.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Heyyyyyy that's my insurance

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 8 points 10 hours ago

If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s from January.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 14 points 12 hours ago

Straight to fucking jail. Jesus Christ.

I wish these people get to live under the systems they create for millions of people, with none of their priceless and benefits.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 31 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What utter cocksuckers. Every last person involved in this scheme deserves to be thrown into jail.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

I did some research. Apparently the headline is sensationalizing it quite a bit.
What was really happening was UHC was rewarding nursing homes with incentives when the home reduced the number of hospital referrals for things that didn’t require a hospital visit, and instead took care of them properly. (Thus not shifting the responsibility). That is, not sending grandma to the ER every time she had a cough. This was better for the overwhelmed hospitals, people with real emergencies, and for the nursing home residents who would get appropriate care in-house. Some nursing homes took this to the extreme and wouldn’t send their wards to the hospital for anything at all - resulting in unnecessary deaths, but that’s the nursing home’s fault, not entirely UHC’s.

I mean fuck UHC and health insurance companies in general, but this story is not as cut & dry as implied by the headline.

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Looks like UHC didn't learn a damn thing.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's the Free Market at work! The last healthcare CEO that got this psychopathic spawned a Free Market correction in the form of a pissed off customer who murdered him. As a result, his company, and all the other healthcare companies, loosened up their denials. THAT'S a perfect example of the Free Market at work.

It looks like we're due for another Free Market correction.

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Damn. Chat, are the libertarians correct here for once?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

The core libertarian philosophy of "Anyone can do what they want and is free to choose" reminds me of this: https://xkcd.com/1060/

Like yes, that's true, that's why I'm choosing to build a better society through socialism.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

One time just isn't enough to retain the lesson.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago

United Deathcare

[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

Time for another ceo to bite it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Behold: Efficiency!

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Mario music gets louder

[–] el_twitto@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Luigi, save us, you're our only hope