Dark responses to health insurance CEO murder

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Dark Humor Abounds as Insurance CEO Is Murdered: "Bullet Wounds Are Only Covered Under Our Platinum+ Package"

The web's indifference to UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson's passing are illustrative of America's profoundly dysfunctional medical system.

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We still don’t know who the killer is or what their motivation was but it’s pretty clear if it was insurance related there’s going to be a lot of sympathy for the motivation. It will be interesting to see what kind of conversations this opens…and the attempts to turn eyeballs back on migrants instead.

 

[Cmaier]

Saw a bar chart, that probably explains it. As someone who had to fight with my insurance company for months just to get an MRI because I literally couldn’t move my arm more than a few degrees, I applaud Mr. Citibike.

 

[Cmaier]

Bullets fired at UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had words written on them, officials say

"Deny," "defend" and "depose" were written on shell casings recovered at the scene of the shooting that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday.

www.cbsnews.com

“Deny” “Defend” “Depose”

 

[Huntn]

Sooner or later the mob with pitchforks will appear on the doorsteps of those pulling the strings.

 

[Cmaier]

Sooner or later the mob with pitchforks will appear on the doorsteps of those pulling the strings.

If you’re running a company that routinely kills people by denying them necessary health care they thought they had already paid for, you take your chances.

 

[Eric]

Saw a bar chart, that probably explains it. As someone who had to fight with my insurance company for months just to get an MRI because I literally couldn’t move my arm more than a few degrees, I applaud Mr. Citibike.

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Top of the front page on Reddit FWIW:

 

[Herdfan]

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Saw a bar chart, that probably explains it. As someone who had to fight with my insurance company for months just to get an MRI because I literally couldn’t move my arm more than a few degrees, I applaud Mr. Citibike.

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Very interesting.

For as long as I can remember, my parent's had United Healthcare's Medicare supplement and it was great. Between it and Medicare, they paid zero out of pocket for healthcare for decades.

 

[rdrr]

My ONE interaction with United Health.... My employer has Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and I am grateful for the quality and coverage of that medical coverage. I didn't notice the mental health coverage got sub'd out to United Health, because who reads those "important information about your insurance coverage" pamphlets that come in the mail?

A few years back my daughter attempted suicide, but thought better of it at the last moment (which makes me well up even now, when I think of how close it was), and was admitted to a locked unit for a mandatory 72 hour stay. When I called United Hell, they told me the hospital was not in their network and would be denying all claims for that incident $3600/day plus a 30 mile ambulance transfer fee. This was the first day I was down there, and the recommendation I got from the rep was to tell the facility to stop all treatment and send her to another facility over 200 miles away. I think I would have physically assaulted the person if they were in my presence, and I know I uttered something laced with a lot of foul language and questioning their intelligence for not knowing what mandatory hospitalization meant.

 

[Yoused]

Bullets fired at UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had words written on them, officials say

"Deny," "defend" and "depose" were written on shell casings recovered at the scene of the shooting that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday.

www.cbsnews.com

“Deny” “Defend” “Depose”

Are you saying you think the shooter was a lawyer?

 

[Cmaier]

Are you saying you think the shooter was a lawyer?

Sounds to me like it was someone unhappy with the company’s strategy - deny claims, defend the inevitable lawsuits and depose the victims.

 

[Herdfan]

Sounds to me like it was someone unhappy with the company’s strategy - deny claims, defend the inevitable lawsuits and depose the victims.

Sounds like a Grisham novel.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

If the motivation turns out to be what it appears to be I’m sure there will be some serious soul searching throughout the industry with the end result being increased security for executives and passing that cost onto insurance premiums. There, they solved it.

 

[Yoused]

Sounds like a Grisham novel.

Delay Deny Defend is a book about insurance company behavior.

 

[Eric]

Actual letter from a doctor. Wow.

 

[Cmaier]

Actual letter from a doctor. Wow.

My wife is a psychotherapist, and won’t take insurance because doing so would require her to spend half her working hours writing letters like that.

Also, she says I’m not curable.

 

[Eric]

Guess they don't want to name anyone. While I would never condone something like this, it seems like it may have started a movement and I bet we see a lot of high profile CEOs with added security going forward.

 

[Cmaier]

Guess they don't want to name anyone. While I would never condone something like this, it seems like it may have started a movement and I bet we see a lot of high profile CEOs with added security going forward.

sure. easier to hire goons that to just stop being a dick, i guess.

 

[Eric]

sure. easier to hire goons that to just stop being a dick, i guess.

I mean the guy made over $10 million a year while his company is denying coverage for the most basic needs, it's especially hard when you look at those who can't afford to pay out of pocket. So then what? Go into debt which why it's the number one cause of bankruptcy in this country.

Again, I don't condone it, but I get it.

 

[Eric]

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

This is probably the first high profile shooting in years where absolutely nobody is wondering who the shooter voted for and in a way he united the nation. Neat.