Try this argument again when a grade school bully has the power and privilege of a health care CEO who makes ~10 Million USD a year off of the suffering of millions.
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Hey, let's not discredit the amazing work that Brian Thompson accomplished as CEO! Before his joining UnitedHealthCare in 2022, their denial rate was 8%. Then, only one short year later, he managed to successfully drive that denial rate up to almost 28%! As the UnitedHealthCare conglomerate served some 122 million Americans that year, you can easily discern that Brian Thompson was directly responsible for ensuring that ~24 million Americans had their claims denied. Imagine how much less UHC would have made for their investors if they had to pay an addition 24 million American's health care claims!
So before giving all the credit to the board members and share holders, let's take a moment to understand exactly how hard Brian Thompson worked to ensure some ~24 million Americans went without doctor-approved medical support that they previously were entitled to.
All this data is publically available on Wikipedia, by the way.
There should be nothing normal about an 84 year old man serving in congress. But it is normal.
In the world we live in, Sanders should be there.
Why is it so hard just to say "this was not out intention, we recognize it was bad, and we are sorry."
There's a lot of words here for a non-apology.
It's almost like a human being can't have their entire being simplified into a left-or-right political dichotomy.
Okay, I get the meme, but let's not conflate what Brian Thompson did with the knowledge and skill required to practice medicine.
He had a bachelor of business administration, and his claim to fame was increasing UnitedHealthCare's denial claim rate from 8% to nearly 28%, while passing the profits from causing such widespread misery, suffering, and I am sure in many cases death, on to his investors and pocketing enough to never need to think about wealth again. The worst and least ethical of practicing doctors did more for society than Brian Thompson. Choosing to do nothing meaningful is a greater credit to society than Brian Thompson.
Except they're all bought out. There aren't "more choices." There are fewer, because now your options are "be notably wealthy" or "get fucked."
Driving up the price is good for builders which is then good for ~~buyers~~ investors and ~~renters~~ corporate owners . Nothing wrong with owning ~~and renting~~ homes.
No worries, fam, I got you fixed up.
What am I expected to be inferring from this? Why is this news? That's a horrible tragedy, and says nothing about the character of the woman. If anything, I'd assume it means she's likely to be on the side of firearm restrictions, and likely to agree with her predecessor on gun violence as a public health crisis. But the summary, at least, tries to frame it in the opposite manner?
This is why I linked a published academic paper on the matter. You don't need to take my word for it.
I too enjoyed Everhood.