• Hubi@feddit.org
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      22 days ago

      Someone assassinated the CEO of an American health insurance company with a silenced pistol after an investors meeting. Apparently the company is famous for turning down people’s requests for treatment while the guy had a yearly salary in the undreds tens of millions.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        They deny 37% of all claims, and he proposed that they deny payment of anesthesia during surgery if it lasts longer than an arbitrary number he pulled out of his ass.

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        “Delay” and “Depose” were apparently written on the shell casings.

        “Delay. Deny. Defend.” is a common health insurance company mantra about denying service long enough that people die so the company doesn’t have to pay for the Healthcare they’re entitled to.

        Insurance pre-authorization for medical care should be outlawed. If a doctor orders a procedure, the insurance company shouldn’t be allowed to say “no.” But they are because our system is super fucked.

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            22 days ago

            You gotta read the room and put the conciliatory part up front when people’s emotions are up. They put it at the end unfortunately

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              22 days ago

              Downvoting as a knee jerk response without caring to even read the comment is a flaw of the downvoter, not the commenter.

              “Read the room”, how about read the comment? lol

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                22 days ago

                trust me i know… i used to have high expectations and think like that too. but nowadays i’m more into meeting people where they’re at, even if that means “barely literate” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯