Today's mass shooting in the US
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Commissario
That is very similar to something I said to my brother earlier, all it takes is one person whose treatment you've denied for cost reasons, or who has just seen a family member die because treatment was refused or delayed because someone at the company decided they knew better than the doctors who had seen the patient.
The surprise is it doesn't happen more often, especially when for example one of the companies announced very recently that it won't pay for the anaesthetist for more than a set period per operation, so if your operation takes longer than the insurance company says it should you'll be paying for an essential and basic part of the op as an extra.
Associate
A good example of why his company specifically was almost universally hated:
Hated for doing well?
I can see this guy getting deified in some circles so the media will be desperately trying to sweep it all under the rug as quickly as possible.
Also only $10k bounty? I'm sure the scummy billion dollar company could pay out more.
Also only $10k bounty? I'm sure the scummy billion dollar company could pay out more.
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Reading generally on the internet, I’d never heard of this guy, but people are celebrating like it was the death of Adolf Hitler or something.
It certainly looks as though the company had caused a lot of misery for a lot of people, and someone had, had enough.
It certainly looks as though the company had caused a lot of misery for a lot of people, and someone had, had enough.
Soldato
He’ll just get replaced by someone just as “evil”.
They're a Health Insurance company. When they do well it means normal people are being overcharged and claims for illnesses, surgery and pretty much anytbing else medical related are being denied.
Soldato
The share holders won’t agree to anything more than a 10k loss of dividends I guess.
Yes, im sure they put this to a shareholder vote.....
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Associate
Yeah, I laughed at that pitiful amount too
My first thought on hearing about this shooting was Rainmaker by John Grisham
Soldato
This was only interesting when there was some hope that something would be done about it. These days, the people seem to view this loss of people to gun crime as acceptable. So, meh. If it wasn't this guy, it would have been someone else.
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Hopefully this doesn't become a trend. Senior insurance employees needing body guards will only hike up premiums further!
Thus making the reasons for someone to hit up their local club definitely-not-run-by-a-Russian-mob for a silencer even more pervasive.
Sounds like a losing battle to me.
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Caporegime
That's pretty much the same as the chart for their revenue, the P/E ratio of United Healthcare isn't particularly high in comparison to other companies and hasn't really changed under the leadership of this guy.
The problems with US healthcare run far deeper than the companies providing the insurance.
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So they've massively increased premiums while continuing to cut costs and denying medical care.
Caporegime
No, because if that was what they were doing their P/E ratio would have gone up.
Apparently they deny claims at twice the US industry average. Make of that what you will.
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Total one off, he must have upset someone to the extreme for them to risk the rest of their life in jail to kill someone will will quickly be replaced by the company.
Soldato
I wasn't being serious.Yes, im sure they put this to a shareholder vote.....
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