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UHC, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caresource and more are removing or redirecting their about us pages.

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Hiding your website link isn't going to stop someone your lack of humanity has pushed to the point of actually shooting you.

And removing the tiniest bit of visible accountability you give doesn't seem like a particularly good idea either.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

That will fix it. Don't need to be doing your job and covering medical expenses or anything. Just make a change to the website and it will all be good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Even less readily visible accountability.

[–] [email protected] 264 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

If you're worried that your CEO will be murdered, that might be an indicator that you have some deep problems as a company. If you're all worried, that may be an indicator that your entire industry is a problem.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

It's really not that hard to run an insurance company without making people want to murder you

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I initially was thinking that people were just aggressive about him, because of the insurance companies and not necessarily what he did, especially since he was CEO for 3 years, but looks like UH had rejections in single digit and after he took over they jumped to over 20%

I understand the outrage though. While some rejections could be people asking for things that are not necessary, for example Ozempic if one doesn't have diabetes, many of those affect quality of life for millions of people and even affect of they can live or die.

It is absolutely horrible and unethical to make money on misfortune of others.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Somebody in another thread yesterday pointed out how those stats are also after appeals are accounted for. So it's not all the stuff they denied, but the stuff that they denied again after doctors and patients went through the appeal process. They had worked in appeals at another health insurance company, and said that the only way you could see denial rates that high were if UHC were denying almost everything that wasn't a standard checkup like an annual physical.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

Anything but ease up on predatory rates while denying the doctor-prescribed care we pay for, huh?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no. How sad for them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What the hell is a 'Chief People Officer' .... I'm Indigenous Canadian and it sounds like a name my community would come up with

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lmao it really does sound like a tribal government name

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Well--well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Also if they are publicly traded I’m pretty sure that information is freely available by law

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All the more reason that internet archives are important.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I love how the internet tough guy is stymied the moment a Google search turns up nothing...

[–] [email protected] 175 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you call one dead CEO? a good start.

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, if I lived off blood money in a country with insanely high gun ownership, I would also start acting like it.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

One more dead CEO and the conseevatives will start worrying about gun control.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

It's actually nuts. Visiting /r/conservative and while there are some boot lickers by and large they are in agreement that "fuck that guy".

It's wild.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I'm genuinely impressed. I might even risk the blow to my mental health to see for myself.

Edit: yeah, holy shit, there's a couple people going "jeez you guys are nasty. I didn't like him either but still" and the rest are treating the shooter like a national hero.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Class struggles are something we can all get behind

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Class is the root struggle. All other divisions distract those not at the top.

E:typo

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

Guilty all of them. They know and now they fear it. It wont change the shit they do in any decent way. Those narcs are already forming a new world view to make them martyrs.

[–] [email protected] 371 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I enjoy how this article basically enumerates every name removed from their sites.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

404media always gives us the 411 on matters, dawg

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[–] [email protected] 139 points 2 weeks ago

Good. They should be scared.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

Guaranteed they were not talking about ending their war on humanity

[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's hope they live in fear. Let's hope they are never comfortable, even in their mansions and yachts.

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

archive.org and linked in.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't paint a target on archive.org.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you know where we can paint a target?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

archive.today too; name and shame.

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