🌎 Discussion: Health And Healthcare III

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Woman threatens BlueCross BlueShield, saying 'delay, deny, depose', then gets arrested

Boston had reportedly called BlueCross BlueShield after recent insurance claims were denied.

nbcmontana.com

insurers are about maximizing profit for them not maximizing health outcomes for you.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism

Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

www.propublica.org

 

[blueharvest]

In Wake of Killing, UnitedHealth CEO Admits 'No One Would Design a System Like the One We Have' | Common Dreams

One critic said UnitedHealth Group chief executive Andrew Witty should "resign and then dedicate every dollar he has to dismantling the current system brick by brick and building one based on public health in its stead."

www.commondreams.org

 

[squeekness]

Maybe that shooting had a silver lining.

 

[squeekness]

That wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

I believe Romney and Buttigieg worked there.

 

[squeekness]

I wouldn't canonize him, he's still a murderer.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I wouldn't canonize him, he's still a murderer.

So is the catholic church so he's in good company if did become a saint.

 

[blueharvest]

The toxic autism politics of Trump’s second administration

From Elon Musk to RFK, the right has developed an obsession with pushing two seemingly contradictory — but equally damaging — theories on autism, writes Eric Garcia. And this obsession is bleeding into everything from Trump cabinet picks to policy

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Disease-causing foods deliberately sold to kids by industry giants: lawsuit

A lawsuit has been filed against 11 major food companiesalleging that they deliberately marketed addictive food substances to kids.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Kane52630]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Bernie Sanders: A Mass Movement Can Beat Health CEO Greed

We spoke to Bernie Sanders about alleged health insurance CEO shooter Luigi Mangione, the crisis of for-profit health care in America, why only a mass movement can win Medicare for All, and how to fight the growing share of working-class votes for the Right.

jacobin.com

 

[blueharvest]

Basically the prison equivalent of this:

 

[blueharvest]

UnitedHealth CEO: 'We understand people’s frustrations' with health care system

The killing of a health care executive kicked off a firestorm of anger at a troubled system. The CEO of UnitedHealth responds to the concerns.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Call me a misguided cynical bastard, but I'm of the opinion that killing someone is not always ethically wrong especially in the United States where once you hit a certain tax bracket, the rules simply do not apply to you anymore. These people are mobsters without the stigma. If you barter and trade in human flesh and street justice takes you out, I have no sympathy or empathy for you.

 

[blueharvest]

‘Only one viable defense’: how might the CEO murder case play out in court?

Lawyers weigh suspect’s options to fight charge he murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

‘Only one viable defense’: how might the CEO murder case play out in court?

Lawyers weigh suspect’s options to fight charge he murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

www.theguardian.com

I don't think straight up "not guilty" is going to fly. They have too much evidence against him.

 

[blueharvest]

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

[blueharvest]

Sold-out farm shops, smuggled deliveries and safety warnings: US battle over raw milk grows

Unpasteurised milk, seen as both anti-government and anti-corporate, soars in popularity among conspiracy theorists and new agers

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

I don't think straight up "not guilty" is going to fly. They have too much evidence against him.

There's always the chance of the jury letting him off or maybe just giving him a light sentence or something.

 

[blueharvest]