Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO
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“When other’s human lives are deemed worthless, it is not surprising to have others view your life of no value as well,” wrote one medical doctor, whose identity the Daily Beast confirmed.

Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      18 days ago

      But nothing has stopped. UHC will do the same thing tomorrow it has been doing all year.

      • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
        5·
        18 days ago

        Maybe they will.

        Or maybe the next guy won’t be so quick to deny a cancer patients claim because he doesn’t want to be the next one ambushed.

        • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          17 days ago

          If the next guy doesn’t want to make money for shareholders, the next guy will be fired.

          And there are plenty of guys who are willing to risk a bullet if the money is good, including bodyguards and mercenaries.

            • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              17 days ago

              That’s like saying “Now maybe kids will stop bullying their weird classmate” after a school shooting.

              Followed by an ominous “There’s more bullets than school bullies”.

              • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                1·
                17 days ago

                False parallel. A school bully isn’t directly responsible for the death and suffering of millions of individuals.

                • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  17 days ago

                  School shootings do not change bullying for the same reason CEO shooters do not change corporate policy.