Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing. The shooting death of a UnitedHealthcare executive in Manhattan has unleashed Americans’ frustrations with an industry that often denies coverage and reimbursement for medical claims. (Gift Article”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/social-media-insurance-industry-brian-thompson.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fE4.hUp3.Epl8tkrxZhW2&smid=url-share
by coolbern
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>Stephan Meier, the chair of the management division at Columbia Business School, said the attack could send shock waves through the broader health insurance industry.
>About seven chief executives of publicly traded companies die each year, he said, but almost always from health complications or accidents. A targeted attack could have much larger implications.
>“The insurance industry is not the most loved, to put it mildly,” Mr. Meier said. “If you’re a C-suite executive of another insurance company, I would be thinking, What’s this mean for me? Am I next?”
There is no 2nd Amendment right to retribution. But try to enforce that.
The best algorithm for anger management of a large population is the widespread distribution of what is experienced as justice.
Wow, what a surprise that the captains of an industry built on the suffering of people would have a less than stellar public image.
What does trump have to say about addressing this outrage that everyone is expressing about healthcare? He’s promised to make it better.
Damn…the meta here. Comments about news piece that is about comments about a news piece.
UHC denies my wife’s cancer treatment on the premise that it wasn’t urgent. Thankfully or doctors forced a peer to peer review. Moreover, UHC is 5th in the Fortune 500. They obviously care more about profit than their customers
Good. Just like debt collectors there is not a single decent human being among health insurance staff, I hope they are all fearful of what’s to come.
If you work in health insurance, save your soul, get out now.
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