Imagine how much better the economy would be doing if the $30,000,000,000 was spent on making people healthier

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1. UnitedHealthcare spent approximately $30 billion from 2020 to 2024 buying back its own stocks, prioritizing shareholder value over healthcare access. Meanwhile, millions of claims were denied, leaving many without necessary care.

   Is this a systemic issue we can address?

2. Stock buy backs should be heavily taxed. They don’t create value for customers or employees. Granted healthcare should be a human right.

3. Fucking gross 🤢

4. Golden Shower Economics. Getting pissed on your whole life will make you sick

5. Stock buybacks need to be illegal. I currently work for a bank and they bought their stock back about 2 years ago. Did anything flow down to us employees? Nope. Just continually increasing our healthcare costs because guess what? They also use UnitedHealthcare. Here is what they said were the reasons for the increase in costs:

   – Rising costs of healthcare
   – Increase in member claims and other related services
   – Market Trends: Increase in costs is largely influenced by the overall rise in healthcare expenses and our current member claims.

   They have the audacity to say, and I quote:

   “We are committed to securing the best possible rates, but some of these increases are beyond our control. What is in control is our own health, that is why we rolled out the Health & Wellness program.”

   I am looking for a new company this year. I hate the one I work at.

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