• RubberDuck
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      63 months ago

      “Do you think your house is too small”, vs “would you like a bigger house” … >> x% of people happy with size of their house

    • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      -63 months ago

      did brian thompson deserve to die for his crimes?

      The answer is no. Unless you are counting his drunk driving and insider trading. His business was operating legally, and he was providing legal orders when directing UHC to deny 30% or more of bills. And that’s the problem. Brian didn’t commit crimes, but the industry as a whole is insufficiently regulated, and should not be privatized, but they are so large and powerful that the general citizens cannot oust them. Denying any coverage and passing the bill on to the insured party should be illegal, but it isn’t.

      • @john89@lemmy.ca
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        Yeah, rich people get to operate legally with the laws they create. Who’da thunk?

        It’s a shame people like you still take every opportunity to sell yourself out so someone you’ll never know can be just a bit richer.

        I highly recommend you read up on the social contract, it looks like you haven’t reached that lesson in grade school yet.

        • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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          -53 months ago

          Aww, someone didn’t have the attention span to wead da whole comment and now dey are super angwy about it…

            • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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              -43 months ago

              Oh no, he’s threatening to hold his breath! What will I even do!?

              When you’re ready to talk like an adult, I’ll talk with you like an adult.

      • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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        It’s not just legal to deny 30% of claims, but he had a fiduciary duty to find ways to make the company profit. He may have “served the wrong master”, but the real crime is the existence of an insurance market where that’s both legal and expected

        For my similar brush with moral ambiguity, I interviewed for a job at a mass-email provider. It’s a perfectly legal company extending a legit job offer to do similar work as what I do now. However I find their existence repugnant, and generally oppose their actions where they affect me. Most importantly I said no. You have to take some responsibility for your actions.

        So no, he didn’t deserve to be killed. We can only hope the anger and outrage from that leads to health insurance reform so the crime of that market no longer exists. I’d be more than happy for someone in that position to lose a job they should not have taken. However, these extenuating circumstances mean that I also would not convict the person who executed him in protest