• nkat2112
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    35912 days ago

    The Punchline That Isn’t Funny

    BlackRock will probably win this lawsuit. Or settle for millions. Either way, they’ll extract value from a system designed to extract life from patients.

    They’re not just suing UnitedHealth — they’re suing the very idea that health insurance should provide health insurance. They’re fighting for their constitutional right to profit when people die and lose money when people live.

    Welcome to American healthcare, where caring too much is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

    Dear Sweet Mother of God, this article does not hold back on the biting truth.

    It’s a worthwhile read with only one small mistake contained within:

    Luigi Mangione didn’t just kill a CEO

    There is no reliable evidence to suggest Mr. Mangione killed anyone. And I, for one, remain convinced he did not do that deed.

      • @Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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        7312 days ago

        I’m fully convinced that if it ever starts looking like he might legitimately walk, he’ll be Epstein’d. They want to keep that option for last resorts only because they understand the optics behind it, but I’m sure it’s not completely off the table.

        • @FMT99@lemmy.world
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          3912 days ago

          I doubt it in this case. He’s not holding onto any secrets that he might spill. Killing him is only to their advantage if it sends a message “don’t mess with us or you’ll die”. That works if he’s convicted and executed, that doesn’t work if it’s seen as “a company will just assassinate you”. They’d have to keep the assassination a secret, which would defeat the purpose.

          • In any case, if he is not convicted and walks free then the people will know that the actual shooter was never caught and that there were no consequences for his action. The only thing they can truly do is prolong this case for as long as is necessary so that the people can never be 100% sure that they didn’t catch the actual shooter, or so they forget this all ever happened at all.

    • @glimse@lemmy.world
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      9912 days ago

      There is no reliable evidence to suggest Mr. Mangione killed anyone.

      I’m so sick of everyone making me repeat myself with this:

      Luigi was.

      With me.

      The morning.

      Of the murder.

      He physically could not have committed the crime from another location. We were setting up for our friend’s dad’s birthday party and he was busy getting the balloons ready.

      Not guilty.

      • @voracitude@lemmy.world
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        4012 days ago

        Can confirm, I was there too. It was an early one and we had to get him up, I remember; that guy could sleep through like fifteen alarms.

      • nkat2112
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        2512 days ago

        Thank you for this link. Goodness, this guy is a horrible human being.

        • @Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
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          1212 days ago

          I keep coming back to this, but why do the evil twisted fucks behind evil PURE evil shit always have comedic “cartoon villain” names like fucking Fink?!

    • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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      712 days ago

      It actually doesn’t hold back on the biting lie, their source says pretty much the opposite and the lawsuit is about earnings forecasts and stock price manipulation.

    • @Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
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      12 days ago

      It’s worth noting that this is a blog post, and not reporting from an accountable journalistic agency.

      I don’t see anything obviously incorrect, but it’s worth noting the source.