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Boy the new and old media are having a thesaurus day with the word "killed".
I guess unalived isn't popular anymore.
Unfortunately, this is only a temporary oscillation and they will soon recover and everyone will forget what happened. The damage must be done to the political structure that allows these companies to exist as they are
And we need more heroes like Muad'dib to remind us of that and to lead the charge.
Fucking A for some fucking A, this will probably sting them more than the death of their last CEO.
The aliens in Independence Day said it the best of UHC and their ilk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rw5MosKRm4
Edit: Companies, not people, to be clear.
....until it goes right back up in [insert timeframe]
Will we never learn?? Make it stick!! Take more action!! Please let this be the spark
Insurance companies are worthless.
Doesn't matter what you think really though, right? These businesses operate on measurable KPIs and if overall thresholds weren't being hit, something would happen.
If you were a manager with that attitude, you'd be a micro manager and we all know that that type of manager, in any sector, SUCKS.
Not nearly enough.
So let’s watch the denial rate at major insurance companies to see if it goes down.
Luigi’s trial will still be going on probably. I’m betting he’s going to drag it out as long as possible. His family is rich and influential so the trial is going to be a shit show, I hope.
And once we see a sudden (temporary) drop in denial rates, we can shit all over insurance executives again next quarter.
And the quarter after that when the denial rates sneak back up again.
Let’s just say I am really excited about shitting on that crew a lot.
She should email back that Brian Thompson personally approved her mammogram and that they should check with him.
The fucking disgusting bit is that's less than 8%. So it's still only 3% lower than it was at the beginning of the year
How many people died for that line?
It should be lower. This incident really put a spotlight on their claims denial rate being the highest in the industry, twice as high as industry average. A lot of customers will probably be leaving but that hit won't happen until later when the next billing cycle comes.
And if Americans really did have the ability to shop around for the health insurance they wouldn't need in a sane country in this first place, this might be a good thing.
As it is, anyone with UHC (like my family) will end up paying a higher premium.
Why are healthcare denials sent to and shouldered by patients? If you go to an in network facility, that place is vetted by insurer. So why isn't a 'denial' a matter between the provider and the insurer and transparent to the patient?
"value", it should be a service that is focused on servicing and have no value at all.
Luigi, I can forgive a lot, but shareholder value... How could you, man?
How am I supposed to tell my kids about his when they are back from the character building camp I sent them to where they were hunting lesser human beings for sport in an eastern European country I won't name? This is really going to crush their big, delicate hearts...