No One Should Take Any Pleasure From The Death Of An Insurance Executive...

[MayReasonRule]

It's not our job to judge whether a person deserves to live or die.

That's what algorithms designed to maximize profits for shareholders are for.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Insurance executives enjoy killing Americans.

It means more money in their paychecks.

Exactly, they even use AI algorithms to justifying their murder.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Spot on.

[Blue Full Moon]

6. 100%

[dchill]

12. It wasn't me! It was the bot!

[dalton99a]

3. They fuck you over when you least expect it, and laugh when you die

[Attilatheblond]

16. Might their algorithms denying coverage also be a way of helping huge corporations that take out 'dead peasant policies

on their own employees? Does anybody else see a pattern here, or am I just another Cassandra with a satchel full of conspiracy theories that just might be real? I mean, we DO know a lot of these titans of capitalism all sit on each other's boards and hold similar stock portfolios.

They make a lot of money on 'dead peasants' one way or another.

[rampartd]

53. my boos had a dead peasant policy on me

he is now dead. i should have had one on him.

his son may now be the beneficiary. hope i outlive him as well.

[FirstLight]

4. eat.the.rich...now!

I think if there was a concerted effort to call out the oligarchs and maybe sit ourside their houses, or jus follow then while they get coffee...not to do anything, just to shadow them enough... they could be running scared, ya think?

Or, like I said yesterday...this could be a whole new Anon. movement...just target the richest MFers and the ones who live their lives off the suffering of us all...

[EYESORE 9001]

13. Wouldn't that disrupt their ongoing plans of keeping us fighting with one another

instead of uniting people against oligarchy? That IMO is their nightmare scenario.

[LizBeth]

5. Any parent lost a child due to inability to be insured or lack covered absolutely has

the fuckin right to cheer. Who the fuck are you to be arbitrator of others perspective? And if I missed the joke in this, my bad.

[MayReasonRule]

7. We Agree Y'all... The Point Being Made Was The Abject Moral Depravity Of The Bastards Running The Companies

They actually used an AI model that was known to have a 90% error rate to deny claims.

Abjectly morally depraved is about the kindest thing I can say about these folks...

[LizBeth]

8. We totally agree... old slow brain so thank you for clearing that up.

[MayReasonRule]

10. Not Even A Thing Y'all!! Happy Friday Seize Your Day And Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!!

Just noticed you're in Eugene.

We got the pleasure of spending three months within the Willamette Valley.

We were Summer Market participants and traveled back and forth between Oakridge, Westfir, Cottage Grove and Eugene.

Our friends reside in Oakridge.

We adored the area and found a ton of kindred hearts and minds.
We'd dearly love to return and bring our daughter for the return trip.

I now identify as an Oregon Coonass...

[Lulu KC]

18. It's almost like people want to argue

even if they agree with you! We're all a little touchy these days.

[KPN]

26. Do you have a source on that? Not that I don't

believe that was the case. I just won’t take it or use it as fact myself without a source.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Healthcare and capitalism don't mix.

The medical profession is not at home with business values.

[Mr.Bill]

11. That's because the medical profession

should not be a business.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Thank you

[KPN]

28. A lot of things and capitalism don't mix, especially revved

up capitalism which is what we “enjoy”.

[Voltaire2]

52. It ain't just healthcare.

The capitalist system’s demand for continuous growth is destroying our environment. And quite obviously the system, in its current phase, is driving mass insanity and delusional behavior across the globe.

The system is broken.

[jfz9580m]

14. Lol

This has resulted in some darkly amusing takes .

[Cthulu on call]

17. I think its a political killing

Fascism is when the state and corporate interests align. Just my opinion. Probably a lone wolf, but who knows.

[wryter2000]

19. Of course

But one can be glad that a message is going out that no one should play life and death for profit.

[MayReasonRule]

23. Pointing Out The Abject Moral Depravity... An AI Algorithm Known To Have A 90% Error Rate Was Used To Deny Claims

I can use other terms...

Abjectly morally depraved is about the most polite way I can express it.

We agree y'all!

Happy Friday...

[Nigrum Cattus]

20. DO NOT try & tell me what to take pleasure in !

Starting Jan 20 you will soon see how far the corps will go
to lie, cheat, & steal everything they can. If they do wipe-out
Obama care tens of thousands of low earners will be without
any coverage and many will die from treatable diseases.

[MayReasonRule]

21. We Agree Y'all... The Point Being Made Was The Abject Moral Depravity Of The Bastards Running The Companies

They actually used an AI model that was known to have a 90% error rate to deny claims.

Abjectly morally depraved is about the kindest thing I can say about these folks...

Happy Friday from Caddo Parish y'all...

Laissez les bon temps rouler... don't let the bastards get ya' down!

[azureblue]

22. and now is the time to repeat:

Democrats tried over and over to introduce health care for all, but the GOP shot it down at every turn. They also managed to hobble the ACA.

If Kamala won, the ACA would be greatly expanded, driving down red tape and end user cost. But no. People voted in Trump.

But now, this death of an exploiting CEO awakened America to how bad our health care system is, and they don't mind one CEO died.

Of course, with the GOP's backing, nothing will change. Vote the GOP out, and things will...

[mike_c]

24. paraphrasing Twain....

There are some obituaries I read with greater pleasure than others.

I suppose I'm channeling my inner bolshevik.

[MayReasonRule]

25. You're Wonderfully Droll!

As I and my honey watched a comedy series called 'Schitts Creek'... time and time again I could hear echoes of Twain throughout.

Happy Friday y'all...

[yaesu]

27. I don't take pleasure and I don't give a rats ass. nt

[ShazzieB]

31. That's pretty much where I am.

[Botany]

29. The death doesn't give me as much joy as thinking that he got gut shot, taken to a hospital in an ambulance

($2,500), denied coverage, had 4 months in a hospital and a nursing ing home and had
bills of a 1/4 million $s, and had nasty assistant nurses overnight who enjoyed being
shitty to him. And when he got home he had stacks of bills and collection agencies calling
him and since he wasn’t able to pay his target card monthly payment the card was canceled
and credit was trashed. Btw part of that shit really happened to me.

[ShazzieB]

30. It's also not OUR job to tell each other how to feel.

Last edited Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:01 PM - Edit history (1)

I missed the sarcasm in the op at first, but I've been set straight, and I'm deleting most of this post as a result.

I still stand by my conviction that people have the right to feel the way they feel (not just about this, but in general), and no one has the right to tell someone else how they "should" or "should not" feel. But that is not what this op was saying.

Carry on!

[MayReasonRule]

32. That's Half Of The Point Of The Post...

The other half is the abject depravity...

Employing an AI algorithm known to have a 90% error rate...

[ShazzieB]

33. Oh, geez...

I can't believe I missed that!

Thanks for pointing it out. I've corrected the post accordingly.

In my own defense, I have seen a lot of finger shaking posts criticizing people's reactions to the murder, so I guess I was primed to overreact to something like this. Yeesh.

[MayReasonRule]

36. All Good Y'all!! Happy Friday!!

Heading out to our backyard hothouse to check on our babies...

There's Eggplants in 'them there' hoops...

[lynintenn]

34. my brother before he died was on UNITED HEALTH CARE

He hah an aneurism that left him with no short term memory . he had
COPD and could not walk to the car without shortness of breath . Every year he had to reappply and be granted approval. I was his representative and conservator . Every year I would hold my breath for him to be reapproved. he died last year from throat cancer.. There would have been no way he could have paid for any of his medical treatments. When he first started his radiation treatments II had to sign an agreement if his insurance stopped paying, I would be responsible for his charges. I can see how people become so angry . the system is screwed up. .....No one should be left without healthcare.

[SpankMe]

35. I'd take this as humor if it wasn't completely true. n/t

[JCMach1]

37. It's not for us to decide, but it is up to us what we take from it

... If that is shaudenfreude, or even pleasure at the downfall of an evil (morally compromised) man, so be it.

[NGeorgian]

38. Avoid Medicare Advantage.

Puts dollars in insurance executives pockets.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. Yes indeed

I received several solicitations from United Healthcare this last go around asking me to enroll in their Medicare Advantage.

No thanks.

[beemerphill]

39. Nobody should take pleasure in the death of another,

BUT, when a person who makes his living exploiting others who are sick and hurting succumbs, it IS hard to feel great sympathy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. It's not pleasure I feel.

I'm just out of fucks to give.

[akbacchus_BC]

50. Best response ever! The insurance fraudster lived a king's life style on the backs of the sufferings of the most

vulnerable people he and his company exploited.

[thebigidea]

42. You should attribute this to the person who made the joke on twitter

[MayReasonRule]

43. A Buddy Texted This To Me... I Don't Use Twitter...

Happy Friday y'all!

[Karasu]

44. Any sympathy I might have POSSIBLY had immediately evaporated after hearing about the fucking AI.

AI has no business deciding anything for anyone, least of all in a country that still doesn't have any laws on the book to regulate it. The existence of health "insurance" is already as joke as is, but AI takes it to another level.

The US is a joke.

[bluedigger]

45. I feel neither pleasure nor sorrow.

It's more like hearing about a drug deal gone bad. They chose a business that traffics in misery and suffering for profit, and it ended poorly for them.

[kairos12]

46. He died from a societal

pre-existing condition. Too many guns.

Procedure not covered BTW.

[Aussie105]

47. New job opportunities!

Security detail for any exec type who treats the common people with disdain!

If you offer a service but then do a few twists to not provide that when the time comes, expect some backlash.

This is an extreme case of 'backlash', but it was going to happen sooner or later in a gun crazy country.

[dlk]

48. Not pleasure, karma, though

Someone instrumental with initiating protocols directly attributable to greatly increasing the pain and death of so many Americans who were already suffering, put himself in the crosshairs.

This was bound to happen sooner or later.

No one is advocating murder, however, actions have consequences. .

[Dem4life1234]

49. Well

I reserve my sympathy for those patients rejected.

I don't think most people are celebrating, I think many don't give a damn and have more sympathy for folks who get rejected by insurance and die.

That's who I give a damn about. Worry about them.

[Think. Again.]

51. Yeah, someone somewhere is trying very hard to twist ...

....the normal reaction to the death of a very bad person into some kind of socially unnacceptable sadism uprising.

This situation is no different from the public relief when any other mass murderer is brought down by a civilian.