Rarely have I seen someone so unmoored from reality as yourself. Like you just won an election that you have no idea why. You’re like Mr Jones in that something is happening and you don’t know what it is.
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Appreciate the honesty on who you respect. It’s very telling.
Always looking for a handout in this cold, cruel world for those who made shitty life choices or just “ran bad”.
Must be sad always looking around the corner who is out to get you everyday. The government one day, the Jews the next, big pharma occasionally along with whitey of course.
lol, I’m a leftist.
I’m just reporting the news. I’ve never seen such a reaction. The 35k happy face emojis posted to the Facebook announcement etc.
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TRUMP POPULIST
I know very little about healthcare but I’m learning quite a bit last few days
Again @Boz
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TRUMP POPULIST
United Healthcare as a company not offering a huge reward like 50k plus for the murder of their ceo speaks volumes.
It’s almost like they were behind it.
You have to understand he was camped out on Druff's sister site for many years battling a mentally unstable Karen Nathan, and recently came over here, to the big leagues. He simply was not ready for it. And I get it, he took a shot, but I think he will even admit he has been overwhelmed by participating here. This forum is tough stuff, not many people can handle it, and the Boz has simply cracked under the pressure. But that's ok, it's not for everyone.
That’s funny, I’ve been here over 4 years with less than a quarter of the posts you have but 400 more in reputation score.
Sure that’s a BS indicator but maybe if you need some help making quality posts I’ll give you some pointers coach boy.
Again, as Tell said above, it’s a dying forum that you claim is the “big leagues”. Who exactly has cracked?
And no, I’m not overwhelmed dealing with a few apparent assholes. Most of the people here I converse with seem decent and take this place for what it is. You and a couple others are the only ones that seem to take it so seriously, which makes one again wonder how fucked your life is.
It's not that at all. You just have been clobbered here, and that is ok, seriously. You just did not know what you were facing when you came over here from the minor leagues. It's an aggressive forum in these parts, much like a violent prison I guess and I don't set the rules around here btw, its the owner. I put many of posters into retirement over the years, didn't want to do it out of spite, felt I owed it to them though.
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they found the backpack in central park
There's some very poor understanding of the US healthcare industry on social media, mostly from the left.
Here's the basic facts, in short:
1) Insurance is not the reason healthcare is so expensive in the US
2) The US healthcare compensation is system is broken, needs to be torn down, and rebuilt
3) Socialized medicine is not the answer, and in fact will make existing problems worse (especially since our system wasn't initially built for it)
4) There is a doctor shortage in the US, which almost nobody talks about
5) There are also corrupt insurance companies. It's very possible United Healthcare was one of them, but that's a symptom of a greater problem.
I'm also seeing retards comparing life expectancies. and showing that the US trails other developed countries, despite highest per capital expenditures.
This leads to the conclusion, "WE NEED SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!"
In order to compare healthcare outcomes, you can't just look at life expectancy.
It requires complex study, which among other things, removes/adjusts for:
1) Drug and alcohol related deaths
2) Obesity related deaths
3) Deaths from those who voluntarily chose not to seek timely care
4) Deaths due to accidents or violence
5) Differences in diets, genetics, and lifestyle between countries
In the studies which have attempted to adjust for the above, the US actually comes in #1.
That's not to say we don't need healthcare reform, because we very much do. The system is a mess, and the billing is a borderline scam. I'm just saying that we shouldn't be so quick to jump to a single payer system.
Delay in care is a huge, huge, huge, HUGE problem in countries with socialized medicine.
Seeing a specialist will typically take 6 months (or more).
Getting tests will typically take 8 months (or more).
And that's if you don't get denied either or both of the above, which is common.
You think United Healthcare was bad regarding denials? Wait 'til you see socialized medicine!
Retards on social media say, "BUT IT'S THE SAME IN THE US, I ALSO CAN'T SEE A SPECIALIST FOR 6 MONTHS!!!!!!11"
To that I give two responses: Bull and shit.
Most of the time when I need a specialist, I can get a same week (and sometimes same day) appointment. Occasionally there is a months-long wait for care if the particular specialty has a shortage of doctors in the area. For example, I needed to see a dermatologist last month over some suspected eczema on my face. Everywhere local was quoting me appointments in March. No good.
So what did I do? I checked down the road, and about 30 miles away, they were able to see me within a week. Not ideal, but at least the option was open to me, and I took it. In a socialized system, I'd be waiting until June for that appointment, with no choice.
I have never been denied any coverage in my life. I do have good insurance. I was in the hospital like 5 years ago for what I thought was a heart attack. Spent three days in there, they ran a battery of tests and procedures, like two cardiologists examined me. I was being woken up in the middle of the night multiple occasions for blood work. My total bill was like $44,000, I paid my deductible of what I remember was like $4,000, rest paid by insurance. Seems reasonable to me, I was thankful and not hating on insurance companies. Not sure why people are complaining, get better coverage. It's pretty easy.
Back in the day, docs used to write orders and rns would carry out. Then when things became computerized they complicated the most simplest tasks with pages and pages of questions.
The biggy that happened is docs had to start doing all the steps by themselves instead of the usual delegating.
They ain’t got time for that shit.
I knew at least 10 younger but experienced say 10:years and up that bailed on being a doc because of this. Times this number by hospitals in the country…huuuuge.
Add in relentless back and forth with insurers and you get insanity.
When I started nursing over 30 years ago, patient care took up 75% of your time and charting took 25%. When I bailed on nursing those percentages flipped.
Healthcare needs a complete overhaul to eliminate so much bullshit.
Healthcare needs to be nonprofit period.
Crimestoppers reward $10,000
FBI reward $50,000
UHC reward $0
lol
My sister was an intensive care nurse. (mother was a nurse) Sister dropped out and went to work for a lawyer. She culls their files for pertinent medical info.
She’s infinitely happier.
Pretty much sums the state of health care for me. Good luck with bodies. You can’t throw enough money at nurses to make them stay. … and they make really nice money.
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I receive Medicaid so wont pay Medical bills or healthcare again until I die, being disabled I'm able to receive Medicaid
Medicaid isn't the best but you don't even have to pay a Co-Pay with Medicaid, so I'm fortunate for that now..
My updated theory:
This was carried out by some activist organization similar to Antifa that wanted to shine a light on the healthcare industry. I don't think it's some super large well-funded operation but it does seem to have some level of planning and intelligence.
They chose the CEO of the company with the highest percentage of denied claims to make their point.
He almost certainly had help throughout this. He was on his burner phone while waiting for the CEO outside the Hilton. He probably had help once he made it to Central Park. The e-bike was set-up for a quick and easy getaway. How did it get there?
The final point that tips it in favor of an activist group is the coordinated response online. Yeah, I know, many people hate the insurance industry. But, I've never seen this type of commentary be so viscous when a non-violent person is murdered. It reminds me of the lead-up to the election.
The online response seems to be driven by bots. It almost certainly is a coordinated effort.
I just don't think that guy gets out of the city if he is acting on his own.
They have the kid’s water bottle so they have his DNA.
If any of his family members or extended family have ever done a 23andme this kid is toast. They’ll know who he is in no time.
Google is great like that.
The 2 previous CEO’s left with $1.6b and $.5b respectively. What a grift
The guy who got whacked was so close to the pot of gold
I dunno about the murder being an organized protest of sorts Maxey. When there are more than one things get leaked.
I see other health care companies are locking down executives including CVS. Corporate America is alarmed
You think CEO shootings might be the new school shootings in ‘Merica? Again, you can’t overstate the mood out there. Who doesn’t want to be a hero?
Does law enforcement will have to kill the suspect to prevent him from becoming a cult hero? This story needs to die. Lets see.
Maybe NYPD shouldn't depend so much on ChatGPT to do investigations.
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Having to sift through the love letters and marriage proposals this kid gets while being held is going to require a staff. Absolute freaks who are serial killers get a lot of mail.
I can’t do a search for any new developments without seeing girls gushing about this kid. I’m not sure I can think of anything like this in modern times.
A killing where ideologically a large percentage of the population agrees with you. Something like Ross Ulbricht is the closest thing I can think of, but he was a dorky tech kid who went with no resistance and was scared and didn’t really kill anyone, just tried to put out a hit.
This kid is way more brazen.
Like part Ross and part something 60s/early 70s like Weather Underground in the age of the internet if his motives are any of what we think. He goes down in a shootout and has a well written manifesto and I can see him becoming the American Che and we should probably be printing out the shirts already. I’m sure someone has.