Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

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    6 days ago

    I saw one that had a different relative say he was an honest person and hard worker.

    This honest person’s company had $290 billion in insurance premium revenue in 2023 and they had $22 billion in profit. I always knew insurance was a grift but holy fuck.

    And the company rewarded him with a $10 million compensation package in 2023. No living person works hard enough in a single year to earn multiple lifetime’s of average worker wages.

    • @WaxiestSteam69
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      6 days ago

      Being honest and a hard worker could be used to describe a hit man. Working hard at something unethical isn’t a virtue.

      • Radioactive Butthole
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        186 days ago

        Someone else in another thread said their friend inherited a billion dollars and is the hardest working person they’ve ever met and I honestly couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

        • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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          106 days ago

          I love reading Melon Husk’s claim that he works 100 hours a week. He’s the CEO of five companies, which means even if his claim is true, being a CEO is a 20-hour-a-week job.

        • @[email protected]
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          76 days ago

          i wonder what job the hardest working person they ever met does? gotta be something like alaskan crab fisher or deep sea welder. definitely not some bullshit email job.

        • @Quadhammer
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          66 days ago

          “Hardest working” at pulling their own dick

    • @blady_blah
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      56 days ago

      Honestly 10M is pretty small for a CEO of a company that size (especially on 22B in profit).

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        26 days ago

        United health group listed 5 executives in their def14a filing which details executive compensation of 5 executives. Brian was the 4th executive, the ceo of the united health group was awarded 23 million and then there were two others who got 16 million. Overall it came out to about 75 million. Which i agree is less than i was expecting for 22B profit but it is still multiple lifetime’s of wages for an average worker

    • Carighan Maconar
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      26 days ago

      I saw one that had a different relative say he was an honest person and hard worker.

      CEO

      Which one was it now?!