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.

  • @[email protected]
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    836 days ago

    This is a really uncomfortable situation for me as a user and made me want to use Lemmy even more

    • @[email protected]
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      156 days ago

      I, for one, pray to be alive for the day that the French Revolution comes back to life and makes meaningful landfall on American shores.

      • @inv3r510n
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        05 days ago

        This might just be the start!

    • @[email protected]
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      5 days ago

      Yep. Fuck censorship.

      Too many people think it’s acceptable until something they support is being censored.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 days ago

        It’s not censorship, censorship is when the state censors certain topics etc.

        This is rich owners of large, easy to use and free social media websites trying to shape the conversation.

        • davel [he/him]
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          05 days ago

          This is what happens when you think the state and the wealthy are distinct. But it’s one big capitalist system. The wealthy run the state, and they own the media, and they fund the “non-profit” think tanks & media.

          • @[email protected]
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            14 days ago

            This is what happens when you think the state and the wealthy are distinct.

            They absolutely are.

            The rich influence almost all politics, but the state and ultra wealthy have to follow totally different rules to achieve their goals. Sometimes the ultra rich are politicians, then it’s complicated.