• @Sterile_Technique
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    31 day ago

    that hasn’t changed just because the CEO died.

    Blue Cross Blue Shield immediately rolled back their decision to not cover anesthesia in surgery after the assassination, and I believe there were a handful of similar examples (or were there? …I can’t recall the details).

    So, one supervillain killed and the people as a whole tangibly benefit as a direct result. Could more be happening? Oh fuck yeah - oligarchs are going to do the bare minimum not to get their heads on a pike, and they’re now feeling out where that line is. So if it stays at just one oligarch, things will probably stay about where they’re at. If people are still pissed and another one gets taken out, we’ll probably see their grip loosened even more.

    There will always be a new face eager to collect a shit ton of money to fill in for the dead dipshit before them, but the more they’re reminded that the little will only bend over and take so much before the constant squeeze becomes a mortal liability to the oligarch, the less we’ll be squeezed.

    • @[email protected]
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      120 hours ago

      The biggest effect the murder had was that it got people talking about how fucked up the health insurance industry is. That is why Blue Cross Shield rolled back their decision. As if a security detail for the CEO costs more than they’d save/make with their anesthesia time limit scheme.

      • @Sterile_Technique
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        116 hours ago

        And may we continue to stomp their cost analysis into the dirt until they implement a reasonable business model. 🍻