In the company’s first earnings call since the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, Group CEO Andrew Witty acknowledges shortcomings of the U.S. health care landscape.
He’s right. Let’s get rid of the part that doesn’t function well. His entire industry.
All it does is put barriers between patients, their doctors, and the care they need while increasing costs with no actual benefit to anyone other than the insurance executives. Nearly every job in the industry would still be needed under a universal health care system, there just wouldn’t be a middle man increasing prices by billions every year so they can make a profit.
He’s right. Let’s get rid of the part that doesn’t function well. His entire industry.
All it does is put barriers between patients, their doctors, and the care they need while increasing costs with no actual benefit to anyone other than the insurance executives. Nearly every job in the industry would still be needed under a universal health care system, there just wouldn’t be a middle man increasing prices by billions every year so they can make a profit.