• Doug@piefed.social
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      11 hours ago

      He was right, wasn’t he? Feels good to say it in a place where I won’t get banned for expressing it. Luigi was right.

    • Hapankaali
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      10 hours ago

      How did he help to improve access to health care?

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        7 hours ago

        The day after he (allegedly) shot that CEO, all claims were approved without questioning.

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          All claims, you say? Without questioning? You sure about that?

          UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty defended the company’s claim denial practices in an internal video which was leaked after the fatal shooting of Thompson. Recorded on December 5, the day after Thompson’s death, Witty emphasized the company’s role in ensuring “safe and appropriate” care and that the insurance giant will continue to prevent "unnecessary care”.[169] Two months after the shooting, UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to take action against social media posts critical of the company.[170] Prosecutors alleged that the killing had scared 40 UHC executives into hiring bodyguards.[171]

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson#Health_insurance_corporations

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          7 hours ago

          Yeah, and all that has since been rolled back, cause the shareholders got scared for their dividends. Clearly far more valuable than employee lives, regardless the flavor of employee.

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          9 hours ago

          In what other sense was he “right”? In thinking that the US has a shitty health care system? I think we knew that already.

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            7 hours ago

            The shooter removed a tick from its host, what are you confused about?

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            9 hours ago

            Right in choice of target, perhaps?

            That’s what I assumed they meant, but I’m not sure.

            You could ask them.