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UnitedHealth CEO says U.S. health system ‘needs to function better’
UnitedHealth CEO says U.S. health system needs to bend in such a way that UHC makes more money by the government making sure they get more money and that it’s everyone else’s fault the HC system sucks because they need to make more money. Everything will be better when they make more money.
lol someone doesn’t want to be next… so what changes is he going to be making?
you’re going to get lip service and faux sympathy, but at least you got them talking about it. this is a clear example of how the only thing the american people have left to create change is violence.
The best way to achieve this is to entirely dismantle the US health insurance industry.
What is he worried about?
Nintendo announcing another Year of Luigi.
Player 2
Mario, presumably
Bang bang bang
It needs to function without a layer of parasites between doctors and patients.
Hopefully this doesn’t mean it just needs to be dressed up more to appear as if it’s functional.
I hear Mario bros music…
Fuck these guys. I feel sick just seeing their faces.
wow he really said this?
“Participants in the system,” he said, derive benefit from high health care costs. While lower prices and improved services can be good for consumers and patients, Witty said, they can “threaten revenue streams for organizations that depend on charging more for care.”
Yes this basic human right could be cheap or even free, but then how would shareholders make more money exploiting it?
His entire business model is based on reducing the efficiency of health care spending and he is directly incentivized to maximize profits by minimizing health care spending efficiency.
US health insurers literally offer zero social benefit. They should not exist as the entire industry in harmful rent seeking.
The concept of insurance makes sense - pooling risk so that everyone can share a little pain all the time, so that unlikely but catastrophic events don’t wipe individuals out. Making this arrangement for-profit is asinine.
He’s also just straight up lying. I’m a participant in the system with chronic health issues. I would have benefited more from never going to see a doctor and kept my family out of debt than what I ended up doing.
Sounds like he’s trying to cast everyone else but the insurance companies as the bad organizations, and that they will be taking measures to make that more clear to the people.
In short “don’t shoot us, shoot these other guys if you have to shoot someone!”
Bro literally said,that they don’t care about anything but profits and are willing to kill people for this.
“We can’t lower costs. We won’t make as much money.”
While lower prices and improved services can be good for consumers and patients, Witty said, they can “threaten revenue streams for organizations that depend on charging more for care.”
are they a health insurance or a revenue stream insurance?
That has to be one of the most tone deaf and evil (the banal greedy kind) of things I’ve ever heard.
While law enforcement can be good for citizens and society, Capone said, they can “threaten revenue streams for organizations that depend on doing crime.”
Same vibe right?
are they a health insurance or a revenue stream insurance?
Come now, I think we already have that answer.
In other words, productivity gains increase poverty. Congratulations on owning your most powerful smart phone yet, but now a bean and rice burrito from a fast food place is over 6 USD.
You have your answer under capitalism. Unfortunately good healthcare and late capitalism seem to not be too compatible.
“We only do reprehensible things because we’re allowed to. We would totally be ethical if forced to!”
Haven’t seen that one before…
Love it!!
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did you know commas are baby parentheses that were picked before they were full grown?
also, threatening healthcare CEOs lives might be the only practical way back to humane healthcare and that should scare the shit out of everybody that yes in fact things are that bad
“Please don’t kill me. :(“ Begs UnitedHealth CEO
“Don’t mistake their self-preservation for empathy.” -Josh Johnson
Not really, he’s doubling down:
“Many of you knew Brian … he devoted his time to help make the health system work better for all of the people we’re privileged to serve.”
Many of you knew Brian … he devoted his time to help make the health system work better for all of the privileged we serve.”
Fixed it.
Nah, he’s trying to promote a narrative of “there are bad guys in the system, but not us, look at those drug company CEOs over there please… they are the ones really screwing you…”
for all of the people we’re privileged to serve.
They serve the shareholders.
So it’s a true statement in the sense that they made the healthcare system better at extracting profit from their costumers to serve the shareholders. Death and suffering is just a method. Andrew Witty, what a soulless shit.
Just trying to reframe the narrative.
“The insurance companies are the good guys, fighting against outrageous hospital charges, doctors fraudulently demanding excessive tests and care, and odious government regulations.”
for all of the people we’re privileged to serve
This is Corporate America slight of hand, they think the people they serve are the shareholders, not their customers. Their customers are an operating cost to them and they’ll do what they can to keep that cost down so they can maximize their profits.
Actions man, actions…
That’s exactly what I came to say.
