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The killing of #UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson set off glee for some Americans, and then a round of soul-searching for others about that joy.
A philosopher weighs in about the deeper questions Americans should be asking when they discuss #healthcare reform and what we owe to each other when it comes to health
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@philosophy #philosophy #ethics #ACA
The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
At a moment of soul-searching about health care in the US, an expert on global health puts the American system in perspective.The Conversation
#healthinsurance #prescriptiondrugs #healthcare
What are pharmacy benefit managers? A health economist explains how lack of competition drives up drug prices for everyone
As the middlemen between drug companies and insurers, PBMs are shoo-ins as the villains behind high drug prices. But they do play a useful role in the health marketplace.The Conversation
“If you’re unclear, #terrorism is when the #poor kill the #rich, and #selfdefense is when the rich kill the poor”!
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#MedicareForAll #Medicare #Medicaid #Healthcare #Insurance #UnitedHealthcare #BrianThompson #LuigiMangione #Luigi #UnitedHealth #FreeLuigi #Politics
Luigi Mangione could face death penalty for killing member of wrong demographic
It only counts as terrorism when the victims are rich white guys...Laura (Normal Island News)
ProPublica Drops Damning Expose UnitedHealth Group
A leaked report reveals UnitedHealth Group is systematically limiting access to critical autism therapy, leaving families and advocates outraged.David Gilmour (Mediaite)
5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist
The murder of a health care insurance executive has brought scrutiny to the ways that insurance companies can make it difficult for insured patients to get the care they need.The Conversation
Everyone in the U.S. who is pregnant or who is close to a pregnant person should read @ProPublica’s story, which was written in consultation with doctors and gives essential information on medical procedures, terminology and more.
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#Pregnancy #Healthcare #Abortion #News #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
How Do Abortion Bans Affect Miscarriage Treatment? What to Know
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.ProPublica
I was a jailer for two years. Not proud of it, I needed the money.
One of the repeat offenders we had was an old man who was HIV positive. He went to jail several times while I was working there and always for the same thing. He would shoplift items from a store while in full view of a cop. This old man had a cane and could barely walk. There was no way he expected to get away with it.
After he was arrested we had to process him and the medical questions always led back to his HIV diagnosis. The state provided him with his HIV medication while he was awaiting trial where he always pleaded guilty. He was always released after serving less than 60 days pretrial. Upon release, he was given six months worth of his HIV medications (which he needed to survive) and he would shoplift again when he ran out of medication.
It would have been cheaper for the state to just give him the medications without him needing to be part of the criminal justice system first.
He was shoplifting so he could stay alive.
#Healthcare #luigimangione #denydefenddepose #Anticapitalism #EatTheRich
"#TayTonday:
Being poor now just leads to being more poor later.
Can't pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can't pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back surgery. Can't pay to get that lump checked out?
Next year, pay for stage 3 cancer. Poverty charges interest."
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See also @pluralistic article:
"Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app"
pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/loo…
#Health #Healthcare #Nurses #HealthcareWorkers #Nursing #Capitalism #Business #US #USA #News #USNews
First there was enshitification of the internet.
Now there is enshitification of the healthcare system.
What will be enshitified next?
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#Health #Healthcare #Nurses #Nursing #Business #Capitalism #News #USNews #US #USA
The most profitable patient is one with a chronic (highly functioning) illness, not a cured one.
When I lived in the US I was always amazed by the amount of ads for painkillers and other fixes. I came to the understanding that healthcare for many was not about curing people, but about making people able to work. I've never seen so many people with chronic illnesses poorly addressed as in the US.
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#healthcare #business #LateStageCapitalism
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.Tae Kim (CNBC)
Writer Cory Doctorow @pluralistic on how he predicted violence against US #healthcare CEOs. As usual, he makes an *awful* lot of sense:
But the assassination of Brian Thompson is a wake-up call, a warning that if we don’t solve this problem politically, we may not have a choice about whether it’s solved with violence. As a character in “Radicalized” says, “They say violence never solves anything, but to quote *The Onion*: that’s only true so long as you ignore all of human history.”
Neither party made HC reform much of an issue in the 2024 pres. campaign. Our faith in the Dems fixing the problem: so flimsy -we voted for a guy who's been promising to produce a better HC plan -vowed to repeal the ACA.
It took an assassin’s bullet to bring our clusterfuck of a HC system back into the HLs -why Mangione -embraced in some quarters as a working-class hero -not celebrating murder -but called the media’s attention to such a life-&-death-.
#USPol #Healthcare gregolear.substack.com/p/pre-e…
Pre-Existing Conditions
Our healthcare system has been broken for a long time. Here are some old thoughts on the same old problems.Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
Fuck you, you fucking douchebag.
You want people to have more #children?
#Healthcare. #Housing. #Daycare. #Maternity and #paternity leave. #Child #tax credits. A #livingwage. Four day workweek. Etc.
Nah: deny #women the right to have an #abortion and make everyone #poor and desperate, right? Goddamned #plutocrat assholes.
Plus, you raised an absolute festering pustule of a son, #ElonMusk. So don't you dare lecture anyone about #parenting, Cruella.
A good news story..
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.
#HIV #Aids #Healthcare #Africa #Uganda #SouthAfrica
HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
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HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
A breakthrough drug is a significant step forward in the fight against HIV. But without changes in behaviour, infection rates won’t come down.The Conversation
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
#Health #Healthcare #Insurance #Journalism #Guide
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.ProPublica
ProPublica is investigating health insurance denials.
If you want to share your insights, here's how: propub.li/3VBY7MA
#Health #Healthcare #Insurance #Journalism
Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.ProPublica
Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to #UnitedHealthcare
America’s largest health insurers have raked in more than $371 billion in profits since the passage of the #aca.
More than 40 percent of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits skyrocketed by nearly 400 percent while the company denied nearly one in three medical claims from its policyholders.
Insurers garnered these profits as the average American families’ premiums have risen to nearly $26,000 a year. In all, since the ACA was passed in 2010, more than $9 trillion of revenue has flowed to the country’s largest health insurance companies.
#eattherich #MakeGuillotinesGreatAgain #uhc #uspol #healthcare
Worth reading from @pluralistic
“… If you die with a bullet in you, the chances are that the finger on the trigger was your own. The next most likely suspect is someone you know. After that, a cop. Getting shot by a stranger out of uniform is something of a rarity here …”
#Healthcare as suffering: “We sat in the hospital for 3 days b/c #UnitedHealthcare refused to approve the transfer via ambulance from the hospital where we live to another state. & at that point, I was ready to just get in my car & take her [1-year old baby with a giant brain tumor] there myself. But UHC told us if we left the hospital by our own will, & it wasn’t via ambulance, they were not going to cover her @ the next hospital we went to,” she said.
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Brian Thompson’s killing inspired rage – against the healthcare industry
Thousands of Americans go bankrupt, lose their homes or die every year due to medical insurer practicesChris McGreal (The Guardian)
"Find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
ProPublica’s Claim File Helper lets you customize a letter requesting the notes and documents your insurer used when deciding to deny you coverage. Get your claim file before submitting an appeal."
projects.propublica.org/claimf… via @ProPublica
#healthcare #insurance #ClaimFile #appeal
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file from your health insurance company.ProPublica
I can not bring myself to condone murder but the fact is that the #USA allows all of us to die earlier* than other developed nations because of our #healthcare policies.
Why are our policies so bad? Because we do not have #universalhealthcare
Why do we lack universal healthcare?
Because we have more #lobbyists in Washington than #senators and #representatives combined.
Then they all lie to a poorly educated populace and the circle goes on.
* translation: they kill us!
Healthcare professionals are supposed to lead by example. When they don’t wear masks, it can:
🤝 Hurt trust in medical advice
🛡️ Put vulnerable patients at risk
❓ Confuse the public about safety
They should know better, but we need to address why it happens—whether it’s burnout, peer pressure, or something else—to ensure accountability and keep everyone safe.
The new UnitedHealthcare #UHC #CEO, #AndrewWitty, gave a zoom address to the company today that was leaked to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.
Witty told employees "we will continue to guard against...unnecessary care" and to "tune out the critical noise".
There's absolutely no 'care' in #UnitedHealthcare.
And from his accent I suspect Witty grew up in a country that has #universal #healthcare.
“UHC has the highest instance of denials out of all major providers, refusing an estimated one-third of claims submitted … UnitedHealthcare also has the largest market share of health insurance policies, with roughly $215 billion in revenue.”
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You kill one man, it’s murder. You result in the deaths of a million people, it’s just business.
#USA #insurance #health #healthCare #humanRights
UnitedHealthcare Denies More Claims Than Other Insurers — Angering Patients And Health Systems
According to the most recent available data, the insurer refused an estimated one-third of claims submitted, prompting an outpouring of frustration after its CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed this week.Amy Feldman (Forbes)
Cowards. Do right by your customers and you’ll have nothing to be afraid of because customers will be happy and healthy.
They’re hiding now because they know they’re shitty people that are taking advantage of their customers.
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#UHC #UnitedHealthCare #HealthCare #HealthInsurance
Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO
Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Last November, the estates of two former UHC patients filed suit in Minnesota alleging that the insurer used an AI algorithm to deny and override claims to elderly patients that had been approved by their doctors.
The algorithm in question, known as nH Predict, allegedly had a 90 percent error rate — and according to the families of the two deceased men who filed the suit, UHC knew it.
futurism.com/neoscope/united-h…
#UHC #UnitedHealthCare #HealthCare #HealthInsurance
Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People
Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Reuters: Healthcare industry rethinks risk after murder of UnitedHealth exec
"CVS Health removed photos of executive leadership from its site
Security experts say healthcare companies will consider increasing physical security"
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Dr. Glaucomflecken on an actual policy Blue Cross/Blue Shield has instituted.
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#Cigna tracks every minute that its staff #doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.
Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said.
#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #Patients
Cigna Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly, Says Former Cigna Medical Director
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.ProPublica
Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
Rather than finding efficiencies and saving money all around, the private companies that administer the Medicare Advantage option to Medicare are profiting at seniors’ – and taxpayers’ – expense.The Conversation
