This would be enough to “radicalize me”, but I don’t think it’s all that radical to be against a system that treats people this way.
That’s the point, we’re not living a neutral situation, we’re under attack by bad people doing disgusting jobs
It’s us against the Epstein class, really.
It isn’t. It’s inhumane the way these companies are behaving. They’re a threat to society and this is humans’ instinctual response to eliminating threats.
We are giving thousands of dollars of our money to a company to insure that our life and health will be taken care of, it should NOT be up to these companies what methods of remedies that a person needs to be kept alive and healthy are “deemed necessary”
Furthermore; these companies CEO should NEVER be paid more than a
averagemedian citizen… full stop. There’s no reason an insurance company employee owns a yacht.
Someone call Luigi.
I’m so fascinated by the image of him having 8 downvotes while the comment calling for him by name only has 1 🤔
Maybe people think he is depicting Jesus here? I mean the heart he is pointing at with his left hand is often seen in iconic portraits of Jesus (I am not sure if it also appears in portraits of saints, but that’s not entirely relevant if the point would be whether people THOUGHT that or not)?
Oh who are we kidding, people probably just assume that the animation was generated by AI and so hate it for that reason:-P.
Time to let Luigi out for a couple of days I think.
I’ll never understand how people were OK with putting middlemen with an interest in denying care between them and lifesaving treatment.
because apparently, the alternative is communism, and it will have death panels that will decide if you get to live in order to save costs…
Insurance companies are deathpanels though…
I believe that was their point…
The Acquired podcast went over this history very briefly in their Epic episode and it’s so crazy how close we were to having universal healthcare.
Tl;dl:
- during WW2, wage controls were in place due to a large demand of workers but very few people available due to being in the war
- unions and companies alike were looking for ways to make their positions and companies more attractive.
- government permitted benefits to augment salaries. Some companies started offering health insurance.
- back then going to the doctor was NOT the bankrupt causing thing that is today and was considered a fringe benefit
- larger companies were able to offer better incentives due to healthcare benefits
- add a few years of corruption and “market forces” and you have the system we have now
So blame wage controls during WW2.
Oh and the Brits were facing similar forces when they were starting to stand up their healthcare system but decided instead to hire people to build a robust system so everyone didn’t have to pay anything at the point of sale.
Yeah, it really was that simple.
I prefer to blame the people who take advantage of the sick
Well, capitalists own the government that made this possible and they know a gap in the market when they see one…
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well…
it did actually fix some things about the last company, last time…
Any rememberries when the talking point was government death panels determining life value was why we couldn’t have universal medicare? Tony Stank remembers.
It’s like the trolley problem, except on one track is somebody’s beloved father and on the other is some executive’s 5th yacht.
This situation was more complicated then that. The treatment in question was histiotripy. While it might be less invasive than traditional surgery, it isn’t necessarily “better” when dealing with stage 4 cancer that failed to respond to surgery or chemotherapy. It just uses sound waves instead of scalpels.
Realistically, this guy would have died soon regardless of the treatment. It’s unlikely the technician would have been able to identify all the cancer after it’s spread throughout his body. It’s success depends on being able to target the majority of cancer cells, which isn’t easy for Stage 4 cancer.
I know you think you’re being pragmatic but it’s really just coming off as depraved.
If it’s recommended by the medical team, who the fuck are the insurance company to say no.
Does “not easy” make a treatment not medically necessary then?
I wonder if their CEO considers himself medically necessary? To me it seems their C-suite might be a bit of a cancerous growth on the business.
Life is not medically necessary
In fact its a massive risk factor.
They kill us through fraud And theft, and are surprised that we celebrated Luigi’s deeds. The truth is they will only start to care when more of them start to drop. How many more millions need to die because of this BS before we’re ready to bring justice down on their heads as a collective class?
Everyone needs to read Billionaire’s Island.
Is that a euphemism for the Epstein Files?
Nope. It’s a comic that happens to be a cautionary tale to billionaires, that they will absolutely ignore.
None your society is just as complacent as the greedy sociopathic class.
Nothing like the nypost comment section to get you out of your bubble. Can’t believe there’s so many insurance company defenders
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Whenever an economic argument is invoked to justify for or against doing something, it’s always a vacuous position.
Economics must be subservient to the needs of the society it exists within.