UnitedHealthcare just appointed a new CEO after the murder of its previous one by alleged gunman Luigi Mangione. The new CEO fought government regulators' attempts to rein in health insurer use of algorithms to deny care
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if you are the type to politely suggest that they should learn from it and not deny people care automatically you’re on the same list as someone shouting FREE LUIGI
the fuss over AI is overblown: before it there was a decade of NLP/ML applications, before that armies of mostly offshore nurses
in reality there are legit use cases, MDs order a bunch of wrong stuff. However insurers are blatantly abusing it to shamefully pad profits. but its not a new game.
This sounds like when movie studios don't realize the movie they made was a hit and then don't know what to do for the sequel, so they just do the same thing again.
Of course they are going to continue to fight for the separation of humanity from the decision to kill their fellow humans.
Medicare Advantage is trash & I hope more ppl stop falling for the whole "up to $900/month in grocery assistance" - at the cost of human lives.
Giggled a bit at the headline, asking “Whose murder? The CEO or those who pay UHC exhorbitant premiums, deductibles, & copays, but are denied coverage of life-saving care?”
So long as it remains possible for individuals or private interest groups to amass limitless wealth and power, plutocracy will remain inevitable. Any attempt to regulate capitalism can only delay this.
The ongoing gradual failure of social democracy in Europe is the surest evidence of this.
So, in other words, back to business as usual. Here are some of the companies that use #UnitedHealthcare for their employees:
Walmart, Target, CVS, Best Buy, Starbucks, Kroger
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in reality there are legit use cases, MDs order a bunch of wrong stuff. However insurers are blatantly abusing it to shamefully pad profits. but its not a new game.
I am disgusted by insurance companies, but the underlying problem is inadequate supply of medical care. We’re barely even thinking about that.
Medicare Advantage is trash & I hope more ppl stop falling for the whole "up to $900/month in grocery assistance" - at the cost of human lives.
Giggled a bit at the headline, asking “Whose murder? The CEO or those who pay UHC exhorbitant premiums, deductibles, & copays, but are denied coverage of life-saving care?”
The ongoing gradual failure of social democracy in Europe is the surest evidence of this.
Walmart, Target, CVS, Best Buy, Starbucks, Kroger