Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO
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“When other’s human lives are deemed worthless, it is not surprising to have others view your life of no value as well,” wrote one medical doctor, whose identity the Daily Beast confirmed.

Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

      • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        112·
        7 days ago

        OK, suppose lynch mobs started forming in your city to hang drug dealers. Would you cheer them on?

        • psud@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 day ago

          (days late and all that) did you really dig for the worst non super wealthy you could come up with is the guy who sells me weed?

          You must live a very sheltered life. I feel sorry for you

        • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          13·
          7 days ago

          Well, that depends. Is the law actively defending those drug dealers and do the drug dealers own the politicians in charge of writing those laws so that they can never be held legaly accountable?

          • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            7 days ago

            If drug dealers are on the streets, then they obviously aren’t being held accountable by the law. So is lynching them OK?