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.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
      64·
      7 days ago

      Remember how the right kept panicking their base for easy political points until extremist thought divorced from reality took over their platform and became the new norm?

      Well, it’s happening to the left now. With a second Trump term on the horizon, income inequality at an all time high, and the rich and powerful preparing for the most egregious political and economic power grab of all time, people are ready to accept anything that even remotely sounds like justice.

      One murdered CEO changes nothing. Nothing will change. No other CEOs will be touched. But the Overton Window does now appear to include murdering people in cold blood over politics and economics on both sides of the aisle now, so honestly, get prepared for a nasty civil war in the next few years.

      The public reaction to this murder is disturbing and a very bad omen of what’s to come, no matter how easy it is to hate this guy.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      I would carry out the sentence for some of those fucks just fine. They don’t see us as people, so no reason I should give them the same courtesy.

        • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          7 days ago

          Could say the same about the dead guy. There is a 100% chance that his decisions as CEO to maximize profits over everything else have directly led to people dying that otherwise would not have. Whether you’re willing to admit that or not is up to you.