Perhaps the 9mm pistol is the guillotine of the next American revolution.
Why is he on a cloud? Why isn’t he on fire?
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According to a WSJ article published yesterday, UH’s denial rate is between 7 and 8%.
Thoughts and prayers for his victims and their loved ones.
Come to think of it, no one ever said the thoughts and prayers had to be kind…
Thoughts and prayers that some of the lesser residents of hell may catch a break while the demons focus their attention on Brian Thompson.
Kaiser’s is artificially low because of the vertical integration.
My spouse works for PPO insurer and has worked for Aetna, and she always jump on my Kaiser plan if I work for an employer that offers it. Her coworkers often do the same.
All healthcare in the US is embarrassingly bad, but Kaiser often does cover more and charges less than comparable PPO plans. Problem is, navigating it can be tricky if you’re used to PPO life.
We’re with Aetna right now. We fucking hate it. The love to force out of pocket payments for preventative care. Aetna rather you just hury up and die so they don’t have to pay for you.
My main concern with Kaiser is that it severely limits the pool of covered doctors and specialists. All the Kaiser plans I’ve seen also have higher out-of-pocket maxima with zero out-of-network coverage.
The limited of out-of-network coverage is kind of the point of Kaiser. There are some times that they’ll do it if they’ve understaffed in a specialist’s area, if it’s emergency / trauma care, etc. But the main point is to try to keep things within the non-profit network, and to limit the cost creep imposed by the for-profit healthcare providers.
As for out-of-pocket, that really depends on the plan you’re buying or your employer is negotiating. When I was picking a Kaiser plan, I was usually choosing between similar PPO offerings with comparable out-of-pocket.
My wife and I, and many of her insurance coworkers, have found that the PPO plans often hide the costs. It looks good on paper at first, but the TOS about what is and isn’t covered can often be much more profit-driven in the PPO space. And you often don’t learn about these details until you need care or a medication.
So, if the assassin’s claim was to be rejected due to CEO policies and his life would be in danger, would he be able to say it was a self defence?
No self defense can only be claimed against someone of equal or lower economic class, or power
Jebus, this is so depressingly truthy.
He, ‘something, something’ and ‘found out’.
fuck that guy. more of them need to die. shooter isn’t a villain, he’s a god damned hero.
Literally had some apologist neoliberal try to scold everyone yesterday for finding satisfaction in this because Brian had two kids.
His policies KILLED kid’s parents, solely to increase private shareholder profits.
And unlike his kids, the kids he killed probably largely don’t have blood drenched trust funds to support them materially.
Not just parents dying but kids too. It was this guy’s responsibility to make sure the people who managed the company would refuse as much life saving care for children as possible. I do not endorse anyone to commit murder ever, but I won’t be shedding any tears when a monster like that is shot down. I do think it’s okay to feel some sympathy for his kids, but they’re wealthy. They’ll probably be okay in time.
The kids are innocent in this and I don’t see why feeling bad for them is incompatible with being ok with their father’s death.
Good ole Kaiser
You know, I’ve had my gripes with them, but they have not once denied a claim for me. I even had a fully covered precautionary MRI because a couple of my family members have died suddenly from aneurysms in the past.
I’m positive UHC would have said “LOL that sucks. Good luck tho!”
I started with Kaiser, switched employer and had Anthem. Switched again and went back to Kaiser. My experience was just better with them. And yes, I prefer universal healthcare to this BS.
And yes, I prefer universal healthcare to this BS.
Oh, by leaps and bounds. I think most Americans would absolutely agree with you, if they weren’t poisoned by propaganda and “Obama care bad.”
our thot sand prayers are for him
I used to work in medical billing and dealing with UHC denied claims was the absolute worst. I’m actually surprised that the denial rate is 32%. It seemed much higher.
Damn I thought Aetna was terrible. I mean, they absolutely are, but I didn’t think other companies would be that much worse.
Honestly, I’m glad that guy is dead, and if that makes me a bad person I guess I’ll just have to live with that.
Hard to feel bad when a Machiavellian asshole like that actually suffers consequences. Sucks that he was immune to consequences from the legal system with all that money. If that wasn’t the case he might still be alive to go to jail.
