From the article:
Witty added that Thompson was “never content with the status quo” and praised the CEO for advocating for ideas that “were aimed at making health care more affordable, more transparent, more intuitive, more compassionate — and more human.”
This is a complete lie
UHC. Leader in denials under Thompson
Thompson accused of insider trading
Record profits for UHC under Thompson. 20-25% of claims denied
“It’s not us and the millions of dollars in lobbyists we spend to make sure the health care system is the way it is, it’s the health care system that’s flawed.” The United Healthcare CEO was being investigated. The way they’ve shifted the narrative to say “Hey, we were fighting for you all along, we are the good guys!” is absurd but predictable. Though it took hurting them where it mattered to them - tanking their share price - for them to do it.
Predictably asinine
“No employees — be they the people who answer customer calls or nurses who visit patients in their homes — should have to fear for their and their loved ones’ safety,” Witty wrote.
There’s something we can all agree on. Executive fear though…
They shouldn’t have to fear for their safety either, they should just do right by their customers and it wouldn’t be a problem.
No insurance customer should have to fear dying because their medically necessary procedures are denied. Of all the things wrong with Healthcare, prior authorization should be target number 1 for legislators. It should be 100% illegal for insurance companies to require pre-authorization.
If a doctor regularly prescribes unnecessary treatments or medication, let the proper ayluthorities investigate and pull their credentials, if necessary. Don’t kill thousands of people to save a buck and say it’s to protect them from unnecessary procedures.
They should be exactly as uncertain of their survival as the people that they’re deciding claims on.
Exactly. Don’t do evil things, and you’ll have a lot less to fear.
“We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people’s frustrations with it. No one would design a system like the one we have,” Witty wrote. “And no one did. It’s a patchwork built over decades.”
So it’s nobody’s fault. And nobody can fix it I guess. Oh well, guess we just take it then. Good to know nobody is responsible for a despicable system that kills when it should heal.
Describing it as a patchwork is such an abdication of accuracy and responsibility, too. Any old system has evolved over time, and this one has had half a century to get into the state that it’s in now. Just because something is old and has been modified many times over the years doesn’t mean that the current situation is accidental or inevitable.
You made it that way and don’t pretend you didn’t. Blaming other for doing what you do isn’t any kind of excuse, shitheads.
Actions speak louder than words.
This is constantly where my headspace is for any public statements by people, companies, or politicians.
I don’t judge people by their words, I judge them by their actions, and that makes the world make so much more sense.
Now ask him if his industry should even exist. His answer to that question is the only thing I care about.
That’s a lot of words for “please don’t kill me next.”
Cool, so you’re dissolving your company, right? Right?
No?
More biz execs it is.
Show it, don’t say it. Til then, stay scared.
To Witty: No shit Sherlock.
