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emeritrixUnitedHealth CEO's killing unleashes social media rage against insurers <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/unitedhealth-brian-thompson-killing-health-insurers-social-media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/unitedhealth-brian-thompson-killing-health-insurers-social-media</a> "When you shoot one man in the street it's murder. When you kill thousands of people in hospitals by taking away their ability to get treatment you're an entrepreneur," Murder and Social Murder: The Case of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson <a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/12/murder-and-social-murder-the-case-of-unitedhealth-ceo-brian-thompson.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/12/murder-and-social-murder-the-case-of-unitedhealth-ceo-brian-thompson.html</a> UnitedHealth uses faulty AI to deny elderly patients medically necessary coverage, lawsuit claims <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-lawsuit-ai-deny-claims-medicare-advantage-health-insurance-denials/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-lawsuit-ai-deny-claims-medicare-advantage-health-insurance-denials/</a>How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients <a href="https://pnhp.org/news/how-unitedhealth-harnesses-its-physician-empire-to-squeeze-profits-out-of-patients/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pnhp.org/news/how-unitedhealth-harnesses-its-physician-empire-to-squeeze-profits-out-of-patients/</a>Title of Book About Insurance Companies Matches Bullet Casings at Crime Scene <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/title-of-book-about-insurance-companies-matches-brian-thompson-bullet-casings-at-midtown-hilton/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/title-of-book-about-insurance-companies-matches-brian-thompson-bullet-casings-at-midtown-hilton/</a> The Coup, 5 Million Ways To Kill A C.E.O. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtxH414tGkA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtxH414tGkA</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedHealth</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CEO</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/M4A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M4A</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

AnthonyJK-AdminThe beginning of the final thread that @Tinu posted here, giving an update on her medical status and her <a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/battles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#battles</a> with her insurance company and her medical treatments: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tinu/113112518839888233" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@Tinu/113112518839888233</a> May the predatory insurance system see some retributive justice for what they did to her.<a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/WarDAMNTinu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarDAMNTinu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/ForTinu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForTinu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/FuckCancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckCancer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/LongCOVIDSUCKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LongCOVIDSUCKS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/tags/SinglePayerNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNOW</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicThis is ridiculous! The US has the worst healthcare system of all developed countries - more expensive and worse outcomes!Why California Health Care Costs More in Monterey Than LAPrices for the same hospital services vary wildly, with no relation to quality, researchers have found.From hospital to hospital, prices for the same service vary wildly, with no relation to quality, researchers have found. In Monterey County, California, local employers and unions have long decried the prices charged by the local hospitals.<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/healthcarecosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcarecosts</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/hospitalcosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospitalcosts</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-04/hospital-price-discrepancies-drive-health-care-premiums-higher?cmpid=BBD090424_prognosis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-04/hospital-price-discrepancies-drive-health-care-premiums-higher?cmpid=BBD090424_prognosis</a>

Deborah RoseThe for-profit American healthcare system is causing more and more medical divorces. A medical divorce is a way for a couple to separate their assets while remaining married to help a chronically ill spouse qualify for benefits without depleting the healthier spouse's assets. The goal is to protect the couple's financial stability and give both parties a better chance at receiving the healthcare they need. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

emeritrixways to resist medical gaslighting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3iSKanN7s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3iSKanN7s</a> 1. have someone with you at medical appointments 2. write things down while you're with the dr. 3. diary at home: track symptoms 4. ask the medical professional to sit down; ask if you can get dressed again for the conversation<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ListenToPatients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ListenToPatients</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicalGaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalGaslighting</a>

ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)> I run a website that hosts popularity contests where if you lose, you die. Would you be doing alright?God the CEO sketches are so good. This one in particular is amazing.Dropout: <a href="https://www.dropout.tv/videos/gofundme-ceo-we-could-use-a-few-fun-ones" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dropout.tv/videos/gofundme-ceo-we-could-use-a-few-fun-ones</a>YT: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrennanLeeMulligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrennanLeeMulligan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DropoutTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DropoutTV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CollegeHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollegeHumor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CEO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SketchComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SketchComedy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoFundMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoFundMe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MedicareForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicareForAll</a>

emeritrixThe Council for National Policy's Project 2025 'Mandate for Leadership' chapter on HHS argues that because the CDC has been doing public health badly (which it has! though not in the ways they say) it should stop doing it at all. (They're really pissed their church was closed on Xmas in 2020) For more about the CNP and their theocratic Xtian Nationalist agenda, see Bad Faith <a href="https://www.badfaithdocumentary.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.badfaithdocumentary.com/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadFaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadFaith</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VaxToTheMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VaxToTheMax</a>

emeritrixThe Council for National Policy's Project 2025 'Mandate for Leadership' section on health care has all the awful things you'd expect from them--restrictions on abortion and gender affirming care, deregulation of the health insurance industry and further privatizing of medicare, and more! They want work requirements for medicaid, more use of AI in healthcare, and of course No more mask mandates, no more recommendations from the CDC. It's a nightmare. But we know that masking works to reduce spread of Covid-19 and other diseases. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/112487577386186629" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/112487577386186629</a>We also know that a rapidly mutating virus for which we lack good vaccine protection is *all the more reason* for universal masking. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

Bill Witte<a href="https://alaskan.social/@isposdef" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@isposdef</a> In another life I was on the other end of the stick and was accountable for the incoming payments from our billing contractor. I was amazed when payments came in from services rendered 2-3 years ago. It’s a similar problem reconciling bills with payments to yours on the providers’ end. Of course, we were getting payed to unravel the mess. Good luck. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

KatLS<a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GhostOnTheHalfShell</a> and, for the record, massive privatization of public services has utterly failed. Can we move on now from this 40 year Reagan dumpster fire? <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a>

emeritrixSo, Eric Topol thinks medical use of AI might reduce the rate of diagniostic errors, which apparently kill or permanently disable about 800,000 americans each year. But another thing that might reduce the rate of diagnostic errors would be physicians spending more time with each patient (you know, listening to them, thinking about the patient's case history, doing a little research). This, apparently is not an option, presumably because there is more money in forcing doctors to rush through each patient consultation and spend more time on insurance paperwork, and someone will be making more money from the AI systems. In a better world (or even a better nation-state than the US), education would be free, including medical school, and we could have more doctors and no one would be trying to extract every last penny out of the medical-industrial complex. But in a better world we would also not have let the latest pandemic run rampant and cause brain damage that surely only makes it harder for doctors to think.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversalHealthcare</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/M4A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M4A</a> <a href="https://erictopol.substack.com/p/toward-the-eradication-of-medical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://erictopol.substack.com/p/toward-the-eradication-of-medical</a>

Yet another Josh :donor:<a href="https://mas.to/@dasharez0ne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dasharez0ne</a> How to say you're an American without saying you're an American....<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SinglePayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayer</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

Todd EdwardsonWhat national tragedy. Our Olympic champion dying from pneumonia because she has no health insurance. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MaryLouRetton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaryLouRetton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a>

Deborah Rose<a href="https://mstdn.goblackcat.com/@housepanther" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@housepanther</a> This will disrupt the entire healthcare system in San Diego County. Email notifications just went out. 30,000 Medicare patients are freaking out right now. Unbelievable. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

Bill Witte<a href="https://alaskan.social/@seachanger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@seachanger</a> Besides the obscene CEO payoffs another thing driving up costs are the Byzantine medical billing systems. <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a>

Dan Sunderland, DO"$31,065: That’s the 2023 cost of healthcare for a hypothetical family of four covered by a PPO plan through their employer."We should be ashamed that we let this happen. <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a><a href="https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/2023-milliman-medical-index" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/2023-milliman-medical-index</a>

Saint Jezebel :fuck_verify:I have been sorely remiss in promoting my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fundraiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundraiser</a> here, to say nothing of keeping people apprised of the progress in my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> treatment. And progress there has been. Monday I have a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mediport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mediport</a> placed; Tuesday I have a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cancereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancereducation</a> session (I know a lot from Doug‘s treatment, but things are bound to have changed since 1995); Wednesday I have a PET/CT scan; Thursday I have an echocardiogram; and a week from Tuesday I start <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/chemotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chemotherapy</a> . This is going to be a VERY hard road, and I’m going to need all the support I can get. Please help if you can, and boost the signal if you can’t. <a href="https://gofund.me/c1ecfdc5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gofund.me/c1ecfdc5</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mutualaid</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/healthcareforall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcareforall</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fuckcancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckcancer</a>

RudyDoesBooksI'm applying for a remote job in another state. Pretty common these days, right? Raises two issues which can only be resolved by universal health care. But I don't think our representatives have enough of a clue about worker life to grok this essential change/need(1. I'm deeply invested in my current plan, with being thisclose to hitting my deductible. I can;t change insurance midyear, bc, deductibles aren't transferable. 2. Health insurance--a job perk, right, says Congress---will be useless to me [but part of my compensation package, even though it will cost me a ton to be out of network], as I will be living 1000 miles away from the state university offering me their state insurance.Being self-employed, or being a remote worker, both demand <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/universalhealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universalhealthcare</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/socializedmedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socializedmedicine</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/itstheeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#itstheeconomy</a>

Rudy Leon, editor<a href="https://mindly.social/@fizzlesticks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fizzlesticks</a> Funny, Health Alliance told me today that my insurance will not cover medication for the condition which leads to me taking a number of other medication and puts my health at risk in a wide variety of ways <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/singlepayernow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singlepayernow</a>

A Guy Named Brian (he/him)He is also likely lose his job because of getting shot and hospitalized: “A victim of the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California told Gov. Gavin Newsom that he wanted to leave the hospital as quickly as possible to avoid high medical costs.” 🤬<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolenceCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunViolenceCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthcareCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthcareCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinglePayerNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SinglePayerNow</a> <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/mass-shooting-victims-medical-bills" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/mass-shooting-victims-medical-bills</a>

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