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People make excuses for these CEO's using the same logic though don't they? At what point is defending their murdering of people an acceptable approach? :)
by justinclift 2y ago
People make excuses for these CEO's using the same logic though don't they?
At what point is defending their murdering of people an acceptable approach? :)
- tptacek 2y agoBy that logic, every health system in the entire world is murdering people constantly. Meanwhile: I'm talking about a guy walking up to an executive and shooting him in the chest.
- justinclift 2y ago> By that logic, every health system in the entire world is murdering people constantly. Not at all. The US "health care" system has the extremely bad reputation it has for a reason. This guy seems to (for all we know) have only killed a single person (so far). The person he shot has likely killed far more. I'm not sure why you're ok with that, or am I misunderstanding?
- tptacek 2y agoThat's an appeal to popular culture, but every health system makes decisions that deprive some people of necessary care. Resources are finite.
- justinclift 2y agoThe US "Health Care" system seems to be taking the piss though: https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/unitedhealthcare_ai_medicine/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/unitedhealthcare_ai_m...
- s1artibartfast 2y agoYou can say that you are murdering people by posting on HN instead of working more and donating the money to charity. >At what point is defending their murdering of people an acceptable approach? :) We have laws that define where your responsibility starts and ends. For a random citizen, you have 0 obligation to help someone pay their healthcare bills. For a health insurance company, they have a legal obligation to spend 85% of revenue on member healthcare, with all expenses and profit coming from the remaining 15%. This is codified by the ACA 85/15% law passed under Obama. United meets this obligation.