United Healthcare CEO shot to death in front of NYC investor meeting

[summit]

I sense a disturbance in the force, as if a million voices cried out to say, "someone beat me to it!"

Broad daylight, 7am mid-town Manhattan, no arrests... wonder if the investigating NYPD also have been fucked by UHC.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/br...ath/index.html

Seriously... I expect to see more of these targeted revenge killings.

Your company made 6 Billion dollars in profit by doing its very best to fuck over someone's loved one in their time of need?
Eventually someone's surviving loved one will come for you...
Or maybe a cancer patient denied treatment will take you down with them?
Or... just so many ways United and other insurers fuck people for profit.

Alternate theory: how does a BOD "fire" a CEO without paying the for the golden parachute...

[basinbeater]

Not a big fan of people getting shot.

That said, fuck United Healthcare.

[summit]

I'm not endorsing murder, but calling out the reality: if you fuck enough people hard enough in the worst way, some of them are going to come at you. It is inevitable.

Expect your insurance rates to go up to pay for the armed executive security details all the insurance execs will now demand.

[basinbeater]

Agreed. The health insurance industry is a cancer on society.

[stealurface831]

[summit]

Agreed. The health insurance industry is a cancer on society.

Yea and they denied the pre-auth for treatment (see also, lobbyists).

[east or bust]

United Healthcare CEO shot to death in front of NYC investor meeting

I'm not endorsing murder, but calling out the reality: if you fuck enough people hard enough in the worst way, some of them are going to come at you. It is inevitable.

And it goes way beyond HC…

The notion you point out is existential and I’d be lying if I hadn’t thought about it before. The basis is a set of ruling elites that exploit people to the point of uprising, it seems like that is the bottom line for most corporations, venture capital, etc. I mean, it’s happened throughout history, just a different flavor this time around.

[summit]

a set of ruling elites that exploit people to the point of uprising, it seems like that is the bottom line for most corporations, venture capital, etc. I mean, it’s happened throughout history, just a different flavor this time around.

I think what is so unique about health insurance is how brazen it is. Their implicit business model is to promise to take your money now as a promise to take care of you later if you need it, but their explicit business model is to then unambiguously and ruinously fuck you over in a variety of truly galling and infuriating ways at your most vulnerable. It's not even a secret. It's not obfuscated. It is clear as a fucking bell, and then they hold out their hand for more of your money (if you survive) and you literally have no choice.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

20 feet away? That was some good shootin'.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Not to get too political, and it’s misdirected, but the angst of voters about the feeling of hopelessness and anger towards powerful corporations and how they trod all over society is what led to the results of this election cycle. Of course it’s two sides of the same coin, all politicians have their hands in the pockets of corporations. People will, hopefully, have an epiphany and take the power away from corporations and give it to the people(society).


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[uglymoney]

I'm still bent about the several month battle we had with UHC after my daughters birth. They wouldn't pay the hospital bill because we supposedly hadn't got pre approval. But we had, I was there when the desk clerk phoned UHC when we arrived. After several months, they finally admitted, we didn't even need pre approval for a birth stay under our policy. And they finally paid. Assholes.

After my wife's bike accident they haven't paid shit for the year we were covered by them. Thank god for Wellmark.

The suspect list for this murder has to be the longest in history.

Also, jumping the gun here probably, but the health care crisis stands to only get worse now. No chance our democratic process with solve these problems in the near future. Unfortunately, when democracy fails, violence rears its ugly head.

If oligarchs are running the country, they become targets. Look no further than the constant stream of dead Russian businessmen.

RIP. One of the reasons my politics are what they are is because I'm horrified by exactly this type of outcome (we don't know the motive yet obviously, grievance, crypto gang, personal or otherwise).

[summit]

20 feet away? That was some good shootin'.

Well, shooter hit him in the leg, and sounds like missed some as well, before scoring the fatal chest hit.

[uglymoney]

And it goes way beyond HC…

The notion you point out is existential and I’d be lying if I hadn’t thought about it before. The basis is a set of ruling elites that exploit people to the point of uprising, it seems like that is the bottom line for most corporations, venture capital, etc. I mean, it’s happened throughout history, just a different flavor this time around.

You are most likely speaking for millions of people. Literally.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

The future Oligarchs are lining up at the trough. Don't be surprised when the elbows come out.

Trump, Leon and Vivek are going to going to be handing out the prizes pretty soon so getting rid of competition might be required to take full advantage.

[fomofo]

Old, old story.



Movie was really good. Book might have been even better.