• Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    42 minutes ago

    If US Health Insurance companies are so great at the service they provide, why don’t they take their business internationally? All these other countries must be so exasperated with their useless, inadequate federal healthcare programs.

    Oh, wait, they’re not.

  • null@slrpnk.net
    114·
    41 minutes ago

    What did Brian Thompson do/fail to do that makes this statistic his fault, and for death to be the morally justified consequence?

    Edit: I’ll reframe this as a statement. Celebrating the murder of Brian Thompson and especially advocating for more acts like it is abhorrent behaviour.

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      61·
      53 minutes ago

      You think none of the decisions of the CEO of UHC affected this statistic at all? I feel like there’s a LOT of UNC policy that he was involved in that results in worse healthcare in the US, including but not limited to “AI” for denials.

      I don’t think we have a uniform moral calculus, but my personal one doesn’t justify the death penalty in this case. I can imagine a moral calculus that does though: hours of excess suffering caused > expected lifespan = death penalty.

      • null@slrpnk.net
        16·
        50 minutes ago

        I can imagine someone justifying murdering someone who looked at them funny. So what?

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
          11·
          20 minutes ago

          If a gun is just a tool and the man who weilds it is responsible for the actions of said tool then tell me why should a person who weilds a tool that murders over 50,000 people shouldn’t be responsible for those murders?

          The difference between what they allege Luigi did as opposed to that other shit stain is that the shit stain directly profited from murdering those people, and Luigi is alleged to have done it out of retribution.

          United Healthcare’s profits were around 16+ billion a year in 2024. So let’s say it was only 10 for his 20 years. They would mean Thompson made $200,000,000,000 off murdering over 50,000 people. Not even the devil murders people for money.

        • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
          31·
          32 minutes ago

          I don’t think you have engaged with any of my arguments. I’m going to block you for a couple of weeks.

          • null@slrpnk.net
            12·
            28 minutes ago

            Your arguments:

            • Asking me if I believed something I didn’t say.
            • Telling me that you have the mental capacity to imagine someone justifying something heinous.

            Gee, what a shame it will be to be cut off from such a mastermind.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    16·
    1 hour ago

    You should also Luigi anyone you know who voted for Trump. They are directly responsible for everything currently happening and do not deserve to feel safe.

    • Petter1@lemm.ee
      41·
      8 hours ago

      Did he save it tho?
      Nazi US seems pretty unsaved to me, right now 😌
      Of course, this is a joke and I know you/he mean “he who trys saving his country…” and I know that is a Trump quote

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        314·
        8 hours ago

        Running for office, starting a competitive company, or just general political activism against the people who caused this problem, literally anything.

        Here is the perspective: Luigi was the son of the multimillionaire owner of Mangione Family Enterprises. He had an Ivy League Education and a cushy tech job with 6 figure salary. He 3D printed a gun at home, took $20,000 cash to live off while on the run, and murdered a stranger.

        Imagine how much good you could have done in his position, instead of throwing it all away.

        • cheers_queers@lemm.eeEnglish
          83·
          8 hours ago

          there’s no evidence provided yet that it was even Luigi. I’m tired of seeing everyone talking about this like we know he did it. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

          • null@slrpnk.net
            21·
            1 hour ago

            So? The criticism is with people celebrating whoever did do it. Whether it’s actually him or not isn’t really relevant to that.

  • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
    18·
    1 day ago

    Canada is number 32. Maybe the US should become Canada’s fourth territory. We should talk to Premier Trump about it.

    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      16 minutes ago

      If you have decent insurance, it’s ok. The problem is it either ties you to your job and/or is very expensive. People fall through the cracks.

    • yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      1 day ago

      The US contains some of the best cancer research centers in the world, most of which are non profits. On top of this you genuinely can buy the best care if you can afford it, as top talent across the world go to the US to get rich if they’ve lost all their morals.

      It’s just everyone except the super rich and people with rare cancers that might someday affect rich people that can’t get care without bankruptcy and have to use enshittified hospitals.