Comment by octokatt
1 year ago
Adding the ProPublica article which talks about United Healthcare specifically denying claims for terminal diseases for greater profits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-i...
edit: We do not know the shooters motivations, nor do I presume to know. But wanted to add a link for context to the above comment to show context for the statement.
I'm really surprised that we don't see violent action like this from terminal patients who have nothing to lose.
People who are so sick often can't do very much, it's truly evil to scam people in that position. Maybe relatives though.
But enough people are given a terminal diagnosis from relatively minor symptoms that will lead to their death in 6 months.
I think it's a really good open question as to why more unhinged Americans do school shootings than healthcare insurance executive shootings.
I'd love to read a sociology paper on it.
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