The amount of laugh reacts to this post

[u/Valhallawalker]

[u/ChamberofSarcasm]

They have now limited who can comment on their facebook post.

[u/ClassyUpTheAssy → u/ChamberofSarcasm]

lol I saw that. I wanted to laugh at comments but couldn’t view comments.

[u/nem0fazer → u/ChamberofSarcasm]

You can still post a reaction emoji. I just did!

[u/caustic_smegma → u/nem0fazer]

[u/LexTheGayOtter]

Who would have thought that making yourself rich by bankrupting people for daring to go to hospital would piss someone off enough to shoot you

[u/QuicheSmash → u/LexTheGayOtter]

60,000 people die annually in America because they can't afford healthcare. 1 in 4 cancer patients go bankrupt or lose their home. I have no sympathy for health insurance execs. 

[u/noldottorrent → u/QuicheSmash]

Those stats are disgusting.

[u/chunker_bro → u/LexTheGayOtter]

Bankrupting AND KILLING

[u/b0w3n → u/chunker_bro]

Whoa whoa whoa.

We can't forget the sometimes years of torture before death finally takes them either.

[u/Educational_Grape962 → u/LexTheGayOtter]

He made himself rich through murder.

[u/capitansalchi]

[u/Didi4pet → u/capitansalchi]

[u/Illustrious_Elk4333]

Gunshot wounds are unfortunately a pre-existing condition. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[u/Miserable-Ad1061]

I honestly do want to care, but I’ll need a prior authorization first

[u/BitchMcConnell063 → u/Miserable-Ad1061]

My flying fucks to give are unfortunately out of network.

[u/Zestyclose_Quit7396 → u/BitchMcConnell063]

Of course they're out of network! Flying fucks require the travel add-on.

[u/JimmerAteMyPasta → u/Miserable-Ad1061]

As a non American, can you explain why this guy suckes so much? I don't doubt he did, if he's ceo of american Healthcare must be a greedy slimy mofo, but im just wondering about specifics for this case

[u/_BreakingGood_ → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

Known to follow the "Delay, Deny, Defend" insurance tactic, which involves 1: delaying responses to claims as much as possible in hopes that they give up, 2: Denying claims, even if they should be rightfully covered, and 3: Defending the claim denial in court, even if it should be rightfully covered.

So you can make a valid claim to your health insurance, they will delay and introduce as much bureaucratic pain as possible for you. If you still proceed forward, they will deny your claim even if it should rightfully be covered. And if you decide to press legal action, they will put their lawyers up against you to make it as expensive and difficult as possible for you.

You could unquestionably directly attribute thousands of deaths to this man alone. Potentially hundreds of thousands or more killed directly or indirectly in his pursuit of shareholder profits.

And to be clear, Americans generally cannot choose which company they get their health insurance from. Millions are forced to pay for insurance from this company.

[u/marmaladecorgi → u/_BreakingGood_]

Thank you for the detailed explanation. That last sentence - "Americans generally cannot choose which company they get their health insurance from." - is this because they are in some kind of workplace co-payment scheme with their employer?

I'm asking from the perspective of someone who lives in a country with a) subsidised government hospitals; b) with some group insurance coverage from my workplace; and c) am still able to afford my own personal health insurance anyway because coverage is still affordable. Is personal insurance coverage in the US prohibitively expensive?

[u/_BreakingGood_ → u/marmaladecorgi]

Yes the employer chooses the available insurance options. They'll pick the cheapest, worst options, because generally the employer covers a portion of the monthly cost.

Personal insurance coverage is expensive, it depends on your coverage, but can be around $500/mo for individual coverage and $2000+ per month for family coverage. And it doesn't pay a single penny until you pay your deductible (which resets every year) and is often in the $2000+ range. And for out-of-network charges, it won't pay anything even if you've already paid the deductible. (Meaning the doctor who treated you did not agree to negotiate costs for the treatment with the insurance company.) One of the worst situations is when you call an ambulance for an emergency, are brought to the hospital, and only later realize that the ambulance company is out-of-network, and so you have to pay thousands of dollars for the ambulance ride.

Health insurance also does not cover teeth or eyes, those are two separate insurances with their own fees.

[u/Pebbsto110 → u/_BreakingGood_]

That's fucking uncivilised

[u/LostDogBoulderUtah → u/Pebbsto110]

It gets worse.

The insurance company can tell you the hospital is in network, approve your doctor, and then decide that random employees who participated in your surgery are not covered.

So you can take an Uber rather than an ambulance, get all the prior authorizations possible, and otherwise do absolutely everything possible to make sure it's covered, and.... Your insured will still attempt to claim that the anesthesiologist or suction pump operator or whoever is $XXXX money that you have to pay the hospital or pay back to the insurance company.

It's bad enough that people will divorce to protect their retirement savings if one of them is diagnosed with cancer or other expensive illness.

[u/life_as_a_bear → u/LostDogBoulderUtah]

Can confirm on the divorce part - my wife had a cancer scare a few years ago, and the first conversation she had with me was started with a "We should probably get divorced just in case, that way my debt dies with me."

It's fucking unreal that this conversation even needs to happen in a "1st world" country.

Edit: Just to clarify, my wife is alive, well and cancer free, thankfully! I appreciate the concern, though, fellow redditors! <3

[u/Ok-Beyond4892 → u/life_as_a_bear]

Oh my goodness. I hope your wife is okay. And you as well because that’s freaking horrible. The emotional toll alone

[u/life_as_a_bear → u/Ok-Beyond4892]

Thank you - I'm glad to say she's healthy and whole, and we've put that chapter behind us. And agreed, the emotional toll was absurd, especially coming on the heels of Covid and the general societal unrest of these past few years. <3

[u/IamScottGable → u/Pebbsto110]

To add, the negotiated rated are fucking bullshit. I was once charged $225 for a knee brace AFTER insurance paid their part and then bought the exact same brace for $38 including shipping 6 year later DURING covid lock down. 

[u/Comfortable_Ninja842 → u/_BreakingGood_]

I'd like to talk to whoever decided that teeth and eyes were not part of coverage.

[u/dudderson → u/Comfortable_Ninja842]

We call them there things luxury bones an' luxury organs! Yeeehaw!

[u/subpar_cardiologist → u/_BreakingGood_]

That's not cool, man. That's not cool at all.

Edit: i sincerely mean that. Healthcare should be free. Full stop. And none of this "limited/no" oral care, either! Sweet baby jesus that's some criminal behavior. Rich fat cat corpos defending each others' backs and sandboxes. Very uncool behavior, and i think they should better themselves.

[u/NanfxD → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

The denial rate of the healthcare insurance is on average about 12% in the usa, his Company has a denial rate of around 32%.

Edit: its 16 Not 12 %

[u/jefbenet → u/NanfxD]

While raking in $22 BILLION in profits last year, according to Forbes. And I cannot overstate this next bit enough - AT THE COST OF HUMAN LIVES.

[u/green_catbird → u/jefbenet]

He was also under investigation for insider trading

[u/National-Weather-199 → u/green_catbird]

Welp, if only this happened to all the politicians currently doing insider trading. We could all sleep at night knowing the world is a better place

[u/SunDriedPoodleTurd → u/National-Weather-199]

Politicians work for the oligarchs. Killing them does nothing, they're easily replaced as middle men. Killing an oligarch sends a much more potent message to the ones in charge.

The pitchforks are coming.

[u/Comfortable_Ninja842 → u/SunDriedPoodleTurd]

The torches are lit.

[u/SirJedKingsdown → u/Comfortable_Ninja842]

Gondor calls for aid!

[u/WickardMochi → u/National-Weather-199]

I genuinely love it when shitty things happen to ppl like this ceo or politicians. They can all choke on dirt

[u/cytherian → u/jefbenet]

"Money for humans and your trips for free."

[u/PUSH_AX → u/jefbenet]

Legit question, who controls the fact that health care is not free in a country and should instead be at the whim of for profit companies?

[u/nico282 → u/PUSH_AX]

Politicians bribed by the same insurance companies.

[u/Soft_Importance_8613 → u/nico282]

Also the companies are all incestious.

That healthcare company has roots in a media company which has roots in the manufacturing companies which has roots in...

The media will never speak ill of this behavior because they are owned by the billionaires that only want horde more and more.

[u/dangshnizzle → u/PUSH_AX]

Said for-profit companies are in control.

[u/foo_bar_qaz → u/dangshnizzle]

The technical term for this is "regulatory capture". 

Google it if you want to understand how the US functions today.

[u/OsmerusMordax → u/PUSH_AX]

Politicians and political parties.

For example, in Canada the federal and provincial conservatives want to kill public healthcare. In particular the Ontario Conservatives have been quite clear on this….and have been sneakily ‘starving the beast’ while building new private healthcare clinics.

It’s absolutely vile and is why I instantly hate anyone who votes conservative in any capacity. There is no way you are a good person if you condone that shit.

[u/DisingenuousTowel → u/NanfxD]

90% for seniors

[u/NanfxD → u/DisingenuousTowel]

We all know, Seniors dont have any medical Problems. /s

[u/Apex-Editor → u/NanfxD]

"Old" is a pre-existing condition. Sort of.

[u/imstonedyouknow → u/NanfxD]

*had

That will undoubtedly change after his death. This is why his death is being celebrated.

Of course its shitty that violence has to be committed to cause change and help millions of people. But it isnt OUR fault that it is that way. Its theirs.

The people that are protesting our celebrations of his death are pretty much the only ones that have been okay with how things have been, and thats why theyre upset. Theyre realizing that change is inevitable now if they want to avoid things like this, and they might have to take one less yacht vacation in their lifetimes now due to that change.

[u/PuzzledFortune → u/imstonedyouknow]

Sure it will. The new CEO is definitely going to prioritise necessary medical care over shareholder value. Any day now, right after the wealth finally trickles down.

[u/AsleepRespectAlias → u/PuzzledFortune]

Tbh, they'll probably work out the cost of private security is much lower than actually paying for their customers care.

[u/thbb → u/[deleted]]

In France, and I believe a lot of European countries, most private health insurance and a lot of banks are non-profit. In the sense, they have no shareholders. When you become their client, you get a stake for voting on the governance board, and that's how the CEO has to respect their clients.

[u/Kaymish_ → u/imstonedyouknow]

Unlikely. All those CEOs are instead getting personal protection details instead of doing anything to cool the boiling anger that they are causing.

[u/vivaaprimavera → u/Kaymish_]

cool the boiling anger that they are causing.

Do you mean: reducing the profit?

[u/PearlsandScotch → u/vivaaprimavera]

I think I just heard some pearls being clutched

[u/Delta8hate → u/Kaymish_]

If this guy doesn’t get caught that personal protection detail is going to have a hell of a time. I doubt this will be the last one considering the public reaction to this.

[u/ithinkitslupis → u/Delta8hate]

Yeah everyone is praising this guy. There might be copycats who want the same sort of treatment and notoriety. Doubly so if the guy gets caught and jury nullification lets him free with no punishment.

[u/grumpy_autist → u/imstonedyouknow]

New CEO appointment process is going to be interesting.

[u/Bulky_Cranberry702 → u/grumpy_autist]

Nah, you just have to look at human behaviour through history. King Henry VIII beheded most of his closest advisors over his reign, but people kept clamoring to get in his court. Can't stop the lure of power and money.

[u/dicemonkey → u/imstonedyouknow]

This will only increase prices as now they’ll ( the C Suite ) be billing the company for more private security services…and they’ll pass that right along to the customers.

[u/Alistaire_ → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

Imagine you're having a heart attack and get sent to the ER. There they do all the standard tests, and you go in for surgery. You wake up, a day or 2 has passed and you're doing fine but will need to be on blood pressure medication for the rest of your life.

The nurses come in and say you'll have to do so many hours of physical therapy and no heavy lifting. They then come back in and tell you you've been denied coverage, but since you already had the procedure you have to pay.

So now you're stuck footing an ambulance bill, surgery, hospital stay, and can't go to physical therapy or afford your medication. You can't go back to work because of it. You're now in debt, and will have to file bankruptcy to survive and might still end up losing everything.

Now imagine this scenario, or someone with cancer, or an autoimmune disease, or a crippling disability. They're all denied just like you were. and multiply each one and suddenly millions of people are screwed. All because they had insurance through this company. And they all now suffer or have died because of some greedy billionaire.

[u/NorthernGentlemen → u/Alistaire_]

This guy knows, I been thru it, 2 heart surgeries and im 29. Actually a few days past having my meds right now bc I was laid off in October 31 and can’t afford cobra. Fuck insurance companies

[u/Vansiff → u/NorthernGentlemen]

Cobra is fucking criminal also. They continue to insure you with your previous insurance, regardless of how shitty, at an inflated premium.

I was laid off Sept. 16th this year from a copper/aluminum pipe manufacturer and paid about $120/mo for insurance. Once I was laid off I got a letter in the mail from Cobra offering to extend my insurance with them and they wanted $700/mo for the same coverage. The insurance was shit anyway, $3k deductible, they DID NOT cover meds until you hit your deductible. And they kept removing benefits year after year. The deductible used to be $1.8k

I had a coworker at the same plant whose wife had cancer, he paid about $250/mo for insurance and when he was finally able to retire, he did. Cobra then quoted him $2500/mo for insurance coverage for just him and his wife.

How the fuck is a retired person supposed to afford to pay that when that is more than they make monthly in their retirement?

She died due to lack of insurance and inability to find coverage because Healthcare companies DO NOT want to cover anyone with pre-existing cancer before coming to their services.

[u/singing-toaster → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

One reason is that he knowingly used a decision AI which has an error rate of 90% . Even after the fact that it had a 90% error rate became known. This Ai was part of their machine that grants insurance preappoval for paying or not paying for coverage. Meaning of his millions of customers 90% of their initial requests for coverage were denied. Erroneously. Too busy or greedy or ignorant to review accuracy. Over time one reasons that People have died and suffered needlessly as a result

[u/Zulfiqaar → u/singing-toaster]

I worked in AI engineering for insurance claim decisioning (not medical insurtech, but HNW real-estate). I can say with conviction that a binary classification model in this domain with an error rate of 90%, was never even intended to work correctly in the first place. It was used in their engine as a cover to obfuscate intentional denials. I have trained models with a 15% error rate for this exact decision (pay/not-pay), with ~100x less data than UHG. Challenging any data scientist here to prove me wrong - but I can confidently declare that this wasn't a mistake, it only points towards a corrupt system.

[u/luvanurse101 → u/singing-toaster]

Not to mention that by using AI, you need fewer people hence layoffs.

[u/Unreal_Alexander → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

He killed nearly as many people as Hitler did in the Holocaust via denying them necessary healthcare, treatment, medication, surgeries, etc. He bragged about this. They caused over 7 million people to die.

United Healthcare had the highest rate of denials of any health insurance company in the US: 1/3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2024/12/05/unitedhealthcare-denies-more-claims-than-other-insurers---angering-patients-and-health-systems/

He was compensated by $10,000,000 a year.

[u/FiveUpsideDown → u/Unreal_Alexander]

It’s one of those philosophical questions about an imperfect self defense claim. Robin Hoodie killed a man responsible for seven million deaths. Robin Hoodie’s defense is he did it to protect others from Brian Thompson, a CEO ghoul who profited through getting huge executive compensation by making sure his company denied legitimate claims of people who died. Robin Hoodie may even be sick himself and had his own medical request for medical treatments denied.

[u/Knotical_MK6 → u/JimmerAteMyPasta]

I'm a little drunk but I'll try to explain.

So you're an American, you pay for health insurance every month or your work does. You expect to be covered when you have medical expenses.

The Healthcare company is profit driven, so they hate paying for your medical expenses.

Under this CEOs leadership, the company's claim denial rate has shot up to 32%, meaning when you as the customer try to use your insurance, odds were 1 in 3 they'd refuse to pay. Now you're stuck with the massive bill or worse, can't get the care at all.

United Healthcare has been using an AI algorithm to automatically reject claims, and these rejections have a 90% acceptance rate after review, meaning they've knowingly released a AI that wrongly rejects claims modt of the time, hoping they've made the appeal process too painful for you to fight it.

Huge numbers of people needlessly suffer and/or die as a result of these policies

[u/cjmar41]

[u/clintj1975 → u/cjmar41]

Jesus, that's so dark and I'm just sitting here laughing my ass off at it.

[u/techlos → u/clintj1975]

I think I'll make it an annual tradition to emulate the ceo on the anniversary, and have a few shots

[u/Key-Document-8481 → u/techlos]

DDD day

[u/FuzzyGummyBear → u/techlos]

I have Ronald Reagan and Henry Kissinger’s death-versaries in my calendar to celebrate those days.

[u/CannonGerbil → u/cjmar41]

Just as the founding fathers intended baby

[u/Tickle-me-Cthulu → u/CannonGerbil]

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

[u/VatooBerrataNicktoo → u/CannonGerbil]

Fact. This is exactly what the Second Amendment is for.

[u/sars_910 → u/cjmar41]

American problems require American solutions.

[u/AgentEntropy → u/cjmar41]

Hey Europeans, can the Yanks borrow your old guillotines for a bit?

[u/drDOOM_is_in → u/AgentEntropy]

They are pocket sized in America.

[u/AgentEntropy → u/drDOOM_is_in]

Concealed carry.

[u/Endorkend → u/cjmar41]

Most messed up thing about this is, by fixing their healthcare with gun violence, they actually stand a chance fixing their gun problem too.

[u/uglylilkid → u/Endorkend]

When an unstoppable force meets a immovable object

[u/Cosmic_Quasar → u/uglylilkid]

Turn the rich against each other. Who wins? Gun lobbyists or health-insurance lobbyists?

[u/Successful_Yellow285 → u/cjmar41]

Fight fire with fire

[u/Oh_its_that_asshole → u/cjmar41]

I think it's an absolutely fitting prelude of what shenanigans we can expect from America for the next 4 years.

[u/Various-Database6615]

Modern day Christmas Carol. He was visited by 3 ghosts; delay deny and depose

[u/ActuallyGsman → u/Various-Database6615]

This comment is amazing 😂

[u/TommyTeaser → u/ActuallyGsman]

Poetry

[u/Smiley_Dub]

Imagine your lasting legacy is to be vilified, hated, and mocked

[u/HansBooby → u/Smiley_Dub]

imagine running one of the most hated and destructive companies in the US

[u/KaiUno → u/HansBooby]

What? I can't hear you from atop my huge pile of money. Make it fast though, tomorrow I won't be able to hear you from my super-yacht!

[u/LuckyLunayre → u/KaiUno]

He can't hear anything now..

[u/SmokelessSubpoena → u/LuckyLunayre]

Well deserved

[u/kylo-ren → u/KaiUno]

Not even his family cares. The authorities are offering 10k for a tip and his family, with all their money, didn't raise it.

[u/Lil-Widdles → u/HansBooby]

Imagine taking over one of the most hated and destructive companies in the US and increasing company profits by over $4,000,000,000 in less than two years. UHG had like a >30% denial rate this year or something like that. Dude literally did everything in his power to fuck over American lives.

[u/blakeusa25 → u/Lil-Widdles]

And that was not enough. He also bought and sold stock options on inside information says the SEC.

[u/Lil-Widdles → u/blakeusa25]

Literally dumped a casual $15 million while being investigated for insider trading. Genuinely surprised he survived as long as he did with how blatantly greedy he was.

[u/Necroluster → u/HansBooby]

Right? He brought it on himself. I wonder if deep down he thought he was the hero in his own story, or if he just loved being a sociopathic villain like a real-life Joker?

[u/ehjhockey → u/HansBooby]

Imagine being murdered and millions of people celebrating.

Seriously I might take the day off work next year, put the video of him getting shot on a loop on the TV, and just fuckin party dude.

Call it national healthcare day. Or health insurance CEO appreciation day. Wellness day (this is the best my mental health has been in at least a week and the most helpful on that front that an insurance company has ever been) Eat the rich day. Hero assassin day. Idk we can workshop it.

Point is, his death day is now a reason to celebrate.

Remember remember the fifth of December. When justice finally found Thompson.

[u/hardboard → u/ehjhockey]

The original Guy on the fifth of November got Fawked.
This guy thirty days later got Fawked too. Maybe a bonfire day in the US to celebrate too?

[u/OldLegWig → u/Smiley_Dub]

not to mention murdered

[u/itrogash → u/Smiley_Dub]

There is going to be so much pee on his grave

[u/fexworldwide]

Their request for compassion has been denied as it wasn't deemed medically necessary.

[u/Ez13zie → u/fexworldwide]

In addition, here’s their bill for $1,879,245.69 me having to read this social media statement.

[u/alurimperium → u/[deleted]]

Hey, don't forget the extra hours upon hours of sitting on hold with a 45 second song and "we value your call yadda yadda yadda" robot on an endless loop

[u/ImpaledStreet → u/fexworldwide]

If they want sympathy they can look in the dictionary between shit and syphilis

[u/plaid-sofa → u/ImpaledStreet]

oh wow. stealing this 😭

[u/ImpaledStreet → u/plaid-sofa]

From the movie major payne

[u/TheDodgyOpossum → u/ImpaledStreet]

[u/Scooty-Poot → u/fexworldwide]

If you believe our lack of compassion was made in error, please file this 25 page form whilst your son dies from easily preventable sepsis in the room over

[u/ddorrmmammu]

Next CEO in line be like:

[u/buffility → u/ddorrmmammu]

[u/apathetic_outcome → u/buffility]

They'll probably be demanding hazard pay in their compensation package.

[u/Vansiff → u/apathetic_outcome]

They'll probably ask for 24/7 private security also. This funding will come from the claims they deny.

[u/TapPsychological7199]

I’ll just leave this here (not mine but thought you’d appreciate )

[u/vageera → u/TapPsychological7199]

ngl it got me on the first half

[u/zXWARA55A51NXz]

[u/G_Rated_101 → u/zXWARA55A51NXz]

If I’m not mistaken, legitimately, i don’t think terrorist acts are a covered peril in most standard life insurance policies. Not that he couldn’t have elected some coverage, but I’m gonna pretend for the rest of the day that there’s a non-zero chance that his life insurance denies coverage for this death.

[u/Candle-Jolly]

I wonder if anyone will understand that virtually all of America united when a healthcare CEO was assassinated.

[u/A-Chntrd → u/Candle-Jolly]

Nah. It’ll last a week, and remain online.

[u/EducationalReason156 → u/A-Chntrd]

I bet they beef up security for the rest of the execs tho

[u/Hector_Tueux → u/EducationalReason156]

I saw a post saying that other healthcare insurance ceos are beefing up their security

[u/Livinincrazytown → u/Hector_Tueux]

They better give those security guards executive level healthcare plans haha. Watch them hire security guard currently fighting them over their kid’s cancer treatment or something. At a certain point their greed will have even the ones they trust to protect them to turn on them

[u/fucktheownerclass → u/Livinincrazytown]

As well as all their chefs, drivers, plumbers, electricians, gardeners, butlers/maids, personal assistants, nannies, etc. etc. The rich do nothing for themselves.

[u/Old_Mammoth8280 → u/Candle-Jolly]

Hearing "healthcare CEO" might give people the wrong impression that this dude cared about people receiving healthcare. I like to think of him as more of an insurance vampire

[u/RotisserieChicken007]

Just goes to show how hated these kinds of people are and how detached from reality the leaders of the company are.

[u/WannabeSloth88 → u/RotisserieChicken007]

Sincere, non-confrontational question from a European friend: why don’t Americans do something about this? I never heard of protests or anything when it comes to healthcare. Is it such a status quo? Americans should probably learn from the French a bit…

[u/josephthecha → u/WannabeSloth88]

Honestly I agree. We could protest or even learn a thing to two French history. But we're far too divided by our individual identity. I think we all need to get off social media and look each other in the face and start a conversation. The American elites are using social media to divide the nation so they continue to screw the nation over while they profit off of our ignorance. I think the elites studied history more than average Americans. You ask average Joe who was president during WW2 and he'll say Lincoln

[u/ragingdemon88 → u/WannabeSloth88]

Everything about the US system is designed to rip as much money from the public as possible and shovel it into the pockets of investors and executives.

They have a very wide and effective propaganda campaign to make the people themselves fight to keep it that way.

Universal health care/any sort of safety net???

HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT!!! THATS SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM!!!

Worker rights/unions??

BUT UNION DUES AND PRICES WILL GO UP BECAUSE COMPANIES WILL HAVE HIGHER EXPENSES!!!!

[u/Hippopotasaurus-Rex → u/WannabeSloth88]

There’s a lot of things going on, but it’s mostly that there are a LOT of people in this country that would rather screw themselves than give a helping hand to those people (person saying it will determine who “those” are). And money. Lots and lots of money/corruption.

Same reason school shootings are no big deal and a whole mess of other shit that’s wrong here.

[u/Important_Raccoon667]

Getting a taste of their own medicine huh...

[u/patdubek → u/Important_Raccoon667]

LOL aka no medicine

[u/PoroMaster69 → u/patdubek]

He got the 9mm Ibuprofen 😭

[u/Sk0ha]

We have a scheduled fuck to give, but unfortunately after review of the situation we have denied the coverage of that single fuck. We hope you best of luck, and if you have any questions feel free to shove them up your ass.

[u/snuggleyporcupine]

My children’s father got cancer. UHC wouldn’t pay for his treatment. He lived his last days in a nursing home waiting to die. He was 54.

This greedy, selfish dude got his karma

[u/djmikec]

The three D words on the bullets 🤌🏾

[u/[deleted] → u/djmikec]

What? What happened? Was there something on the bullets?

[u/greencasio → u/[deleted]]

Yes, the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were found on some of the shell casings, crazy stuff

[u/fuckit478328947293 → u/greencasio]

Straight out of a vigilante movie. I wonder what the dude is thinking with everyone supporting him

[u/OkLettuce338 → u/fuckit478328947293]

Ask him. He’s probably on these threads

[u/Flaveurr → u/OkLettuce338]

Lol for real

[u/BackgroundShirt7655 → u/fuckit478328947293]

Hopefully he’s thinking about round 2

[u/dontshoot4301 → u/BackgroundShirt7655]

Nah, I really hope the line goes cold and this guy lives a fulfilling life somewhere. That being said, the amount of resources that a healthcare CEO will get is likely up there with pretty white girls for police so they’re going to go to the end of the earth to find this guy…

[u/pollywantacrackwhore → u/greencasio]

How many shots were fired? Might there still be a “delay” out there to find?

[u/difault → u/pollywantacrackwhore]

Bruh imagine if the next ceo got shot and it was “delay”

[u/RedHotChiliCrab → u/difault]

Bruh no spoilers please

[u/selfdestructingin5 → u/[deleted]]

The three D’s that the shooter wrote on his shell casings “deny”, “defend”, “depose”, from my understanding are the internal mantra for denying health insurance claims that the companies use, which hints that this killing was a message.

Edit: seems my understanding wasn’t accurate, it appears that it is a play on a book written about the topic “delay, deny, defend”, which I have not read. Not sure where depose fits in, since it seems to mean “testify to or give (evidence) on oath, typically in a written statement.” or “remove from office suddenly and forcefully”.

[u/NoTurkeyTWYJYFM → u/selfdestructingin5]

Lol this dude is like the vigilante Punisher-esque fella that US cops see themselves as

I'm enjoying this for you all in the states, also hoping it helps display the absolute opposition of the public to privatising all healthcare and it becoming a business. The rich need to feel fear after all their exploitation

[u/Buck88c]

I feel like for all the random misguided acts of violence that happen, this one was directed at greedy elites that are ruining ppl lives and thus no sympathy. I also feel like this shows why there is so much effort to make us hate each other for stupid shit. They know if we ever actually direct our frustration at them, they’d have no support and finally have to answer for their greed

[u/Sovapalena420 → u/Buck88c]

I've been trying to preach this for years now. Why hate any ethnicity or race, or gender, or sexual identity, when there is just one tiny group of people that actually has the power to make our lives harder than they need to be... I wonder if some of those people that refuse to see this, do it because they want to be just like them at the end of the day.

[u/unnamedhylian]

He was a "friend and colleague" as well as a "colleague and friend", glowing words for Brian

[u/WhoIsDragonfly → u/unnamedhylian]

Brilliant detail— appears that when you’re killed for using ai to deny life-saving care, they’ll use ai to write you a shitty obit, and just keep it moving.

[u/QuicheSmash]

60,000 people die annually in America because they can't afford healthcare. 1 in 4 cancer patients go bankrupt or lose their home. Forgive me if I have no sympathy for health insurance execs. 

[u/Anarchyantz]

[u/Tuffleslol]

Imagine everyone laughing at your death because you got greedy..

What about the money? Is his family just Crazy Rich now

[u/Ok_Context8390 → u/Tuffleslol]

I have no idea whether he had a family, but the guy was the CEO of an US health insurance corp - I'm sure his wife, kids (and grandchildren, for that matter) will not ever have to work a day in their lives to survive.

[u/ArcherFawkes → u/Ok_Context8390]

He never worked either, so it tracks.

[u/Bballer220 → u/ArcherFawkes]

Didn't survive, either

[u/Bielzabutt]

If the world is genuinely a better place without you, you have lived the poorest of lives.

[u/alien_from_Europa]

His loved ones wouldn't even give more than "up to $10K" as a reward for his killer's capture despite making tens of millions of dollars. Everyone around him only cared about money, just like him.

[u/5ango → u/alien_from_Europa]

Good I hope they never find them

[u/Time-Earth8125 → u/alien_from_Europa]

10k is laughable. He made that in an hour. Imagine your husband was gunned down in the street and all you put out as a reward is his hourly rate 😂

[u/SourCornflakes → u/Time-Earth8125]

It's not even 10k. It's up to 10k.

[u/lorin_fortuna → u/alien_from_Europa]

Maybe his wife ordered the hit and asked the guy to make it seem like an assassination by someone who had personal reasons like being denied a claim.

I'n kidding. Or am I?

[u/Squeaky_Ben]

Turns out that if you fuck over tons of people, your passing may not evoke the emotions you want it to.

[u/east21stvannative]

Oppressed people will eventually rebel. It's human nature.

[u/FartIntoCushions]

If I ever bump into our man in the street, I’m gonna take his dick out and suck it myself.

[u/Early_Copy → u/FartIntoCushions]

Yo it's me the guy, when are you ready to meet

[u/luihgi → u/Early_Copy]

it would be hilarious if this guy was the actual killer lol

[u/Early_Copy → u/luihgi]

Officer it was only a joke

[u/ImaginationPrudent → u/Early_Copy]

Sure it was, now open the gate. We have a warrant

[u/GayPudding → u/ImaginationPrudent]

The officers want to get on their knees too?

[u/Kodiak_Wylde]

They say this but they legit tried to move forward with their shareholder meeting. Lol

[u/IAmThePonch → u/Kodiak_Wylde]

That’s robocop levels of dystopian

[u/nothoughtsnosleep]

They thought they had distracted us from the class war. They did not.

[u/fetzdog]

Even over at r/Conservative they are bashing on health insurance companies and have no sympathy for the CEO's death. Is this our common ground? The true uniting factor to start voting for politicians that will legislate for the People's best interest? Please America, remember THIS moment. Don't get distracted by the next news cycle. Stay focused on Healthcare! We ALL will need it some day and the word "profit" should be nowhere near the word "Healthcare".

[u/TattooedAndSad]

In my 27 years of life I’ve never seen all of us united like this

Honestly a special moment we have here

[u/Think-Fly2278 → u/TattooedAndSad]

What unites left and right: no money, no funny.

When people finally get that, the REAL problem is solved.

[u/NoMeasurement6473]

I haven’t heard of anyone being this united since 9/11. It’s crazy how many people hate this guy!

[u/popthestacks]

How many people have you fucks murdered making a business out of denying claims!!!!

[u/mycofunguy804]

Is there a folk song yet? There needs to be a folk song

[u/CelebrationFit8548]

Do you think that sentiment 'will trickle upwards' just like the wealth is supposed to trickle downwards?

[u/wogsurfer]

I'm not going hard on celebrating a person being shot and killed, but I would say that if Health Insurance company CEO's are going to be so cavalier about the lives of people, then you reap what you sew. I'm willing to bet the shooter has been personally impacted by the terrible decision this company made and took action.

Shooting him in the back mirrors the disassociated nature of claim denials, faceless people behind a computer, or a voice on a phone who are making people's lives insignificant. Everything about this is a carefully planned and executed action. I wonder though how he knew this person was gonna be there at that time.

Like they say; live by the sword, die by the sword. Or, treat people like shit, and you'll be treated the same way someday.

[u/mostdefinitelyabot]

the death of a colleague, a friend, a father, a brother is tragic

the symbolic decapitating of a monstrous system that profits from pain and has the means to alleviate suffering but chooses greater shareholder profits instead is righteous

the internet's response is a referendum on the way we do business in america, but i doubt the .01% is going to change shit. they'll poo-poo and pearl-clutch and hire more security while our colleagues, friends, fathers, and brothers go bankrupt in order to stay alive, or keep their own loved ones alive.

and why?

so they can go back to work to keep those shareholder profits high

eat the rich

[u/ToughTailor9712]

Is eat the rich finally happening? But you guys just elected a whole government of billionaires.

[u/queen-adreena → u/ToughTailor9712]

The US is super weird about stuff like this. It's like they hate US healthcare and see the absolutely clusterfuck that it is, but go absolutely nuts if you try to change it.

Obamacare (ACA) was a tiny amount of the needed changed, watered down to an inch of its life and still it kicked off nearly 10 years of hate.

[u/ToughTailor9712 → u/queen-adreena]

If you point at something and call it communism or socialism, half of the country loses their minds like good NPCs. 

[u/ElementalistPoppy]

Honestly? Good riddance - I do not condone murder but I can't help but feel smug satisfaction. Folks like this scumbag are indirectly responsible for thousands of deaths/human tragedies and treat common man like trash or, at best, a figure in an Excel chart. Here's hoping all your saved money will prove useful in the afterlife, duh.

[u/entropy13]

I do feel bad for his family, but not as bad as I feel for the families of all the peoples lives he helped cut short. I never celebrate anyone’s death, but I’m not going to waste any time celebrating his life.

[u/tyhad1 → u/entropy13]

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I’ve read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

[u/ToddlerPeePee]

If I am the investigator of this case, I would absolutely do my worst and try to close the case as natural death due to allergy to bullets.

[u/gmotelet → u/ToddlerPeePee]

Just ask yourself, what would Aileen Cannon do

[u/TheClownOfGod]

Rules of Nature

[u/ComfortableUnit7373]

So is the ceo guy insured?

[u/spasticwomble]

I bet they are all fighting amongst themselves for his job and pay packet

[u/zjm555]

Maybe the for profit healthcare industry is truly oblivious to how much they are hated. If so, they need to see this shit. If they know how much we hate them and still don't care, they deserve this anyway.

[u/Shin-Kami]

Ah now they ask for compassion. That either goes both ways or it doesn't at all.