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Moderators delete Reddit thread as doctors torch dead UnitedHealthcare CEO (www.thedailybeast.com)

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Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

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[–] the_toast_is_gone 66 points 1 week ago (58 children)

From a mod of /r/medicine:

People - Please don't make the life of your mods a living hell.

Anything that is celebrating violence is going to get taken down - if not from us, then from reddit. I think all the mods understand that there is a high level of frustration and antipathy towards insurance and insurance execs, but we also understand that murdering people in the streets is not good.

We are a public group of medical professionals, we still need to act like that.

And on a practical note, this man did not create or control the fucked up insurance industry by himself. Other people will take his place and continue to do what he was doing. It's a systemic issue.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

And on a practical note, this man did not create or control the fucked up insurance industry by himself. Other people will take his place and continue to do what he was doing. It’s a systemic issue.

No, but he certainly profited of it, and made it worse for people who had the misfortune of being trapped with united.

Fuck him, and fuck that hangwringing excuse bullshit. Maybe it wont be so systemic if more heads continue to be popped.

[–] SupraMario 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Considering that BCBS just halted their anesthesia plans... I'd say someone is taking notice.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bet you there was still someone in their offices doing a cost benefit analysis on whether doing it and risking their CEO being ganked was worth it or not, before backpedaling

[–] SupraMario 2 points 1 week ago

%100 they had meetings on this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Well, good news. Anthem BCBS rolled back those plans (at least temporarily) after "backlash".

Stay mad and loud, folks -- it's the only thing they fear.

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