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ID: image titled "Health Insurance CEOS and their pay:" above 8 photos of the CEO

Cigna, DAVID CORDANI $21M

WellCare, MICHAEL CARSON $23.5M

Humana, BRUCE BROUSSARD $16.3 M

CENTENE Corporation, SARAH LONDON $18.6 M

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, JOSEPH ZUBRETSKY $21.4 M

CVS Health, KAREN LYNCH $21.6 M

Elevance Health, GAIL BOUDREAUX $21.9 M

United Healthcare, BRIAN THOMPSON $10.2 M

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like how the United Healthcare CEO is greyed out like a completed boss in Mega Man.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Well shit. Who's the secret boss after they all get greyed out then?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 166 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cool, now let's compare their addresses

[–] [email protected] 108 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And their ~~work schedules~~ office hours (because who are we kidding, they do no work).

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

(because who are we kidding, they do no work)

Well, they might have to walk if no golf carts are available...

[–] PineRune 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If there are no golf carts, they could afford to call in a helicopter to air drop one for them. This wealth is obscene.

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[–] phoneymouse 103 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I think it’s more about denied claims. UHC denies more than 30% of claims whereas most other insurers range between 10-20%. UHC denies the most claims by a big margin. This is likely to make you some enemies.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

10-20 percent is still insanely high, considering the amount of cases were taking about here. Even just one percent would be thousands suffering for no better reason than profits.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think we need to accept that there are some fraudulent claims filed that should be denied. I have no idea what the percentage is or how to determine it, but I would think it is below 10%, probably below 5%.

[–] Passerby6497 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Man, think about how much better the world would be if insurance companies were automatically audited with greater than 5% denials.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

Better to accept a few fraudulent claims than deny a legitimate one IMO, but then again I’m not CEO material (I care about people)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Their salary shouldn't matter as much as their insurance claim denial rates.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

For real, Thompson might be the lowest on the list, but United had some of the highest denial rates. And I bet they're damn proud of the rates too.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago

I think this is why his photo was already grey.

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 5 days ago (2 children)

woah that's so crazy. I've got this DIY submarine they should come ride in

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago

I'd donate to that crowd-funding 👍

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've got this DIY submarine too, it's a 55 gallon drum with a bunch of scrap metal tied to the side as ballast. Guaranteed to be a comfortable ride!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not getting in unless it is piloted using an offbrand xbox controller.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Reminder, at 20M per year you have to work ten thousand years to earn 200B, which is the realm Musk is in...

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[–] evidences 79 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This photo is notably missing Andrew Witty the CEO of UnitedHealth Group the parent company of UnitedHealthcare of which Brian Thompson was CEO. Andrew Witty made $23.5m last year.

[–] Benjaben 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I bet that guy is finding sleep elusive.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

He probably has 10-15 federal Marshalls outside his bedroom as we speak, pulling guard duty.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

I hope his request for sleeping pills gets denied by his insurance.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's an very interesting looking Bingo card.

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[–] MirthfulAlembic 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

FYI this is out of date for CVS. Karen Lynch got fired and replaced by David Joyner a month ago.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Unless she got fired for whistleblowing, I think we can still count her, but it is good to stay up to date, thanks!

[–] MirthfulAlembic 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember she tried to overhaul their drug cost model to be less opaque and supposedly cheaper for consumers. Doesn't seem like it ended up happening from my point of view. CVS is my PBM and keeps raising the cost for generics to the point where it's cheaper to buy them without using insurance from an online pharmacy.

But I wouldn't want the new jerk who replaced her to escape attention, seeing as he came from the PBM business and is likely the reason for my above complaint.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 days ago (5 children)

i care less about their compensation than the profit their companies made denying care to a volume of humans. do we have those numbers?

[–] nova 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There's a direct correlation. Where do you think the money comes from?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

United was the #1 claim denier as a percentage

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[–] Valmond 44 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not very much, just $196.000 a week.

...

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I dont know why but 196k a week infuriates me so much more than 20mil a year

[–] Valmond 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's why we accept billionaires, it's too mindboggling to understand.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Right. It's like hey I wanna hire you for a job. I'm quite generous so I'm going to offer you $50/hour. And I am also going to pay you 24/7, working, not working, sleeping, doesn't matter. Then for some reason I'm going to back pay you all the way to year 0. So you'll get that pay rate for the last 2024 years on the spot.

You're still not a billionaire.

(approx $887,100,984 in case you're wondering)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (8 children)

First, I always like to recognize good image transcription, thank you OP.

I really dislike violence, and would never advocate for it; a just society offers better more evolved means of accountability and remedy.

But the idea that it should feel dangerous to be a billionaire resonates down to my marrow.

[–] DiagnosedADHD 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree, but we dont really live in that society anymore. All attempts at reform are sidelined and corporate interests are put over our own constantly. I don't like it either, but people have a breaking point and they can only take so much. If we had a stronger aca that wasn't gutted by industry maybe there wouldn't have been motive here.

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[–] laverabe 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

UnitedHealthcare Group should be in the picture as well, with Andrew Witty ~~$18.8 M (from 2021)~~ 23.5 M last year, according to another commenter.

Witty is the CEO of the group. Thompson was only CEO of UnitedHealthcare - one of the parent conglomerates' many subsidiaries.

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[–] FreakinSteve 5 points 3 days ago

WHY are they getting paid SO GODDAMN MUCH MONEY??

THIS IS NOT WHY WE GAVE TAX BREAKS

[–] BallShapedMan 31 points 4 days ago

I would argue CEOs are a lot more fun than slinkies when you push them down the stairs.

[–] iAvicenna 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

they are all small compared to the shareholders who likely decide the company policies more than the CEOs

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I keep scanning the news to see if they found out anything about the shooter yet, aka The Adjuster, and they have absolutely nothing whatsoever. It's like he didn't really exist.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] RagingRobot 8 points 4 days ago

It's like a mega man boss screen

[–] taiyang 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

8 is a good goal. You can basically MegaMan your way through them. We all know the first one is the hardest! 7 to go!

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