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[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 249 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So did they just download the US Census and start from there?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When pretty much everybody is on the list, it's more conspicuous to not be on it.

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[–] thespcicifcocean 138 points 1 month ago (1 children)

fuck insurance companies. i hope more CEOs get gunned down in the streets.

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[–] [email protected] 130 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You can't put us all on the little list

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[–] Vorticity 117 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, they're finally admitting that they're monitoring all of us.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What the fuck... Really? Holy shit and what the actual fuck. As example ever heard about Snowden? Chelsea Manning? Assange? Unbelievable wtf

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago

Health Insurance companies are parasites who only exist to cause people misery in exchange for profit so... everyone?

[–] DaddleDew 93 points 1 month ago

Imagine if government resources were spent on applying antitrust laws to stop this abusive situation that literally kills people and ruins lives instead.

[–] eran_morad 81 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, like 85% of the adult population?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's probably closer to 99%. Basically, anyone who isn't a high-level executive in the health insurance industry.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so, like most people who have ever had to attempt to use it combined with those who could only hope to afford it? thats prolly a long list.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago

Hi, FBI agent! How are you doing today?

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago

"Do you have the faintest idea of how little that narrows this down?"

[–] bokherif 68 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Government is monitoring everyone? Color me shocked

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago

The more people that express negative sentiment the harder it will be for them to go after people. It's your first amendment right, use it. Don't comply in advance.

[–] Iheartcheese 62 points 1 month ago

I hope more die.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago

I don't know if I would trust an American who doesn't have a negative view of the health insurance industry

[–] mdurell 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So they are monitoring basically everyone.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch 25 points 1 month ago

Openly since the Patriot Act

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[–] MolecularCactus1324 54 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“You will have your bad healthcare system, and you will LIKE it!”

[–] CitizenKong 22 points 1 month ago

The beatings will continue until the morale improves.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown 42 points 1 month ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

In his manifesto, Mangione suggested the health insurance industry had “gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it.” He could just as easily have been describing the national security state.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

UHC just sent me a survey. I was honest. I'm on a list now!!!

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[–] Manifish_Destiny 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You can monitor this dick.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"We already have. And there is literally 'Nothing to see here.' "

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

Monitoring all nurses, got it.

[–] MothmanDelorian 34 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The health insurance industry needs to be changed significantly as it neither makes care cheaper, more accessible or more available.

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[–] Zeon 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Coreidan 33 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Monitor me all you want. Monitor me while you suck my balls.

What are you going to do about it? Nothing.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (5 children)

But anyway don't download RedNote the Chinese censorship is just so terrible...

(Oh he's super popular on that app btw lmao)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Add me to the list plz. Thx.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

I have a negative view of health insurance companies. In fact, I have a negative view of corporations, from the local mom-&-pops that underpay their employees and expect long hours, to Amazon. They all suck.

But people who create policies that cause immense loss of life (and cost and destruction) are really asking for ten-plus times the vengeance that actually comes their way.

I'm not interested in that vengeance since it won't solve the problem, but I don't begrudge those who suffer at their hands from wanting to kill them back.

[–] WagyuSneakers 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An evil company was evil. A very understandable thing happened when evil people are killing Americans. Now I'm going to get put on a list for liking a post.

It's like you don't have to do anything besides exist and you get put on a list. I'm sure this won't be used by the new administration to silence dissent.

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[–] negativeyoda 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

We're gonna need a bigger surveillance apparatus

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's fun. It does nothing to stop the near-daily in-person conversations with coworkers, friends, and family about this one topic that unites us all. So long as we're beholden to this health insurance system that screws us over at our most vulnerable of times, those conversations aren't going to stop.

[–] Bytemeister 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No shit, the NSA was already monitoring everybody to begin with.

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[–] Gammelfisch 25 points 1 month ago

The US healthcare system is a massive fucking dumpster fire. There, I typed it.

[–] Ensign_Crab 25 points 1 month ago

Hi, I guess?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

...well let me say here for whoever in the FBI / DOJ might be monitoring: the health insurance industry is a pox on american civilisation and stochastic remediation is the inevitable manifestation of celebrated principles of the declaration of independence...

[–] MooseTheDog 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They can't monitor everyone. With AI they think they can, that's our biggest advantage

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

I mean, they should be monitoring me because I want to see them toppled and replaced with a democracy, not just because I like seeing rich assholes get assassinated.

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