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Upthevibe

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70. sarisataka............

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:49 PM

Dec 4

My late brother worked for Enron. He lost a lot....especially since so much of what he had was in Enron stock. He had worked for Enron before they were even Enron (They were called Houston Natural Gas) immediately upon graduation from University of TX when he was only 26. My brother and most of the other employees knew nothing about what was happening. He had to sell his house and move into a garage apt.

Fortunately, he had diversified a little and was able to live on what he had until his death in 2015 (14 years after Enron collapsed in December, 2001).

Ken Lay (the CEO of Enron) died of a heart attack in 2006 a few months after he was found guilty. My sister and I are convinced he simply stopped taking his heart medication. What he and the others (Jeffrey Skilling, Andrew Fastow, J. Clifford Baxter, a few more) did was unconscionable. Baxter ended up taking his life in January, 2002.

I have NOT one ounce of empathy for these sociopathic CEO's who literally ruin people's lives and/or are responsible for other people's deaths - like CEO's of insurance companies who deny claims thereby resulting in deaths.

There's a really good (albeit heartbreaking) movie based on a John Grisham book, The Rainmaker. Watch it and then see how sorry I feel for this motherfu**er who was murdered today.

(Sorry so long...I just needed to get this off my chest and this is a good place)...

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Remembering the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Claim denial rates by Insurance Companies. [View all] tenderfoot Dec 4 OP

I'm not going to lose a wink of sleep over what happened. BannonsLiver Dec 4 #1

Karma LiberalArkie Dec 4 #57

I wish all the CEO's now worried about getting a bloody hole in the head Aristus Dec 4 #2

Denzel made a movie about this 22 years ago underpants Dec 4 #6

We don't even yet know who the gunman was . . . markpkessinger Dec 4 #48

I was commenting on what the poster had said not in this shooter's motive underpants Dec 4 #61

The French made a Revolution about this 230 year ago. NT maxrandb Dec 4 #72

They'll just hire more security... dchill Dec 4 #53

There are two things insurance companies hate to do underpants Dec 4 #62

You know it. That's why I hate it when our government of/by/for... dchill Dec 4 #83

As a lifelong self insured person MontanaMama Dec 4 #68

I have spent entire days on the phone trying to get an insurance company Aristus Dec 4 #87

Oh, I see sarisataka Dec 4 #3

Who said it justifies it? BannonsLiver Dec 4 #5

Nope, no one is justifying it sarisataka Dec 4 #12

Doubtful that happens BannonsLiver Dec 4 #14

Who said that? Elessar Zappa Dec 4 #8

There are quite a few "not mourning" with glee sarisataka Dec 4 #16

I'll put it this way. Elessar Zappa Dec 4 #19

The Law of the Land should be that Insurance Execs MUST carry the same insurance they sell Seinan Sensei Dec 4 #56

sarisataka............ Upthevibe Dec 4 #70

So what? Happy Hoosier Dec 4 #81

Exactly mvd Dec 4 #71

Insurance companies commit murder by spreadsheet. OMGWTF Dec 4 #25

That should be a bumper sticker. Short and to the point. Well done. Escurumbele Dec 4 #47

The new standard is 34 felonies, rape, Hope22 Dec 4 #34

I'm mad at murder. I'm mad at gun culture. Iggo Dec 4 #43

I see no evidence of your claim in the OP EYESORE 9001 Dec 4 #44

I am sorry to infuriate you sarisataka Dec 4 #49

Done EYESORE 9001 Dec 4 #51

It doesn't justify murder. But it DID cause me to cancel the candles I ordered on Amazon for the vigil. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 4 #73

Thanks for posting this. Is UnitedHealth one of the corporations Mike 03 Dec 4 #4

It's them Dennis Donovan Dec 4 #7

+1 dalton99a Dec 4 #20

figures gopiscrap Dec 4 #45

Heathcare was not for profit. whfinlay Dec 4 #66

A comment on bsky... tenderfoot Dec 4 #18

That policy is not uncommon Jimbo S Dec 4 #65

That may well be but it is total BULLSHIT tenderfoot Dec 4 #67

They denied claims at a high rate when peo people still reviewed them dflprincess Dec 4 #23

That's horrible- you should never have anything important jfz9580m Dec 4 #26

Remember montanacowboy Dec 4 #9

This man killed people for money Johnny2X2X Dec 4 #10

+1 leftstreet Dec 4 #17

I'm sure they protect themselves from the reality of their decisions Johnny2X2X Dec 4 #86

+2 vanamonde Dec 4 #85

UHC has been the worst for many decades. Irish_Dem Dec 4 #11

I work from one of those companies berksdem Dec 4 #13

NC launched a Medicaid managed care model several years ago. yardwork Dec 4 #15

Hear! Hear! littlemissmartypants Dec 4 #28

Don't get cancer if you have one of these Medicare 'Advantage' plans Beck23 Dec 4 #30

My 61-yr-old sister informed me XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #76

The smoking gun. Baitball Blogger Dec 4 #21

good to know rampartd Dec 4 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author John Shaft Dec 4 #24

There are so many guns JPK Dec 4 #27

I read that Dr. Oz owns 550k worth of shares of United Healthcare Beck23 Dec 4 #29

Hmm, I wonder what the Humana denial rate is? lark Dec 4 #31

Humana is currently under investigation by Congress for false advertising Beck23 Dec 4 #77

In what way? lark Dec 5 #89

Lymphoma survivor bmichaelh Dec 4 #32

what really sucks imo barbtries Dec 4 #36

the fuckers who decided that gopiscrap Dec 4 #52

Stay on original Medicare if you can Beck23 Dec 4 #40

I wonder if his death barbtries Dec 4 #33

That is the corp that AARP uses for Medicare. Evolve Dammit Dec 4 #35

Just saw his wife said he had received death threats related to lack Nixie Dec 4 #37

you reap what you sow n/t gay texan Dec 4 #58

I'm sure he did. But that may not have anything to LeftInTX Dec 4 #79

With any luck... littlemissmartypants Dec 4 #80

Fuck Thompson and his family gopiscrap Dec 4 #38

Remember the republican canard about "death panels?" av8rdave Dec 4 #39

I'd like to see this along side revenue totals. 33taw Dec 4 #41

The CEO salary was in the millions Beck23 Dec 4 #42

I'm sure. I wondered what their overall annual revenue was compared to the companies that have less denials. 33taw Dec 4 #60

I was about to renew my United Marketplace plan AdamGG Dec 4 #46

Aetna (in CA, at least) is better POS/PPO insurance for the price. But it's still the price. haele Dec 4 #84

Eat the Rich JoseBalow Dec 4 #50

I'm on United Health now Diraven Dec 4 #54

Wow glad I have Kaiser kimbutgar Dec 4 #55

If you have Kaiser make sure you know which hospitals are in network. Beck23 Dec 4 #78

Kaiser has its own hospitals kimbutgar Dec 4 #82

Yikes! Joinfortmill Dec 4 #59

So his company killed a lot of people by denying medical coverage they desperately needed Jarqui Dec 4 #63

Karma is sneaky that way. nt yaesu Dec 4 #64

I've had Medicare supplemental insurance, through my former employer, since I turned 65. Staph Dec 4 #69

Data MuirWoods Dec 4 #74

The torches and pitchforks are coming Cthulu on call Dec 4 #75

These are sickening denial stats LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 #88