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EllieBC

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25. Wtf did they expect? For DECADES

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 11:50 AM

Dec 2024

people have been met with indifference from healthcare systems. For DECADES they have been treated poorly and literally left to die and now suddenly the system that did that is demanding empathy???

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One MD's opinion on the shooting of the UHC CEO [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 OP

I wonder if this doctor ever wrote about compassion... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #1

Or died because they were denied care? Arazi Dec 2024 #2

Or the thousands who die from insurance policies biophile Dec 2024 #3

I agree... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #12

Be wary Aussie105 Dec 2024 #4

F'in A Right johnnyfins Dec 2024 #9

THIS. yardwork Dec 2024 #17

Am sure TSF will hop right on the MD's concerns about guns and medical care. allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #5

Gun violence? SledDriver Dec 2024 #6

Gun violence is gun violence. intheflow Dec 2024 #8

I agree, we shouldn't dance on stranger's graves. intheflow Dec 2024 #7

The problem is that this incident does johnnyfins Dec 2024 #10

That's yet to be seen. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #13

Kiss BeerBarrelPolka Dec 2024 #11

Wrong focus, Doc. Icanthinkformyself Dec 2024 #14

Unless change is forced on them NJCher Dec 2024 #35

Spare us the sermons, doc. (nt) Paladin Dec 2024 #15

Mr Thompson.... Mustellus Dec 2024 #16

"but meeting violence with indifference undermines our shared humanity." WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #18

Lots of blather. Ursus Rex Dec 2024 #19

The doctor is part of the problem. infullview Dec 2024 #20

Our shared humanity has already been undermined Mr.WeRP Dec 2024 #21

Gun violence and health insurance abuses: I don't expect improvement in either for the next 3Hotdogs Dec 2024 #22

Don't tell me; let me guess: these doctors sit on the boards of directors Aristus Dec 2024 #23

Would he have written this same commentary over the death of Al Capone? Random Boomer Dec 2024 #24

Wtf did they expect? For DECADES EllieBC Dec 2024 #25

"meeting violence with indifference undermines our shared humanity. " bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #26

Murder is murder. All forms are wrong. Kill or condemn to suffering and death usonian Dec 2024 #27

Many people do not consider war murder Bluetus Dec 2024 #30

I'm a pacifist and neither is acceptable to me. usonian Dec 2024 #31

I somewhat disagree with the MD and do not accept anybody's guilt trip Bluetus Dec 2024 #28

As ny niece (the daughter of two MDs) said last night in a family chat Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Dec 2024 #34

Fuck the murdering gunfucker. Fuck Brian Thompson. Iggo Dec 2024 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Dec 2024 #33

I'm too busy grieving for Assad right now. nt Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #36