From motherjones.com
“I can’t afford my oxygen”: The human toll of health insurance profits
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A veteran physician explains how our system inflates costs and leaves Americans sicker and poorer.
#equity #reform #healthcare #healthinsurance #theslowdeathofempire #USpol #ushealthcare #unitedhealthcare #privatehealthcorruption
on Mon, 12PM
From apple.news
Healthcare CEO’s ‘Unnecessary Care’ Rant Prompts Another Tidal Wave of Fury — The Daily Beast
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Patients and family members shared stories about being denied coverage after the CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s said the company guarded against “unnecessary care.”
on Dec 9
From soundcloud.com
Episode 425: The Blue Light Killer
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Joshua Citarella (https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella) joins us to wildly speculate on the possible motives, politics, and ideological architecture of Luigi Mangione, the accused assassin of Unite
#trueanon #brianthompson #luigimangione #unitedhealthcare
14h ago
From x.com
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#gaza #Syria #Health #justice #genocide #palestine #unitedhealthcare #travestyifjustice
22h ago
From jacobin.com
UnitedHealth’s Unchecked Growth Has Caused Widespread Misery
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Despite antitrust regulators’ efforts to rein it in, UnitedHealth Group has been growing to control ever more of the health care sector. The corporation’s expanding power has meant worse care, higher prices, and a mounting human toll.
16h ago
From fair.org
NYT Panics Over Outrage at Insurance Companies
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The New York Times is in full-scale panic mode over the widespread boiling anger against the health insurance industry the killing of Brian Thompson has laid bare.
#USpol #fairorg #aisalami #agenticshift #aiinhealthcare #unitedhealthcare
8h ago
From michaelmoore.com
A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies — by Michael Moore
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I hereby give you my Oscar-nominated Documentary on the Killer Health Insurance companies like United HealthCare —SICKO — for FREE… and let’s end and replace this so-called “health care system” NOW
#Health #medicaid #medicare #corruption #healthcare #michaelmoore #healthinsurance #unitedhealthcare
on Mon, 8AM
From democracynow.org
UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism
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Private healthcare companies are facing increased scrutiny following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson over what appears to be dissatisfaction with the company’s exploitative policies and frequent denials of care. Recent investigations from ProPublica and reporter Annie Waldman...
#USpol #unitedhealthcare #healthcarecorruption
on Mon, 5PM
From vanityfair.com
AI-Driven Health Care Is Turning Us Into Numbers on a Spreadsheet
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As the insurance industry reckons with the death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, it should also reexamine its use of algorithmic coverage decisions, which further dehumanize people in need of lifesaving care.
#AI #USA #healthcare #healthinsurance #unitedhealthcare
on Sat, 1AM
From orinocotribune.com
US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
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By Alan Macleod - Dec 13, 2024Congress has just passed a new bill that will see the U.S. spend huge sums of money redesigning much of the public school system around the ideology of anti-communism. The “Crucial Communism Teaching Act” is now being read in the Senate, where it is all but certain
#USA #neoliberal #unitedhealthcare
12h ago
From gizmodo.com
UnitedHealth Gets Luigi Mangione T-Shirt Pulled With Copyright Complaint
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"I've unfortunately had a lot of experience navigating the healthcare industry," the designer told Gizmodo.
#fanart #freeluigi #unitedhealthcare
13h ago
From theguardian.com
‘Yes, I condemn murder’: Michael Moore responds to Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
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The documentarian, whose 2007 film Sicko examined the US health insurance system, went on to say that the outpouring of anger at the industry is ‘1000% justified’
#uspolitics #michaelmoore #healthinsurance #unitedhealthcare
16h ago
From foxbusiness.com
UnitedHealthcare accused of relying on AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims
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United Healthcare is being accused of denying a growing number of claims for post-acute care as it shifted to using artificial intelligence to automate the process.
#USpol #aisalami #agenticshift #aiinmedicine #aiinhealthcare #unitedhealthcare
on Dec 8
From variety.com
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ABC News Studios is behind this week's one-hour documentary special "Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder — A Special Edition of 20/20" for ABC.
#News #variety #luigimangione #abcnewsstudios #unitedhealthcare
10h ago
From elmundo.hn
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La Justicia de Nueva York acusó formalmente a Luigi Mangione por el asesinato del CEO de UnitedHealthcare |
#NewYork #tragedia #asesinato #acusaciones #estadosunidos #luigimangione #unitedhealthcare
11h ago