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34. Quite disturbing indeed!

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 08:03 PM

Dec 14

A management professor I heard speak in approximately 1970 suggested that a great place to make money was in the world of medicine because it is a gotcha area - when people need it they need it. I would bet big money he was a Republican. I would bet big money he was a Mormon. Oh, but no doubt he was speaking truthfully.

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UnitedHealth CEO Sparks Uproar After Unbelievable New York Times Op-Ed [View all] CatWoman Dec 14 OP

Fuck Andrew Witty, he can eat shit. Autumn Dec 14 #1

Holy shit, talk about being out of touch with reality. Initech Dec 14 #2

The wealthy are truly this clueless. Irish_Dem Dec 14 #3

I thought it was clueless NJCher Dec 14 #31

They know how it looks and they don't care. Irish_Dem Dec 14 #35

I'm not so sure I agree with the NJCher Dec 14 #42

Bezo's soul searching before paying the bribe money doesn't impress me in the least. Irish_Dem Dec 14 #43

You checked your conscience NJCher Dec 14 #46

Bezos is not going to die or go hungry if he tells Trump to go to hell. Irish_Dem Dec 14 #47

It's not a matter of Bezos's NJCher Dec 15 #59

His soul-searching likely involved an electron microscope...... lastlib Dec 14 #48

How much could trump hurt kacekwl Dec 14 #55

okay. how can you threaten somebody who has a zillion dollars? NoRethugFriends Dec 15 #82

But if the "laws and rules" allow "bribes and corruption" aren't we DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 15 #98

The laws and rules still apply to the great unwashed. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #99

It is just pocket change. Nothing important. Normal people could just ask their parents for the same money. LiberalArkie Dec 15 #88

They just bdamomma Dec 15 #78

Yep they have no idea what is it like for people without a huge staff of servants and Irish_Dem Dec 15 #83

I'm bdamomma Dec 15 #85

Yes that is what happens in Russian and China. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #87

FUCK ALL of THEM FirstLight Dec 14 #4

don't stop mtasselin Dec 14 #9

Grocery prices are high and they might be tasty IronLionZion Dec 14 #11

fat and marbley... FirstLight Dec 14 #14

All the qualities one looks for in a Delmonico or Strip..... Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #16

without the toxicity of course Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #22

Wagyu CEO. paleotn Dec 14 #21

I'll bring the barbecue sauce. AllyCat Dec 14 #40

Yes the BBQ sauce is imperative,... magicarpet Dec 15 #77

Pitchforks 'R' Us is proud to announce the return of "Millionaire Marinades"! Buns_of_Fire Dec 15 #63

Needs to be more than one. AllyCat Dec 14 #39

These people really do live in a different universe Blue_Tires Dec 14 #5

Maybe bdamomma Dec 15 #81

I do not mock the death of the CEO or anyone Bread and Circuses Dec 14 #6

Nonsense. Lots of people are celebrating this murder. AZ8theist Dec 14 #25

As I stated in another post somewhere... OldBaldy1701E Dec 14 #36

I am happy it is a focus of attention IbogaProject Dec 14 #49

It's a bad look when people on the so-called left go grave dancing. valleyrogue Dec 14 #52

One more time: 1) No one said you solve problems Scrivener7 Dec 15 #58

This! jfz9580m Dec 15 #61

I agree. The scolding by Democrats is a bad look. yardwork Dec 15 #70

Also, when the republiQans say Democrats think we're better than others, it's a glaring projection when you think about Scrivener7 Dec 15 #105

Yeah well, the right is grave dancing just as hard tenderfoot Dec 15 #60

It is a great look when both left and right working people rediscover class solidarity. Voltaire2 Dec 15 #79

.... CatWoman Dec 15 #89

it's almost as if the congressionally approved US healthcare system was scamming the populace nt msongs Dec 14 #7

Congressionally approved, because 3Hotdogs Dec 14 #38

I don't know anyone who hasn't been screwed over by a health insurance company, or hasn't had a family sop Dec 14 #8

The nobility in France didn't get it either. Biophilic Dec 14 #10

THIS malaise Dec 14 #13

Not until they "got it." paleotn Dec 14 #20

The nobility in France didn't get it either. MLWR Dec 14 #37

I'm with you... it's about time the American people slightlv Dec 14 #44

I agree but like many, I can't afford to lose my job. LT Barclay Dec 14 #51

That arrogant British piece of shit should be deported malaise Dec 14 #12

Fuck That Shit For Brains Douchebag MayReasonRule Dec 14 #15

UHC CEO sayz system sucks, where's Congress? Silent Type Dec 14 #17

Careful, Witty. (ironic name) Stirring the shit only makes it smell worse. paleotn Dec 14 #18

Can't answer the question? Congress does nothing, and you shrug your shoulders. Silent Type Dec 14 #32

Do you need an answer? Conjuay Dec 15 #64

Dr. Oz Beck23 Dec 14 #19

Well of course the fucking grifter does. No laws or rules against it anymore?? Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #23

Pluto just entered Aquarius and the last time that happened both the American and French Revolutions occurred. OMGWTF Dec 14 #24

both the American and French Revolutions occurred. NJCher Dec 14 #33

I don't think I'd call the response "gleeful." soldierant Dec 14 #26

"Let them eat cake!" The Unmitigated Gall Dec 14 #27

Actually Marie Antoinette said "brioche" Jilly_in_VA Dec 15 #90

WE deserve better than this and I find healthcare for profit quite disturbing vapor2 Dec 14 #28

Quite disturbing indeed! Trust_Reality Dec 14 #34

it is terribly disturbing. The worst part is the obscene profits made by the insurance companies yellowdogintexas Dec 15 #80

I don't know Linda ladeewolf Dec 14 #29

My company spun off its dental insurance to Humana DFW Dec 15 #57

So far Linda ladeewolf Dec 15 #75

corporate gaslighting Skittles Dec 14 #30

when is the NYT going to post an op-ed from parents who lost their child to cancer because of denied treatment? Takket Dec 14 #41

It's "right-wing bullshit" when grave dancers over Thompson's MURDER get condemned? valleyrogue Dec 14 #54

Go ahead and take the high road, if you like... Conjuay Dec 15 #65

Post removed Post removed Dec 15 #86

They're all ghouls. Mr. Evil Dec 14 #45

fuck the NY Times ZonkerHarris Dec 14 #50

+1000. (nt) Paladin Dec 15 #62

Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his spooky3 Dec 14 #53

What a kick-ass quote! Using it! calimary Dec 15 #91

Take aim VanceFan Dec 15 #56

um no Skittles Dec 15 #103

I bet the dude ran right out and bought a bullet proof vest. BradBo Dec 15 #66

And he'll expect us to accept his security expenses... RainCaster Dec 15 #71

I fully expect a ton of DENVERPOPS Dec 15 #92

If there was any doubt a source of frustration with voters is their lack of faith in Passages Dec 15 #67

"$22 billion in profits in 2023 alone" vanessa_ca Dec 15 #73

Tone deaf as usual. Noel Kums Dec 15 #68

$22 BILLION in profits in one year?! yardwork Dec 15 #69

Yes, on $371 billion in gross EX500rider Dec 15 #93

A lot of that gross comes directly from tax dollars, for Medicare Advantage. yardwork Dec 15 #97

It's obscene is what it is jfz9580m Dec 15 #94

Now here's a guy who really knows how to read the room jfz9580m Dec 15 #72

There's been a lot of whitewashing of insurers' role in the health care system Passages Dec 15 #74

The company is just making things worse for themselves in the long run with this kind of denial, obfuscation, and Martin68 Dec 15 #76

Find someone who was killed by their decisions in a red state Old Crank Dec 15 #84

Any enterprise that becomes MORE profitable by deliberately being LESS efficient in the product they offer . . . Aussie105 Dec 15 #95

The Minnesota Star Tribune also printed his drivel dflprincess Dec 15 #96

I think if my coworker had just been gunned down by someone with a huge beef with the industry. BannonsLiver Dec 15 #100

Recommended # 235 H2O Man Dec 15 #101

The discussion should be about who is responsible for the system that we have, and how we ge them to change it. DontBelieveEastisEas Dec 15 #102

K&R spanone Dec 15 #104