Tell him to quit stealing everyone’s lives and things might start working better
Burglar says houses, “shouldn’t be so easy to break into.”
Yeah, no shit. Get luigied, asshole.
UnitedHealth CEO says U.S. health system ‘needs to function better’
UnitedHealth CEO says U.S. health system needs to bend in such a way that UHC makes more money by the government making sure they get more money and that it’s everyone else’s fault the HC system sucks because they need to make more money. Everything will be better when they make more money.
And to do that they are going to increase premiums and double your max out of pocket limit every year. Perfect!
Now that is funny.
Here’s an idea. Take out the pieces that inflate costs, provide no actual healthcare, and make ridiculous profits.
But that’s him and his company! 😯
“Please don’t kill me. :(“ Begs UnitedHealth CEO
Actions man, actions…
“Don’t mistake their self-preservation for empathy.” -Josh Johnson
Not really, he’s doubling down:
“Many of you knew Brian … he devoted his time to help make the health system work better for all of the people we’re privileged to serve.”
for all of the people we’re privileged to serve
This is Corporate America slight of hand, they think the people they serve are the shareholders, not their customers. Their customers are an operating cost to them and they’ll do what they can to keep that cost down so they can maximize their profits.
Just trying to reframe the narrative.
“The insurance companies are the good guys, fighting against outrageous hospital charges, doctors fraudulently demanding excessive tests and care, and odious government regulations.”
for all of the people we’re privileged to serve.
They serve the shareholders.
So it’s a true statement in the sense that they made the healthcare system better at extracting profit from their costumers to serve the shareholders. Death and suffering is just a method. Andrew Witty, what a soulless shit.
Nah, he’s trying to promote a narrative of “there are bad guys in the system, but not us, look at those drug company CEOs over there please… they are the ones really screwing you…”
Many of you knew Brian … he devoted his time to help make the health system work better for all of the privileged we serve.”
Fixed it.
That’s exactly what I came to say.
Thieves guild boss says people should earn more and have more money in their wallets.
“The system needs to function better,” says the figurehead of a completely unnecessary middleman.
More green plumbers please.
The best way to achieve this is to entirely dismantle the US health insurance industry.
Cool. Shut down your company and tell everyone else in your network to do the same.
But then who will protect us from “unnecessary care”? He’s just trying not to get shot
There is actually a shred of truth in that.
The insurance company is supposed to watch dog and make sure that the doctor’s office is doing the right thing.
Since the average patient doesn’t know what the hell the doctor’s supposed to be doing anyway, capitalism makes for some pretty shitty health practices. Like the $60 tylenols.
To eliminate private insurance you also need to create oversight and limits on the healthcare side of things too.
I worked in IT in health insurance years ago, those mom and pop doctor’s offices would submit the same bill six or seven times back to back. Our system at the time had no ability to de-doop so they just kept getting payday after payday until we caught on.
Not all health care providers are good people either.
The insurance company is supposed to watch dog and make sure that the doctor’s office is doing the right thing.
I’m trying to think of the name of something we could call an alternative option to that… maybe something like The Blederal Blovernment.
Absolutely, many governments in many countries do an absolutely adequate job at managing healthcare soup to nuts.
Would patients fall that much into debt if regular doctors were setting the prices, though? The invoices are quite outrageous across the board in the US as it is. After all, the blame lies on the MBAs who are the experts at juicing the system and not the MDs who inevitably get dragged into. I’d argue the great majority of MDs actually sympathize with patients since they are the ones who signed up to help people in the first place and I’ve befriended a handful of them who I can point to as examples.
At least where I live, this balance is somewhat managed by the competition between the public vs private sectors. If the public one is failing you, you can always opt for a private one or vice-versa. I’ve done both and each has its benefits and shortcomings. But, mind you, this is a system without insurance at its core as a consequence of the universal care that we have.
The problem is that the whole health care can’t be run by the doctors. You need the might of a corporation or a government with a tax stream income to be able to afford the equipment. Well outfitted hospitals are mind-bogglingly expensive. So the problem becomes how to not attach the greed to the healthcare, But still process the billions of dollars required to set up and maintain institutions.
Agreed. Ask the government to take you and the other big insurers over, and fire your overhead asses.
Translation: “Needs to function better *for me and my company’s earnings report”
