Inside executive expert doctor researched why so many medical claims are denied by #USHealthCareInsuranceCompanies and he won't get paid. So he explains how they get away with #massmurder or also known as #genocide.
#StatusCoup #News #BreakingNews #UnitedHealthcare #LuigiMangioni
https://youtu.be/Sw0omaRba9U?si=ykqQxVtWg3pa4FMv
A surprising stat in today's Health Care, Inc newsletter from @STAT's Bob Herman:
"UnitedHealth collects roughly $23 million of revenue every 30 minutes."
(for context, this stat was in response to UnitedHealth being fined $20.3 million for illegally denying claims)
@stux@mstdn.social‘It’s 2025 and insurance just keeps getting worse’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvAatLY5s4
What was Mr. Robot said about conglomerates? Ah yes..
"You don’t take down a conglomerate by shooting them in the heart. That’s the thing about conglomerates, they don’t have hearts. You take them down limb by limb. And as they unravel, their illusion of control unravels." 
Saint Luigi appeared in court today. I wonder what the groundhog shadow folk lore should be. Like if Luigi has a good day in court is that a 1000 quarters of darkens for billionaires or something?
#UnitedHealthcare refused to pay for rehab and transport for #Idaho man paralyzed in #Switzerland
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/unitedhealthcare-rehab-idaho-switzerland-paralyzed-b2700157.html
@dbattistella@todon.euA 22-year-old Wisconsin man died of a severe asthma attack because he couldn't afford the price of his inhaler, which was no longer covered by his insurance.
This young man was murdered by the for-profit healthcare system in the United States.
UnitedHealthcare has appointed a new CEO, Tim Noel. Noel most recently oversaw the Medicare & Retirement division which has been accused of Medicare fraud in lawsuits under his watch 
Noel's division used AI as an excuse to illegally deny medicare coverage.
@benroyce@mastodon.social5000% markup
"Gleevec, the generic form of the leukemia drug Imatinib, was collectively marked up by the three providers by 5232 percent in 2022. For patients using Medicare, the markup was 4154 percent.
For Zytiga, the generic form of the Abiraterone prostate cancer drug, that markup was 2299 percent commercially and 1533 percent for those on Medicare."
https://www.newsweek.com/unitedhealth-ftc-report-drug-prices-cancer-2016085
@QasimRashid I like the idea of calling them health exploitation companies in everyday conversation.
"Hey, who's your health exploitation company?"
"We're with UnitedHealthsploitation."
#healthcare
#HealthUnsurance
#UnitedHealthcare
#LandOfTheIndebted
#HomeOfTheCraven
#GunCareAndHealthControl
3D-printed #guns, like the one allegedly used to kill #UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, are a growing threat in the US and around the world. A tech management professor on why they’re likely to be used in even more criminal activities: https://theconversation.com/3d-printed-guns-like-the-one-allegedly-used-to-kill-a-health-care-ceo-are-a-growing-threat-in-the-us-and-around-the-world-246220
#ghostguns #crime #3Dprinters
"Around 2016, government officials began to pry open United’s black box. They found that the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate had been using algorithms to identify providers it determined were giving too much therapy and patients it believed were receiving too much; then, the company scrutinized their cases and cut off reimbursements.
By the end of 2021, United’s algorithm program had been deemed illegal in three states.
But that has not stopped the company from continuing to police mental health care with arbitrary thresholds and cost-driven targets, ProPublica found, after reviewing what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy expenses. The insurer’s strategies are still very much alive, putting countless patients at risk of losing mental health care.
Optum, its subsidiary that manages its mental health coverage, is taking aim at those who give or get “unwarranted” treatment, flagging patients who receive more than 30 sessions in eight months. The insurer estimates its “outlier management” strategy will contribute to savings of up to $52 million, according to company documents."
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-mental-health-care-denied-illegal-algorithm
@Yoshi@toot.community@rchusid #Medicare #Advantage means companies like #UnitedHealthCare can take advantage of patients without fear of government meddling.
@odaraia@mastodon.greenAlthough I haven't seen this on Post Alley in Pike Market, it may only be a matter of time before @MayorOfSeattle Bruce Harrell declares it's not art, despite its appearance and review in @hyperallergic
https://hyperallergic.com/977195/luigi-mangione-street-and-protest-art-crops-up-around-the-world/
The difference between mass murder and self-defense.
@Raccoon@techhub.socialRandom Thought...
There is an obvious raw measure of sentiment, based on how many people are openly saying it: the more popular an action, the more people will call for it.
There's also a threshold here, where, if the thing is illegal, perhaps even calling for a crime or condoning it, there is a limit to how many people can be saying it before systems in place (moderation, regulators, police, etc) can no longer take effective action. This would not only mean enough people could call for a technically illegal act, but that anyone looking to do said act would have the cover of a lot of other people talking about it.
Take the #UnitedHealthcare #CEO #shooting, and how so many people sympathized with, and even condoned the illegal action, it became impossible for moderators to enforce it on Social Media (if we cared) but for #government actors to act.
I wonder what other illegal #activism we will see this with over the next few years, in this uncharted political territory...
Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like #Aetna or #UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published Oct.): https://propub.li/3Dtvr24
