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AIBU to say I'm surprised a healthcare CEO hasn't been assassinated sooner?

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Chowtime · 05/12/2024 12:44

Obviously what's happened in America with regard to Brian Thompson is awful but surely it was only a matter of time before someone revolted against their billionaire dollar profits and lack of payouts for individuals who've paid in for years.

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NordicwithTeen · 05/12/2024 19:43

Agree. I can only imagine how many people in US must be feeling like someone is getting reasonably angry with the right people...

ToweringDiscoInferno · 05/12/2024 19:40

I’ll add the Fuck It List by John Niven for another literary take on a similar theme. Guy with terminal cancer goes after a number of figures who have directly or indirectly caused him and his family great harm, increasing in profile. Although a healthcare CEO doesn’t feature, the head of the NRA does…

Alltheyearround · 05/12/2024 19:36

I think the reason for the hit will be dodgy business dealings. Money.

I don't especially wish people dead, excepting Putin and Assad and some Taliban - all those who have committed war crimes/genocide.

However, there are some people up to their necks in dodgy dealings. If that's a route you take in life then you must understand the risks of pissing off others likewise dodgy and powerful. Bullets with message words on don't come out of nowhere.

Doesn't mean I'm not sorry for his family, his 2 boys have lost their dad.

Alltheyearround · 05/12/2024 19:34

Cellotapedispenser · 05/12/2024 15:41

I like this idea as this might get rid of Elon Musk. And no I wouldn't care if he dropped dead. He's like a bond villain but real, and now potentially interfering in UK politics.

@Cellotapedispenser have you heard his voice double on Radio 4'S Dead Ringers! Very very funny - I would recommend a listen, he has a regular appearance. Half man, half robot.

I absolutely loathe that man for all kinds of reasons. Partly the politics and partly that he got involved with Grimes and I'd bet she is very sorry about that now. At the time when they first dated I felt like shouting 'don't do it!' and then dear god she had her babies with him. God only knows what kind of legal 'settlement' he has enforced there in regards to the children I dread to think. Won't be good terms for her I suspect. Tellingly no marriage, was that him protecting his interests I wonder?

LazyD0g · 05/12/2024 19:26

RatInADollhouse · 05/12/2024 19:13

Do you have a source for this?

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www.newsweek.com/doctors-rail-against-insurers-new-anesthesia-time-limits-1995875

pantsalot · 05/12/2024 19:24

www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/anthem-insurance-cap-anesthesia-coverage-time-limits/3447274/?amp=1

Looks like they've had to backtrack. Disgraceful to even try it in the first place

SeatonCarew · 05/12/2024 19:18

Mrsbloggz · 05/12/2024 12:58

I'm sure lots of billionaires will be feeling very nervous now.
Not that I am in any way shape or form in favor of vigilanteism but at the same time . . . he really had it coming😬

Shame on you.

User346897543 · 05/12/2024 19:16

There is very little sympathy online

Illinoise · 05/12/2024 19:14

I agree Op, it’s disgusting the profits made by big pharma in the states. The fentanyl crisis basically came from their greed.

RatInADollhouse · 05/12/2024 19:13

Theunamedcat · 05/12/2024 19:04

And today a health care company announced they were stopping paying for anastasia if your operation goes longer than expected

It's like they don't value human life

Do you have a source for this?

RatInADollhouse · 05/12/2024 19:12

itsnotabouthepasta · 05/12/2024 19:00

its a common trope on Threads ALL the time. As well as on god knows how many comments on insta - I reckon I’ve seen it at least 20 times.

also take a look at the Reddit sub shitamericanssay

it’s utterly bonkers

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You mean Americans think they are paying for the UK's healthcare? I'm American and I've never heard that. Usually these things stem from a misunderstanding but I have no idea what would even be misunderstood to reach that conclusion.

MrTiddlesTheCat · 05/12/2024 19:12

I hate to say it, but having watched Dopesick, Im very surprised nobody has taken out the Sacklers. They have absolutely destroyed people and families for profit.

Theunamedcat · 05/12/2024 19:04

And today a health care company announced they were stopping paying for anastasia if your operation goes longer than expected

It's like they don't value human life

itsnotabouthepasta · 05/12/2024 19:00

Chowtime · 05/12/2024 18:09

I don't know a single American who believes that they pay for our healthcare - where did you get that from?

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its a common trope on Threads ALL the time. As well as on god knows how many comments on insta - I reckon I’ve seen it at least 20 times.

also take a look at the Reddit sub shitamericanssay

it’s utterly bonkers

Honeycrisp · 05/12/2024 18:55

Colourblinds · 05/12/2024 18:27

Same. Easy to say in hindsight, but if I were in that job I wouldn't be walking around by myself like that.

But using this logic most CEOs would be a target in some form?

One would expect some to be more a target than others depending on the nature of the work. But yes, it's not necessarily limited to those in health insurance.

claratheskivvy · 05/12/2024 18:54

When I'm at a loose end I often think about how the world situation might be improved if some people 'disappeared'. Putin, Kim Jong Un, Trump, Musk, Taliban leaders, Netanyahu etc. I then have to research who else is a problem, but whom I haven't actually heard of. By the time I've finished, I'm down to just family and friends 😂

Pat888 · 05/12/2024 18:47

Yes, I'm surprised (except they prob have loads of security) that shooters don't take out Musk or some other similar multi trilionaire rather than go for school kids - if you want to go out in a blaze shoot someone famous.

Mrsbloggz · 05/12/2024 18:39

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Never fear, Musk will be suffocated by his own ego soon!

Colourblinds · 05/12/2024 18:30

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Colourblinds · 05/12/2024 18:27

Same. Easy to say in hindsight, but if I were in that job I wouldn't be walking around by myself like that.

But using this logic most CEOs would be a target in some form?

Spirallingdownwards · 05/12/2024 18:19

Mrsbloggz · 05/12/2024 12:58

I'm sure lots of billionaires will be feeling very nervous now.
Not that I am in any way shape or form in favor of vigilanteism but at the same time . . . he really had it coming😬

Sorry what? He had it coming? How vile and disgusting.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 05/12/2024 18:12

NadjaofAntipaxos · 05/12/2024 17:03

Is anyone watching the TV series The day of the Jackal with Eddie Redmayne and Lashanna Lynch?
I saw the still picture of the killer this morning and then watched the footage and I was really struck by the similarity.
I've no theory of whether they are a contract killer or a family member of a wronged insurance claimant, but crikey they seemed calm and efficient.

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In a country of 335 million, 16.2 ex service personnel and where 42% of households have at least one firearm, you're not going to go far without meeting somebody with the ability to operate a gun. True, to be able to use a silencer and adjust on the fly is more skilled than every single one of them, but when there are more households with a gun than there are households with two cars, it's not the case that only a professionally trained sniper (who, let's face it, wouldn't have been anywhere near the target) could be capable of the act.

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Chowtime · 05/12/2024 18:09

itsnotabouthepasta · 05/12/2024 15:45

It absolutely looked like a professional hit.

What I REALLY don't understand is the sheer volume of Americans who genuinely believe that THEY pay for our healthcare. I can't understand it in any sense.

The irony is that they probably pay more upfront each month in insurance premiums than we do in NI contributions - yet free healthcare at the point of access is apparantly bad!

I don't know a single American who believes that they pay for our healthcare - where did you get that from?

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PerkyViper · 05/12/2024 18:03

TempestTost · 05/12/2024 17:45

Obamacare wasn't as great as a lot of people in the UK seem to think.

Of people I know, quite a few found their situation pretty similar under Obamacare, a few of these however couldn't get the coverage they wanted any more.

A few were much better off, mainly people with pre-existing conditions.

But a few were also worse off.

A lot of people weren't super satisfied with it.

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Where did I say it was great? Its not a perfect solution by any means, but step in the right direction in terms of how healthcare provision is perceived