After the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Dr. Elisabeth Potter shared a harrowing experience with the company's profit-driven practices. Forced to interrupt a surgery for insurance approval, she highlighted the dangerous impact of prioritizing profits over patient care. #HealthcareHorrorStories
See, what I’M hearing is that united for years denied people health care that they NEEDED. Then their CEO gets capped, and now all the sudden united is like “Whaaaaat??? We would NEVER do something that put patients lives at risk…wasn’t us! We’re being good boys now.”
Which tells me that Luigi had a direct impact. Before these CEOs were like “I do what I want!!!” And with no consequences, they did what they want.
NOW these CEOs are like "HOLY FUCK!!! THESE GUYS ARE BRINGING CONSEQUENCES!!! COOL THE HEAT!!! COOL THE HEAT!!!
And now they’re rethinking their ways. Not stopping mind you, but trying to appear less like something the devil running a company would do.
So thank you Luigi. Somewhere out there in the world right now is someone getting their care approved, whereas without you, it would have been denied.
No, that’s fucking delusional. The correct answer is that they know what the doctor did risked a patient’s life and/or complicated their surgery, and they don’t want to be in any way able to be received as liable.
“Of course we wouldn’t force a doctor to leave surgery, that’s ridiculous.” Is covering their asses from lawsuit, plain and simple. If they said “oh we are sorry for the confusion” or “we are glad that the doctor took the time to resolve the issues asap, that’s great patient care” they would be immediately eviscerated in the courts.
Their only course of action is to respond as through they’re unaware of the culture of fear they’ve created (and, tbh, they might actually fucking be unaware). This response is legal & PR 101 and regardless of their actual evil deeds is pretty much the only sane way for them to respond.
To even doubt that they’re aware would be a huge misstep.
Being aware of it and creating this problem is their bottom line. That’s how they steal money from their customers and leave them with crippling debt or without medical care for profit.
Huh? This is like the 3rd shit they’ve tried to pull since the CEO was killed. They clearly don’t care about changing their ways. They only backtrack when there’s publicity.
3rd? It’s all but certain that there are tens of thousands of other examples of this BS that haven’t been reported.
You’re right. It’s the third shit that’s gotten media attention.
Literally saving lives by killing a mass murderer.
You’re close! It’s more like, this story would have never come to light pre-Luigi.