Brian Thompson

Fryowa said:
I agree, and right or wrong that indicates a big, big problem. Hopefully there's enough backlash against UHC and their claim denials that they change things. It sure seems so right now anyway with the stuff going around on social media. Could it be a wake-up call to some employers that offer UHC plans? Hope so. Could it also be something that brings the claim denial mess to the spotlight to the point where legislation happens? Hope so.

If this guy getting popped ends up being what it took to make it happen, then the question people need to ask themselves is to what degree did the ends justify the means? If it saved say 10,000 lives a year because of the shock value, was it worth a guy who had the easiest life possible, lived in ultimate comfort, and never had a want in his entire adult life dying without suffering? Crazy questions.

If we're being honest, Thompson had an easier life than someone who got chemo denied, missed their kids' growing up, and died in pain and full of morphine. Thompson never saw it coming, it was just a loud pop and 30 secs later lights out. This is a quandary in some ways.
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SCHawkeye2 said:
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This is what needs to happen to affect change, the only thing is it needs to happen over a protracted period of time. I have zero confidence that UHC stock will stay down. Hitting corporations on the bottom line is the ONLY way things change. It's not through voting different politicians in or blah blah blah.

This also happened because I guy got picked off in a very public way, and that guy also happened to be a very evil person IOM. I don't feel bad a bit. I also genuinely don't think we should murder people, but here we are...

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Fryowa said:
This is what needs to happen to affect change, the only thing is it needs to happen over a protracted period of time. I have zero confidence that UHC stock will stay down. Hitting corporations on the bottom line is the ONLY way things change. It's not through voting different politicians in or blah blah blah.

This also happened because I guy got picked off in a very public way, and that guy also happened to be a very evil person IOM. I don't feel bad a bit. I also genuinely don't think we should murder people, but here we are...

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They should not be allowed to be publicly traded, period, along with the rest of these leeches.
 
HuckFinn said:
They should not be allowed to be publicly traded, period, along with the rest of these leeches.
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This. A public good (health care) cannot be treated like computer chips or oil. These publicly traded health insurance companies have misaligned incentives. Their ultimate duty is to the shareholders and their corporate overloads, NOT PATIENTS. We get what we get in a system like this.

The UHC CEO murder will not really change any of this in the long term.
 
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