Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    Oh no my fediverse instance won’t let me glorify murder and incite more violence. Waaah!

    tbh, .world hasn’t done enough to address the problem.

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      7 days ago

      The billionaires choose violence in the form of killing hundreds of thousands of poor people per day. This isn’t murder. It’s community defense.

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        7 days ago

        Won’t they just replace one CEO with another and increase their security?

        I think for proper defense we need to unite against them.

        Not defending the CEO, just saying that killing him won’t solve the actual problem :(