Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO
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“When other’s human lives are deemed worthless, it is not surprising to have others view your life of no value as well,” wrote one medical doctor, whose identity the Daily Beast confirmed.

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.

      • futatorius@lemm.ee
        81·
        17 days ago

        They know how. They just have an agenda and serve that rather than doing their job.

    • pdxfed@lemmy.world
      61·
      16 days ago

      I came here to post, not that anyone cares, that this is the straw that broke this pathetic camel’s back for me with Lemmy. The limited user base and incredibly reduce quality and quantity, clunky tech…I was willing and happy to bear it all thinking I was getting out from under the thumb of fucking corporate censorship and bullshit mod oversimplification. Instead the locked the News thread on the assassination https://lemmy.world/post/22761236 and deleted my comment that said “can’t imagine why” without explanation, ostensibly as it “encouraged or celebrated violence”(https://lemmy.world/comment/13794258).

      I provided a response and then they locked the thread. If we can’t even have a discussion about the world why the fuck would I be on fucking Lemmy instead of another shite censored, billionaire-owned platform that at least has user & content depth?

      1.5 years, 1300 comments, fuck Lemmy.world and the mod @JonsJava who understands his position in facilitating respectful dialogue that conform to rules to be “overbroadly apply them and pretend it’s something that needs censoring so I can get my jollies” and then say “I don’t have time to deal with this” when you get blowback and lock a thread with tons of engagement. LOL talk about shooting yourself in the foot Lemmy.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        4·
        16 days ago

        Bluesky is just as corporately owned as Facebook. Why the fuck would anyone join another corporate controlled Twitter alternative?

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        302·
        17 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.

        • Shatur@lemmy.ml
          3·
          16 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 :(

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        62·
        16 days ago

        If your definition of “sane” is authoritarian bootlicking and swallowing Eastern propaganda like it’s candy, sure. Say, I wonder what’ll happen if you try criticizing China, Russia or North Korea on your instance?

        • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
          32·
          16 days ago

          I criticize and ask directly all the time. I learned not to post or meme reply like I’m an actual adult having a conversation in those spaces though. It takes some getting used to, but it’s possible. People really have a weird skewed view of what it’s like to be a .ml user, I see more privacy and meme posts than anything else. All the political crap usually comes from .world in my feed.

      • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
        1·
        16 days ago

        I was kinda disappointed I couldn’t find anything with .ml when all the .world mod drama was going on. Plenty of meme’s but nothing in the news and politics communities when I checked at the time.