These people genuinely enjoy depriving people of medical care and the sociopathic way they talk around it with pretty corporate lingo is quite infuriating tbh.

I read a post a day or two ago, probably here on Lemmy, where the poster said they knew someone who used to work at a health insurance company who described how they had a poster in the office that said something to the effect of "it would be a shame to pay that claim."

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The poster thing honestly doesn't surprise one bit. It's like the horrifyingly unfunny version of the scene of Mr. Incredible working in the insurance industry.

I just realized how bleak that is...when children's movies from back in the day were making commentary on the healthcare situation in the US. And yet, that CEO still thinks they are "vital" to the healthcare industry. What a fucking joke.

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

This makes me want to go back in time to smack the people who, during the semi-serious discussions of having a public option for healthcare in the US, fell for the whole "death panel" fear tactic that was used against it.