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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 111 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 63 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"Ask for your patience and understanding at this difficult time" sounds a lot like "we will be using this as an excuse to deny all claims until further notice."

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

They were already denying claims anyways

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah all the people they deny asked for patience and understanding when asking for support from a company that allegedly provides healthcare, and just look what that got the would-be patients.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine trying to get an unbiased jury made out of a community with a reaction like that.

[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 87 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Seems the sentiment is pretty consistent wherever I read. People really hated this company and it's leadership, huh?

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Companies like UHC are actively making the life of millions more miserable, or straight out kill people by refusing coverage, all in the name of money.

So yeah, no fucking shit that people hate them.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I couldnt imagine the degree of morbidity and mortality this one company has caused. It is really the worst of the worst. Tens of not hundreds of thousands of people drastically hurt by this company. A company which is supposed to help them get the healthcare they need.

Medical insurance has never been about getting people the healthcare they need.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 56 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You know, "deeply saddened" is up there with "thoughts and prayers." Hollow bullshit.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the social media page of an HMO. There couldn't possibly be a shred of humanity anywhere in this.

Hell I don't even think it is organic enough to qualify as hollow bullshit.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

They put it in quotation marks.

[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Is it common to put such statement in ""?

Taht way it almost looks like a "We have to post that, please don't be mad at us!" situation to me, which would be kinda funny.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

It's an insurance company. I assume they had a 6 hour meeting discussing the shade of the quotation marks. Then the social media intern said you can't change it.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well, we're also "sorry" that he was "murdered" by a "criminal".

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I also use direct quotes from whoever was the decision maker at work when I'm on the disagree side of "disagree and commit". I never felt the need to quote an entire message, but it might happen some day.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you ask chatgtp to write something it puts it in quotes. They probably didn't even want to spend enough time to select within the quotes when they did the copy paste.

That was my guess as well, and was thinking what would the prompt have been... "Make it sound empathetic by not really"?

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Still up btw

Their Twitter and LinkedIn are private tho lmao

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The last sentence really underscores how even HE was expendable and forgettable to the company.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The fuel of capitalism is blood.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 10 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago