Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds
Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds
Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger.
Summary
A new NORC poll reveals that most Americans blame both health insurance profits and coverage denials alongside the shooter for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
While 8 in 10 say the shooter holds the most responsibility, 7 in 10 also attribute blame to insurer practices, reflecting widespread frustration with the U.S. healthcare system.
Younger Americans especially view the incident as stemming from systemic issues, such as wealth inequality and denial tactics.
The poll highlights ongoing public dissatisfaction with insurers and the challenges many face in obtaining coverage.
Alongside?
How about exclusively because of the profits and denials?
I suspect they constructed the survey to enable them to spin the conclusion away from that.
11% of those surveyed said the shooter carries NO RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL in the death of the CEO.
That is WILD to me. 11% to take that hard of a line? 0.0000% responsibility for the death of a guy you intentionally shot?
That's 1.2 people per jury.
Edit: my point is that it isn't the survey, it's the reporting.
Then it backfired cause it sounds like most americans feel like the killer has a point. Which is odd because very rarely americans agree on something that is correct.
and the ceos decisions in relationship to the policies that drive them. There certainly was a man present on that day that was responsible for the death but it wasn't the killer.
Alongside?
Heh. That was my thought, as well. I'm very aware of the ethical crimes committed, and who committed them.
I expect this trial will have a hot jury nullification discussion, at the very least.
Time for the people to start marching to DC like the ones before us did
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I don’t think marches or protests are particularly effective…
They aren't, that's why they're allowed.
Sometimes marches and protests encourage others who may be afraid to speak or act out.
The best thing for the system to protect itself is to frame this as a health insurance issue and not a unregulated capitalism issue.
That way it doesn't have to address the rampant corruption that allowed this particular industry to get to this point. Nor will it be forced to address the myriad of other industries that are just as predatory.
This article feels like a try-hard attempt by the rich to dissuade copycats.
I'm not buying it.
It feels like direct reporting of the results of a study to me. And the fact that even old people are acknowledging that inequality had a part to play is encouraging.
I appreciate the irony of the article thumbnail being a sign that says Mangione is innocent until proven guilty, while the article implies he’s the shooter several times.
(It’s kind of a fascinating study in the weaselly way that one can imply something without legal liability, if I’m honest.)
I’m not saying he’s not the shooter, but it’s very questionable how every media outlet seemingly forgot the word “alleged” exists. I can’t imagine any jury would be capable of giving him a fair trial.
He's gonna be able to fund a single payer program for the whole nation with the money he'll get from the defamation suit when he walks.
Of course it is coverage. Anyone with a brain cell would think that cause of the man getting shot is the cause of the man getting shot.
Dear 1%
Raising the price of BBQ sauce will not stop us from eating you
Signed, The Poor
Idk, I'm just saying that things are tastier when they're expensive and I'm craving some rich pig on a stick drizzled with overpriced BBQ sauce.
It’s almost as if the people polled actually understand how nuance works- or at least enough to get how in a situation like this- both can be in the wrong.
It’s clear that no one from lemmy was polled.
Exactly! Finally someone else looked at this guy's unibrow. Last I remember it takes months to grow brow hairs.