The New York Times has published the most inane op-ed after the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.

  • saigot@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    archive of the original NYT article here for reference.

    Yet we also are struggling to make sense of this unconscionable act and the vitriol that has been directed at our colleagues who have been barraged by threats. No employees — be they the people who answer customer calls or nurses who visit patients in their homes — should have to fear for their and their loved ones’ safety.

    The subtle implication that all the vitriol is directed at front line workers instead of the executive team is infuriating and calculated.

    Health care is both intensely personal and very complicated, and the reasons behind coverage decisions are not well understood. We share some of the responsibility for that. Together with employers, governments and others who pay for care, we need to improve how we explain what insurance covers and how decisions are made.

    A hollow apology, the problems with US healthcare is not a communication problem.

    Those were the only two sentences that aren’t just empty platitudes in my opinion, at least within what I can read for free.

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      They dont even see the patients they bankrupt cripple and murder as paying for their own care

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      I would argue that it is a communication problem. If the insurers actually told us what they don’t cover we would refuse to pay and that would drive down prices.

      More communication and understanding is exactly what we need. I shouldn’t need a lawyer to understand what my insurance covers.

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      9 hours ago

      If they let Netanyahu write op-eds, why not give the small time mass murderers a chance too?

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    Damn I hope United health care CEO Andrew Witty is fine and a second shooting doesn’t happen to him. It would be so sad. So sad.

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      6 hours ago

      Look, man. I only have so many thoughts and prayers at a time. I gotta recharge from an outlay like … that other suit.

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    This guy earns receives your annual salary every fucking day of the year, and after taking hundreds of dollars from us every month to secure health care, he has the gall to tell 1/3 of us that we should just die rather than receive treatment.

    Fuck him with a pineapple.

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    The myth: “CEO’s have it so rough, all that responsibility of having to make life or death decisions weighs on them”

    The reality: “Not my fault”

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    10 hours ago

    I will never trust any news source that uses the scowling face of Luigi to tell this story.

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    I cordially invite the New York Times to send me a hard copy of their article such that I can wipe my ass with it.

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      9 hours ago

      used to describe a piece of writing that expresses a personal opinion and is usually printed in a newspaper opposite the page on which the editorial is printed.

      Source

    • WammKD@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      The origin of the term “op-ed” is derived from the piece originally having appeared on the “opposite side” of the newspaper from the editorial page.