r/interestingasfuck • u/ExactlySorta • 21d ago

A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition takes place at Washington Square Park r/all

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u/ExMachima 21d ago

This is the response to people quietly dying when they get that denial of coverage.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 21d ago

And instead of getting mad that the country doesn't actually have a free healthcare system like civilised places, they get mad at the private sector. Yeah, american logic

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u/hards04 21d ago

You can actually be mad at multiple things at once.

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u/PharmZerg 21d ago

No I think there's a rule about this. We are allowed to be mad at one thing at a time.

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u/chrissesky13 20d ago

I read this in Kronk's shoulder angels voice. Thanks for the laugh.

https://youtu.be/MZ53pK2Y1ag

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u/boetzie 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's easier to be mad at a symptom than to be mad at the cause.

Brian Thompson, evil as he was, was a symptom. If the system allows for exploitative practices there will be people like him. If the system does not allow such practices people like him will do more gainful things.

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u/alien_from_Europa 21d ago

Unitedhealthcare donated something like $60M to Democrats and Republicans each, not to mention a shitload in advertising against Medicare for all. They're the reason news media act the way they do with their ad influence.

Brian Thompson, when it came down to his grip on our political system, was a politician. He's the disease.

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u/boetzie 21d ago

That's an excellent point. I didn't think of it that way.

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u/dirkdiggler90 21d ago

I applaud your response and ability to logically see things from a different perspective.

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u/Trapasuarus 20d ago

For real, shocking to come across someone who has that capability.

Also, love your username: I am a star. I’m a star, I’m a star, I’m a star. I am a big, bright, shining star. That’s right.

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u/youngmasterlogray 21d ago

And who do you think lobbies and influences the system heavily? It doesn't become like that without significant and prolonged pressure.

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u/hards04 21d ago

Again, both are awful. The system kills people and allows people like that scumbag to get rich. Buddy enacted and support policies that killed thousands of people. That is a horrible person. Both are bad.

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u/boishan 21d ago

We don’t have one because the private sector interferes too much in our government

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u/ulyssessgrant93 21d ago

The government shouldn’t be allowing the private sector to interfere

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u/boishan 21d ago

Unfortunately our Supreme Court basically codified corruption as legal 

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u/getoffmeyoutwo 21d ago

money is people bro, more people than actual people, it turns out

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u/Tiffany6152 21d ago

Yeah well the government changed the word “bribery” to “lobbying” so therefore its not corrupt :/

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u/LCplGunny 21d ago

Do you actually think any of our politicians will vote in rules to make less money? Why would they make it against the rules for people to make them richer? We would need an overhaul to stop it at this point.

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u/IZ3820 21d ago

The private sector founded this government on the basis of being able to spend their money however they want, so it's hard to cut them out. They've always been in charge.

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u/pfft_master 21d ago

Quick, someone tell the politicians!

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u/Maxcharged 21d ago

Good idea, I’ll let it know.

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u/StuffNbutts 21d ago

The government and the private sector are one in the same. Been that way for a very long time. Why do you think our government is so institutionally defiant against the will of the people. Why is it designed for gridlock? 

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u/monty624 21d ago

Whoa, hot take here. Someone let the gov't know, I don't think they've thought of this before!

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u/walkslikeaduck08 21d ago

I mean tbf, the private sector spends a bunch lobbying against a free healthcare system

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u/athenanon 21d ago

Yup. The ACA originally was supposed to have a public option that was wildly popular. Obama pushed for it, but both parties* in Congress torpedoed it. If people were old enough back then, they might remember the "death panel" fears they propagandized with.

*Edit to clarify: Republicans and too many feckless Democrats torpedoed it.

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u/_le_slap 21d ago

It was literally one Dem vote away from passing that way. Fuggen Lieberman tanked it.

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u/1d3333 21d ago

THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS WHY THIS SYSTEM IS LIKE THIS, they “lobby” (pay legal bribes) to politicians to make our lives WORSE so they can sell us a fix

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u/IZ3820 21d ago

The way it works in America is that the private sector funds politicians who change the laws to make them more profitable, so the anger directed at the private sector is 100% justified. 

It's an American thing.

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u/Liimbo 21d ago

A very large portion of the country has been mad at the government not providing Healthcare for quite a long time now. These people are likely in that group. You're arguing against a fake hypocrite that you created out of thin air.

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u/drm604 21d ago

Because that private sector pays politicians to prevent universal healthcare. And that private sector denies the coverage that people paid for. And people have died because of denied coverage while that private sector is raking in record profits. So yeah, people are mad at the private sector. None of that justifies vigilantism, but anger and protest are justified.

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u/ExMachima 21d ago

The private sector is the reason the country doesn't have a free health care system.

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u/ICLazeru 21d ago

The private sector in this case is a large part of the problem. I think free markets are great for most things, but they don't really work for medical care. The idea that there is a for-profit company between you and your doctor that makes its profit by ensuring you do not get care is ludicrous. And the fact that they spend money lobbying against public healthcare rather than on their clients' needs just cements how unbelievably stupid this idea is.

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u/biohazurd 21d ago

A huge reason UHC can't get passed in the US is because the insurance companies pay off all of Congress to make sure it doesnt. The corporations own all of Washington. Why do you think the net worth of Congress explodes by the time they leave office?

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u/Drlitez 21d ago

Do some research.

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u/Nitrocity97 21d ago

You mean the private sector that made the decision to deny coverage?

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u/Dredd_Pirate_Barry 21d ago

A large part of why we don't have a universal healthcare is because the private sector. Lobbying and special interests.

Hell, the reason we have to file taxes is because TurboTax and all of those companies lobbied to keep it that way

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u/TromboneTank 21d ago

It's a feature not a bug. The private sector dominated millions so it stays that way

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u/DirtPiranha 21d ago

No one told the private sector to charge uninsured individuals $700 for an EpiPen 2 pack that costs $8 to make.

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u/Mean_Collection1565 21d ago

You’re totally right.

The real blame rests with Republican politicians misleading their constituents into voting against their best interests.

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u/johnnybok 21d ago

Personally, I think we should stop calling it free. Maybe civilized or reasonable? idk

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u/gumenski 21d ago

Free Healthcare? You're getting too far ahead.

Why not take some baby steps first and start with not-for-profit Healthcare?

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u/windhelmcityguard 21d ago

It’s almost as if the country doesn’t have public healthcare because of the private sector. You are dumber than you think you are.

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u/Adulations 20d ago

We don’t have free healthcare because those private companies lobby against it

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u/hairlessape47 21d ago

Who do you think lobbies congress to never implement a public health care system? The private sector, duh...

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u/Eirfro_Wizardbane 21d ago

Who do you think lobbies to keep it private?

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u/-AC- 21d ago

How about the private sector lobbying and paying to have false narratives explaining how bad universal Healthcare would be for the USA.

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u/Addicted2Death 21d ago

What are you even saying? Why shouldn’t I hate the people who condemn others to death and suffering for the sake of their own profits? Yeah, Fetlocks_Glistening logic

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u/Rock4evur 21d ago

Yes I am mad at the private sector for lobbying the government to ensure we don’t have a public healthcare system. Next your gonna be amazed that I’m mad at the car and oil lobbies for ensuring we have shit public transportation.

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u/katieleehaw 21d ago

We’re mad at both.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

How do you figure any place has a free healthcare system?

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u/Flakester 21d ago

What makes you think you're talking about two different things?

American politics has been taken over by the private sector. Why do you think we are in this mess?

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u/Copypasty 20d ago

gee I wonder why the country doesn’t have free healthcare, surely it isn’t the lobbying done by said private companies huh?

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u/RabbitStewAndStout 20d ago

People get elected to Congress to be paid tens of thousands to rep for oligarchs who didn't care if you live or die, but here you are doing it for free. You're the backbone of American capitalism 🫡

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 21d ago

civilised

lol