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consensus1yesterday at 4:20 PM4 repliesview on HN

Nobody, including congress, gives a rat's ass about insurance companies and their profits. The truth is that someone has to approve or deny healthcare. Every universal system does it too, but by government policy instead of corporate decision. After the CEO of United Healthcare was gunned down in the streets for doing that thankless job do you think congress is saying to themselves "hey, maybe we should get into that business"?


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jgwil2yesterday at 4:42 PM

> thankless job

His annual compensation was over $10 million.

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onraglanroadyesterday at 6:12 PM

> someone has to approve or deny healthcare. Every universal system does it too, but by government policy instead of corporate decision

That's another lie you've been told and believed.

With Universal Healthcare the government just provides the funding. Medical decisions are made by Doctors.

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googaaryesterday at 4:24 PM

Man I wish I could downvote a comment. This is what you’d see on Reddit.

“Thankless job” is a crazy way to describe United Healthcare.

No one cares about insurance companies and their profits?? This doesn’t even make sense, so many people rely on insurance and many stakeholders profit off the American insurance system.

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