Surprisingly solid article especially given CNN's initial propagandistic coverage of the Luigi story. They actually quote people they interviewed, they seemed to cherry pick a representative sample rather than a few crazy people. I don't think this really says much about CNN though, but it is uplifting in the sense that the social narrative around Luigi is becoming so solidified that even mainstream media can't dance around it without looking totally idiotic. I suspect the crowd also had very clear talking points in mind that made it difficult to find a bad look to cherry pick. Very nice to see such a clear message here, especially on strong talking points like the clearly unequal treatment vs school shooters, and best of all - this article even mentions the line of reasoning that the CEO was effectively a mass murderer. Surely a more contentious angle, but definitely one with some validity to it. Very pleased to see that make it into this article.
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UnitedHealthcare has defended the company and Thompson. In a December statement, UnitedHealthcare said “highly inaccurate and grossly misleading information has been circulated about our company’s treatment of insurance claims” and that it “approves and pays about 90% of medical claims upon submission.”
Having worked with insurance companies, this is a PR metric. Volume of claims in no way equals cost of claims. If the denied 10% are suspiciously on line with the procedures that contain the top 40% of costs, there is a problem.
People don't care if you covered a generic version of a bottle of Tylenol, they care if you bankrupt them or leave them with no hope.
“They do not put this same effort behind, say, school shooters or people who shoot up concerts.”
I think the real question here is: how many lives were saved by insurance companies temporarily being scared into not ludicrously rejecting valid claims?
If it's more than one, then Mangione played the trolley problem in real life and decided an outcome.
It's so clear how much more the state cares about the rich. They spent millions searching for him when the same week there were multiple other people killed in NYC that didn't even receive news coverage let alone a multi-million dollar manhunt.
We need more of this kind of talk in the media.
Everyone who agrees should click and read vs just checking the synopsis, letting CNN know this is the case.
Done, and this particular sentence stood out: "Looming over it all is a belief that The Elites are cracking down on The People to uphold The System." I thought it was surprisingly candid for a CNN piece.
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