[gobip]

I'm non american too. They make this news look sad, while him and their companies let thousands of people dying at the hospital because they don't have the means to pay for their surgeries.

They have blood on their hands and americans can't have empathy for these people having the power to let someone live or not.

[nickfromseattle]

I'd say it's worse than this. The Americans UHC (and CEO) harmed were all paying customers who were denied coverage for claims. Apparently (quick Google search), UHC denies ~30% of claims, while the industry average is 16% [0]. Their net income has also doubled from $11b in 2018 to $22b in 2024 [1].

[0] https://www.valuepenguin.com/health-insurance-claim-denials-...

[1] https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/UNH/unitedhealth-g...

[itronitron]

And just to be clear for those not living in the USA, the people being denied coverage by UHC are the same people paying health insurance premiums to UHC in order to have health insurance coverage.

[Kye]

Even 16% seems too high.

[tjohns]

Even for folks who can pay for medical care... UnitedHealthcare is notorious for denying claims from their policyholders.

An example that was posted on Reddit recently from a physician:

"UHC denied my patient's prescription for a Lovenox bridge so her Coumadin could be held prior to surgery. The reason? I prescribed it twice daily instead of once daily, which is the standard of care for a Lovenox bridge. I was so pissed off I just paid for the medication out of pocket myself and gave it to my patient.

It was $12. Twelve. Fucking. Dollars. They were totally okay with the possibility of her suffering a stroke or major thromboembolic event to save TWELVE DOLLARS."

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1h6h0wp/comment/m0ew8...

[xvector]

Man, assassin may have been a bona-fide American hero.

[thelastparadise]

Do they denied their surgery or did they get it but bankrupt after?

[fazeirony]

often, surgeries are denied if you can't pay. plenty pay insurance premiums diligently but then are routinely denied coverage. there was a story the other day about an insurance provider not continuing anesthesia in surgeries if they (the surgery) takes too long and the patient didn't pay up. healthcare is the #1 problem in the US right now and our legislators are only making it worse due to accepting bribes (i.e. lobbying monies) to keep the status quo or worse, enrich the corporations in our for-profit healthcare system.

[UltraSane]

Surgeons aren't going to do surgery if they aren't paid for it.