Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Is it though? The US still has the death penalty, and the person who commits those killings just gets paid and how’s home.

  And none of those people of death row are responsible for even a small fraction of the evil private health insurers are capable of.

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  • kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s not murder. By definition. Killing does not equal murder

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• inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Then he should of already faced the death penalty for the thousands (millions?) of deaths he caused.

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  • kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You can argue the morality of the situation all you like, but that circumstance doesn’t constitute murder. People in the military can kill thousands without legally being a murderer

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    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The laws are designed to allow murdering the poor. That doesn’t make it “not murder”. When you deny live-saving treatment out of profit considerations, that is both premeditated and killing out of greed. There’s two murder criteria right there.

      If the laws are designed for the elite, it is very stupid to argue morality based on what’s “lawful” and what is illegal.

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      • kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I wasn’t making that argument

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• skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Think of it this way. Based on the fact that today far fewer claims are being denied. He might have already saved hundreds of lives.

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  • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Out of curiosity, is that true, or just your speculation? Are there public data of number of denials per day?

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    • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There was a post here from a pharmacist who noticed claim denials evaporated over night

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      • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If true, that’s very interesting. A very practical result

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