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This week is the 15-year anniversary of Joe Lieberman blocking a measure designed to protect millions of people from murder by corporate spreadsheet.
Obama & Dems let it happen with zero public pressure at all. Almost as if it was a Rotating Villain.
www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/h...
Obama & Dems let it happen with zero public pressure at all. Almost as if it was a Rotating Villain.
www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/h...
December 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This week is the 15-year anniversary of Joe Lieberman blocking a measure designed to protect millions of people from murder by corporate spreadsheet.
Obama & Dems let it happen with zero public pressure at all. Almost as if it was a Rotating Villain.
www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/h...
Obama & Dems let it happen with zero public pressure at all. Almost as if it was a Rotating Villain.
www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/h...
Reposted by mekathleen.bsky.social
In 2022, I wrote this essay about how Democrats' health care betrayals were Joker-pilling the whole country.
This week was a reminder that the piece was correct.
This week was a reminder that the piece was correct.
Joker America
How Joe Biden and Democrats are helping Republicans convince the country that government and politics don’t matter.
levernews.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM
In 2022, I wrote this essay about how Democrats' health care betrayals were Joker-pilling the whole country.
This week was a reminder that the piece was correct.
This week was a reminder that the piece was correct.
Reposted by mekathleen.bsky.social
The bank part is insane, by the way. UnitedHealth is a payday lender. They offer advances to doctors while they wait for insurance claims, including *made to UnitedHealth*
That's from this story.
prospect.org/health/2023-...
That's from this story.
prospect.org/health/2023-...
UnitedHealth is the largest employer of physicians in the country. It owns pharmacies, primary care clinics, surgical centers, urgent care centers, home health agencies, hospice agencies, mental health agencies, a PBM, an IT division, and a bank.
There's no compartmentalizing available here.
There's no compartmentalizing available here.
Insurance companies aren’t great or anything but more than virtually anyone else in the health care industry their badness is dictated by pretty ironclad financial and actuarial considerations. But their existence prevents people from having to reckon with the role of providers and consumers
December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The bank part is insane, by the way. UnitedHealth is a payday lender. They offer advances to doctors while they wait for insurance claims, including *made to UnitedHealth*
That's from this story.
prospect.org/health/2023-...
That's from this story.
prospect.org/health/2023-...