chillinit
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- Comment on Leaked video shows UnitedHealth CEO saying insurer will continue practices that combat 'unnecessary' care 3 weeks ago:
I’ve some entirely unrelated facts to share. Just facts. No editorial.
Andrew Witty is the chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, the parent corporation of UnitedHealthcare.
Stephen J. Hemsley is the chairman of the board of UnitedHealth Group and has a net worth of at least $340.37 million.
David Cordani is the chief executive officer, president, and chairman of Cigna
Sarah London is the chief executive officer of Centene Corporation
David Joyner is the chief executive officer and president of CVS Health
Jim Rechtin is the chief executive officer and president of Humana
Gail Koziara Boudreaux is the chief executive officer and president of Elevance Health
- Comment on Why can't someone create a public alternative to health insurance in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
One really couldn’t hope for a better response than yours, even in details like also adding Liberty Mutual.
State Farm’s adjustors act upon a universal ideology. Their captive agents have nearly zero influence over them. The only difference in service that you’re likely to experience is in communication between yourself and the captive agent.
You’re seem both knowledgeable and rational. My paragraph above is flawed or you’ve some sort of exceptional situation. If it’s flawed then please teach me why.
- Comment on What do people (as in, IRL) actually think of the [alleged] perpetrator involved in the NYC shooting? 3 weeks ago:
The UHC memoriam post on FB had reactions of 95% laughing face emoji and 5% everything else. It’s not the best cross section of humanity. But, public perception seems quite clear.
- Comment on Why can't someone create a public alternative to health insurance in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
Amica is mutual insurance company for auto, home, and life. But, they don’t obstruct and deny legitimate claims like State Farm. Also, real humans answer the phone. The catch is that they’re fairly risk averse.
I state this example because I don’t want people to equate mutual with shitty products and service.
- Comment on China's Xi warns 'no winners' in trade war with US 3 weeks ago:
Guessing that the market is going to come out of the dip and not go further down is a pretty serious risk.
All of a sudden the country might not do what’s it’s designed to do and done for its entire history of existence. That’s some “serious risk”.
Thanks for the contribution from your IRA. It always goes to a good cause.
- Comment on Israel approves emergency law for euthanising stray dogs near Gaza 3 weeks ago:
If they’re going to use American weapons then they should do it the American way: Kill the human’s dog first, then the human. At least they understood that the dog deserves a more humane death. It’s like they’ve never committed genocide before: noob colonizers.
- Comment on Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel 3 weeks ago:
The Nazis that’ve now returned to Germany’s government started throwing temper tantrums because they thought he might delete himself. Tokyo was the only choice.
- Comment on China's Xi warns 'no winners' in trade war with US 3 weeks ago:
Capitalism must consume more. Tne line must go up. If that stops happening for very long then your 401k will be the least of your worries.
Concurrently, Trump will stupid and push the line down for a very brief period of time, repeatedly. It’s tolerated because he’s a puppet that allows much more line go up shenanigans.
Wait for Trump to do the stupid. Buy the dip in an S&P 500 index fund. Then, hold until Q3 28. The money comes from the retirement of apathetic individuals because the corporate never looses.
I’m absolutely not stating this is ethical. It’s instead contributing to the problem. My point is that it’s not very difficult to predict the future.
- Comment on China's Xi warns 'no winners' in trade war with US 3 weeks ago:
This can be safely exploited for profit by the little guy with a little disposable income.
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 3 weeks ago:
Oh, you just wanted the definition to explicitly include the Nazi consequence. I agree that the wiki article could’ve done better in this way.
People worldwide are way dumber than you’re assuming. But, I think that one of the best things we can do about that is to communicate as if they were intelligent.
I expect that a small minority of people would learn what lebensraum was and the context that it was an essential part to the fascist Nazi party. I also expect that those people would perceive the metaphor and understand why both it and Israel’s actions are wrong and evil.
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 3 weeks ago:
That would seem to detract from your intended merit. You leverage historical metaphor of Nazi’s but don’t want to include the history of ideological development that allowed it. But, that ideological history is what best describes what’s happening in countries today such as the United States, Germany, and Australia, as well as what’s taken place in Israel.
Rather than redefine an existing word maybe it’s better to use another. “Genocidal colonizers” seems a reasonable alternative.
- Comment on War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall 3 weeks ago:
Lebensraum: German literal translation “living room” expressed in english as “room to live”.
Lebensraum is a German concept of expansionism and Völkisch nationalism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s.
- Comment on China's Xi warns 'no winners' in trade war with US 3 weeks ago:
It’s Trump’s way of doing business. He’ll consistently take a dollar today instead of a ten tomorrow.
- Comment on Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID 3 weeks ago:
Part of the point of the peer review process is to check for that.
LMFAO. It’s authoritarian China.
- Comment on Trump says Zelensky is ready for 'deal' with Russia 3 weeks ago:
Peace absent justice is the false peace of the neoliberal. I respect what you’re saying enough to pick on the nuance of semantic.
- Comment on Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID 3 weeks ago:
MLK Jr’s white moderate is far more frustrating than any white supremacist. Give “Letter from Birmingham Jail” a read.
- Comment on Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID 3 weeks ago:
Even if it was peer reviewed there’s no means to ensure the input is meritable. The sample set was determined by governance. The implied conclusions were predetermined.
- Comment on [META] Rules update and philoshosy behind this community 3 weeks ago:
You’re starting at zero and trying to figure it out solo. Others already made all the mistakes, reasoned out the nuance, and built the tools. But, you’re not interested in any of that.
I suggest you replace yourself with two others willing to adequately serve.
- Comment on [META] Rules update and philoshosy behind this community 3 weeks ago:
My friend, this is another example of why you should have another brain on the team. They don’t need to be a mod. A que with timed release could easily be coded. There’s likely several decent sets of tools already developed and maintained.
- Comment on Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO 4 weeks ago:
If they did anything that would negatively effect profit they’d be removed by the Board and be subsequently unhirable. They’d have to martyr themselves for the proliteriat. They can’t wisely invest into such sacrifice unless they’ve confidence in the prolitariat’s ideological commitment.
It’s ours to lead, theirs to follow.
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 2 months ago:
I’d argue the replaceable parts and software are what defines a PC for the vast majority of users. Small subsets of users may chase FPS or the highest quality render. But, the vast majority spend more today to spend less long term and want to be in control of their software and hardware.