@@alexkidwell9307 you are so out of touch with reality! The guy didn't care about anything but money, play knocking for them violating antitrust laws which is why the doj came knocking in the first place him in a bunch of the other top executives dumped 150 million dollars worth of stock behind the backs of most of the investors only the top investors got a chance to dump their stock. I'm done a ton of investors lost money because they weren't privy to the insider trading knowledge that he had. He enacted and spearheaded an algorithm with a 90% error rate that had a feature that was built in so employees could not override the algorithms decision. New of the error rate he knew that it was unjustly denying people life-saving health coverage. Just like this guy said that girl died a few days before Christmas because they delayed her coverage. CEO knew that there was no way to override the system and he would not change it thus killing sentencing many people to play most certain painful prolonged death because he refused to change the algorithm and the procedure n niles. Denial rate went from 13% to 23% since he took over more than double the national average. How about money to this guy he didn't care about people and he's exactly where he belongs now with the people that he murdered by not allowing overrides of the algorithm. Luigi is a hero!
Then there is no incentive to provide it. Who would study for 10 years, paying $200K in education, just to make a normal income? Or build a $1 billion hospital just to lose money?
@@civilization57spiritual communities did them for a LONG time. Some of the biggest ones that aren’t directly attached to universities were started by different religions. One of the biggest in STL was a Jewish run one. Then there’s the Catholic run ones. There’s two hospitals where I live. One was non-denominational (we had both Jewish and Christian communities) and the other is Catholic. Religion had a role to play in community good of public health for a long time. The Corporatization of public Health started in 1973. I wish one of the news stations would turn their lenses on this instead of the assassin. Undercut the reason the guy went that way instead of giving the guy what he wants.
@@christinacody8653 Modern medicine is far different than it used to be. It is extremely expensive. And complicated. I agree that Obamacare needs to be tossed out and major reform needed. But nobody works for low wages anymore.
@@civilization57 BS, it can be for profit for the doctors and nurses, but an industry that been created around health insurance to make massive profits siphoning off that. The system is broken. Those of you with great healthcare for life, like elected politicians and government employees are completely out of touch because it does not affect you personally.
Finally someone with common sense. Its not the insurance companies fault, they're "winning" the game. Its the underlaying system that allows them to "win" by putting profit over people. Some industries should not be using this type of system.. But whatever
I always knew American healthcare was f'ed...but I honestly spat my tea out reading that this one firm made like $33bn in profit in 2023. Bonkers and frankly...inhumane. And to think the some are out there justifying it, saying 'it's only a 6% profit margin'.
Nor do profit and greed belong in the political system, yet the system is built on profit and greed. Just watch how dt is allowed to sell our country down the river for his gain.
i CNN needs to quit acting shocked by our outrage over this CEO. I’m a very old lady and I’m very incapable of taking on vicious tasks, so I am no threat, but the thoughts I think….. I’m just an old person who finally realized that 91% of claims that are denied were determined by AI. Now I’m still smart enough to know what AI is. We’re furious!!!!
I think you’ve pointed out an interesting moment. People should be shocked by such a brazen murder, and if it were an ordinary man on the street it wouldn’t get this coverage. But what you say is so important. The reaction was immediate and against the insurance company rather than the young man. Understanding that shift might be key to understanding how people feel about big corporations. This might be a turning point. I’m not co doing the murder but it has the benefit of telling these corporations folk notice what they are doing. The way healthcare is handled by the insurance companies is a form of corporate murder. Many are furious with you. Thank you for your wisdom in this horrid world.
Thanks for being awake to reality! The last woman to speak in this video also says that 'we need to do better'. Ok? Does she mean we need to shut our mouths and dont complain when government goes corrupt like it is now? "We need to do better and stay in line like nice little sheepple"
The ai model was rejecting claims 91% of the time and appeals were done by PCP and specialist doctors (wasting their time explaining to insurance why a patient needs the care) then got accepted. Thats called a prior authorization. Look it up. They by default, reject claims and force doctors to spend time justifying your care to insurance. I do it every week, for drugs, imaging, and even specialist visits.
They also keep saying he was a family man, despite currently going through a divorce. Why isn’t the estranged spouse being questioned like in every other murder investigation?
Don't forget these CEOs pay for ads on these TV station. That's CNN's bread and butter. We now understand why people do not watch these syndicated TV show anymore, with is biased to corporate America and get their news from the people on the ground. 99% of the people are outrage at the CEO; that leaves the 1%. The truth hurts
5:26 "The adjuster, an apparent nod to insurance adjusters" 🤦SMH CNN clearly is so out of touch with the American masses. It's a nod to Jason Statham movie The Adjuster where the morally corrupt and greedy get what they deserve so the nameless billionaires who profit from the unaliving and financial ruin of everyone else remember that they are not untouchable EVEN WHEN THE JUDICIAL refuses to hold them accountable....
Right why don't they focus on interviewing Americans who aren't making 6 or 7 figures a year. Maybe interviewing those who have had to chose between food or medical care. Or those who have spread out their medications because they couldn't afford them
CNN needs to get someone on that panel who actually struggles to pay their bills. Who has children and can't pay for their care. Then see what real Americans feel about this case.
Right! The first woman in this video says that the response from people was 'unexpected'. Wrong! But of course she would say that being privilege and never having to struggle like 99% of people do and it is ironic(or pretty much out of this world) that this is our main stream medias mindset of the world today; disconnected, out of touch, unreal. We need change in all sectors - including reporters like these.
rich folks trying to understand the working class and poor is hilarious. Tell the reporters/anchors to stop with the raised eyebrows. Your healthcare is fine with your fat paychecks. Class struggle is real
I need to see a dermatologist, but I keep putting it off, because Medicare covers partial, but the high deductible, YIKES. I cannot afford the supplemental ins, like the ripoff company UNH/United.
What’s abhorrent is them ignoring the real story and trying to shame people for celebrating the death of a mass murderer. The lack of sympathy they show for the victims of UHC is what is truly abhorrent.
Let's be honest, most of the country wants this guy freed. Luigi might have saved countless lives in the long run going forward. Think about it. He sacrificed his good life to benefit the less fortunate. Thanks Luigi.
What gets me is that they’re saying this guy killing the CEO is appalling, which it is. But what I also find just as appalling is that these companies don’t give a shit about people dying because of insurance issues. this outrage needs to go both ways the fact that it is not that I find appalling.
We all do. The rich elites don't because they don't make a paycheck or even pay taxes to the degree we all do. So they think medical BILLS are an issue but don't care or realize how many peoples lives get ruined financially and then their health is ruined after that. Its all because hospital systems that are for profit are charging more than the Healthcare really costs for profit purely. Then on TOP of that they have a profit margin to reach for insurance companies too. THEN the pharmaceutical companies get their piece of the price gouging and raise prices beyond what any other nations pays because they have single payer systems SET PRICES ON LIFE SAVING MEDICINE. Its not hard to understand unless you literally have brain damage or are a lying rich scumbag on tv apparently. They have no worries because they are rich. End of story.
Really good point. They should have been delving into this story and their shock should have been directed to how deep and multilevel their monopolies are and how many people died because of their corruption and greed. That should have been the story.
@@zoyadulzura7490 exactly. If anything it makes it even more morally reprehensible. If we call it what it is is state sanctioned murder at the hands of runaway capitalism
Is it weird that I feel like my mom's death from lung cancer has somewhat been avenged? It was from lack of treatment while trying to get treatment. She didn't make harmful lifestyle choices or anything. Anyone can get lung cancer. She literally had a fighting chance when she found out but by the time all that shit got sorted she didn't. He killed my mother as much as the cancer did. It's weird knowing what is essentially her murderer's face. She had a fighting chance. He took that away from her, don't give me BS about him trying to change things. And from hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children. Don't expect sympathy from his victims. He had kids? We have parents he essentially murdered too. No one wants to be feeling this way about a murder. He helped create this "cultural moment" too.
Not weird at all...this has been going on for decades since my dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the 90s...you think insurance covered anything then?
Please please please chase the story on the A.I. United Healthcare was using to deny claims. Its a specific piece of software created by a specific company specifically designed to deny claims. Software and A.I. is being used to truly ruthlessly destroy lives. "The suit says that an AI model was used to compare a patient's diagnosis, age, living situation and physical function to similar patients to predict the person's needs, estimated length of stay and target discharge date from care facilities." -Newsweek It did much much more than that as software/a.i. Much more.
back in 2021, I suffered a severe injury to my right shoulder that left me unable to move my arm and in constant pain. Cigna covered the X-ray, but my doctor couldn't determine the full extent of the issue from the imaging alone, so she requested an MRI. However, Cigna denied the MRI request not once, but three times.I became exhausted from the back-and-forth with both Cigna and my doctor, and the constant pain took a toll on my mental health. Eventually, I gave up on pursuing the claims with Cigna. As a result, my shoulder muscles and arm atrophied, and I was unable to even carry grocery bags for a year. It wasn't until about 18 months later, after diligently doing exercises at home, that my shoulder gradually started to heal and return to normal. Throughout this whole ordeal, I was paying $500 a month for health insurance, while making only about $500 a week after the lockdown, which made the situation even more stressful
Maybe stop simping for the CEO who oversaw the highest rate of refusing to cover PROCEDURES THEY ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO COVER your team bragged how someone won AFTER THE COMPANY KILLED THEM anyone on CNN will never understand because y'all have money and power WE THE PEOPLE don't
All of us are. The total braindead zombies at CNN are too comfortable. Eat the rich. They don't even know what grocery prices are like, let alone how scary medical care and costs are for average people having issues.
From what I’ve gathered he’s an actual POS who will do anything for money. He’s being investigated for trying to screw the very investors he was meeting with that day. But we’re not hearing anything about them or the estranged wife being investigated.
My dog had a large portion of his intestines removed for $1,200. I needed a corn removed, and they wanted over $30,000. Medical care wouldn’t cost so much if insurance companies weren’t involved.
Isn't a corn just a top-layer skin thing??? Dang, I'd get a nail file or sandpaper before shelling out $30,000. I've seen some ludicrous, pitchforks-procuring medical costs, but wow, that's wild.
If we all had to pay 100% of the cost there would be tremendous competitive downward pressure on the price of healthcare services. If the Government were to pay 100% (e.g. "Medicare for all") healthcare providers would have the green light to increase prices bc customers would be getting it for free (no price pressure from the consumer). If the Government decided to "control" prices (so as not to go even more bankrupt than it already is) then we would all suffer the consequences: poor service, long waits.
@@zoyadulzura7490 No, your technique is for a callus. And iffy at best. Usually a corn is treated every 2-3 months in an office visit. Takes ten minutes. Total removal may never work.
America sounds like such a dystopia to people outside the country when they learn about what kind of system Americans have to deal with. It's scary or frustrating by itself to get sick in a place like Canada, but payment isn't really something Canadians have to worry about.
I have a problem with empathy for this CEO. He actively supported the death of so many people, human beings in his care, by the sin of GREED. Hitler did not kill people himself, he let it do others. But he was the monster behind this. For me those CEOs who support the death of human life every day because of GREED is the same it was once due to racial cleansing. So how would I ever have been sorry if Hitler had been shot? Stauffenberg was a hero, they made a Movie!! So this discussion is full of hypocrisy.
100% agree. They are trying to shame the people into thinking that we should all shut up and continue to pay without complaining, ever. I think we have been complaining and the government has not listened - so what are the people supposed to do? Continue bending over and get f*cked by the government?
Just wait till dt gets into office and enhances the greed of not only himself but the corporate entities, especially the medical sector. Regulations will be wiped away to allow for drug prices to go up and medical industry to raise prices for everything. Nice going, Magats!
The rich elites don't care or appreciate the stuggle because they don't make a paycheck or even pay taxes to the degree we all do. So they think medical BILLS are an issue but don't care or realize how many peoples lives get ruined financially and then their health is ruined after that. Its all because hospital systems that are for profit are charging more than the Healthcare really costs for profit purely. Then, on TOP of that, they have a profit margin to reach for insurance companies, too. THEN the pharmaceutical companies get their piece of the price gouging and raise prices beyond what any other nations pay because they have single payer systems SET PRICES ON LIFE SAVING MEDICINE. Its not hard to understand unless you literally have brain damage or are a lying rich scumbag on tv, apparently.
Thats the economy working well! 📈 Our govt is bought by these scum lobbyists. We currently live in a form of oligarchy in the US. I genuinely wonder if the rest of you are as sick of our so called leaders in this country. Im a Bernie bro from 2016 and just saw how Nancy Pelosi made a 65% return this year by insider trading and writing the regulations and laws. She should be locked in prison for the rest of her life for that along with the other corrupt officials. That freak with gold bars stashed in his walls who he blamed on his own wife??! And the Supreme Court justice Thomas literally takes bribes and this summer they changed bribery laws so that the criminal act doesn't include taking "gratuities" lmfao so the bribe taking is okay as long as they can't prove that the bribe made you do a bad thing. Its bananas. We live in a great country filled with the greediest bassards in history. Yes the typo is on purpose.
Only the pearl clutches who would work at a desk at cnn or mom. You have a be a special attention seeker to want a job like that. Its like an actor job more than anything. Reading crap someone else wrote for you. They normally don't even agree fully with the teleprompter always. They have done this for years at cnn. They're pandering trash and that's why nobody watches them anymore and their business is failing
My uncle, a farmer his whole life, had to live in chronic pain because had to wait to age 65 to get Medicare coverage for the operations. There was no way he could afford the cost of surgery on his own.
@@digitalreject3233 Medicare is slowly being taken over by commercial insurance as well. You might end up with UHC medicare replacement and be part of the 30% denial rate.
@@northerncousin7862 I'm not a farmer but I went without health insurance for 33 years because I could nor afford it. I have a chronic lumbar spinal deformation that has gotten worse and when I turned 65 last year I finally have Medicare. I just had a series of xrays, MRI and XT scan, only to have the doctor say I can live with the pain. Pathetic system we have.
I can’t comprehend how these companies are allowed to deny life-saving treatments. It’s a fact that people are dying because of their negligence and greed, yet somehow this is considered acceptable by both law and society. How is this not treated as a criminal act? As a medical professional, if I were to refuse to provide life-saving medication or treatment, I would be held accountable, lose my license, and face jail time. How are such blatant double standards acceptable in our society? Can someone please explain this to me?
And nurses and doctors are sick of this insurance system, too. Many are saying they spend more time dealing with insurance companies than they do with patients.
This isn’t a big mystery to solve. The US has a for profit health system costing twice as much. You can just vote your interests and implement public healthcare like the rest of the developed world.
This corrupt system needs to be forced upside down. Healthcare is expensive because these people exploit patients in their times of need and vulnerability.
He’s been ringing the alarm bell on this for a while now. He’s basically been a whistleblower that few people paid attention to until Thompson got shot.
@kimfxer he got let go after publicly supporting his older brother at the end of his governorship 5:04 because of the debacle of his scummy older brother selling govt bids to his buddies and killing thousands of old people during covid. Youre either a liar or totally ignorant to reality and the facts
It's amazing how the rich are granted liver transplants after years of heavy drinking and drug addiction before those who are denied or on a waiting list for years. The 17 year old who died due to her claim for a liver transplant being denied is heinous.
Not to go off on a tangent, but aren't livers something that can be divvied up? Why can't one liver be split between two patients? I heard that a piece of a liver will, after some time, grow to be a full-sized liver. I'm not a medical expert and would love to understand this better, and why anyone is being denied some kind of liver transplant.
To these people on the panel “THE TRUTH HURTS” the truth people are dying and suffering because of these disgusting companies! This is shining a light 💡 on it! If it takes a hot assassin to get the word out then so be it! Deal with it!
In a Sane society this event would have Our Elected Officials calling for an immediate session of Congress to address the issue of Insurance Companies denying care and WHY.
But where would lawmakers go to work for millions after they get voted out of office? How would a public servant become a multimillionaire like Pelosi and mitch McConnell? They need 2 fridges for ice cream dude? Or for sugar babies like Gaetz lol
Violence should never be an answer that we are comfortable with. But the Cigna adjuster (mentioned by Wendell Potter) who knowingly and deliberately withheld a lifesaving operation from that girl in California is not without guilt or shame.
Has CNN forgotten Trump said in the last interview he is having insurance companies involved in putting together a health care program to replace the Affordable Health Care program? Trump said it, it's of record of him stating that he is having insurance companies advise him. Check it out CNN. The health care business is just that, business, no one should forget that. I hope nothing like this ever happens again, it's beyond sad. However, something needs to be done about health care in this country. How do other countries do it? Why can't we do the same or better? Scary.
The European Union, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and other countries have a Universal Free or semi Free Health Care System, why not in America ?? Because Republican reject it because they say that is socialism or even communism and it goes against Free Enterprise and competition.
@@Meattemple *You* spelled "Obamacare" wrong (it's one word). I'm not sure what your purpose is in calling the ACA by its less formal name. Are you pointing out that we can thank Obama for making such a dramatic improvement in the system happen? It was one his best accomplishments.
Single Payer Healthcare. I vote against all politicians against it. I wrote in Bernie twice and Stein this election all here in PA. I will continue to disqualify any candidate in any party that's against Single Payer. It's a litmus test. It's non negotiable.
@@LeftWingNationalist I will vote for the candidate who will get us closer to Single Payer if it means helping to keep out someone who's further away from it. Like voting for Harris instead of Trump. Because keeping Trump out of the White House was a big priority this time around. (Whoops...)
@@zoyadulzura7490 The Democratic party rejects Single Payer Healthcare just like Republicans There isn't "getting closer" to anything. I dont know what the hell youe assuming. Single Payer is a requirement to get my vote. I'm very happy Harris lost.
@@zoyadulzura7490 Democrats are against Single Payet Healthcare. They are Neoliberals. Neoliberalism want to maintain Privatized Healthcare system. Not my fault you don't know these basics.
@@zoyadulzura7490 Do whatever you want. Ill stand by and watch Vance be a 2 term President and still not help the Democrats until Single Payer is as enshrined into their doctrine as Roe was
@@Odog78 It's becoming increasingly monopolized, though. People don't exactly have much choice in what insurance company they go through--most are basically stuck with whatever plan their insurance offers. And these companies are buying up actual healthcare providers, so that they can set prices *and* provide insurance. It's a system that is designed to make a few people very, very rich, and scr*w the rest of us.
U.S. health insurers were first allowed to make a profit in 1973 with the passage of the Health Maintenance Organization Act (HMO Act) signed by President Nixon. Prior to this, for-profit health insurance companies were not allowed to operate in the United States. There is another way.
Yes. Exactly right. Nixon was a crook with crooked and evil ways of thinking. He even recorded himself talking to someone about how great it was that claims would be denied in order for the insurance companies to profiteer off of the sick and injured, once he understood in that conversation that was the plan --- profiteering off of the sufferings and deaths of Americans who would pay out a lot up front for 'healthcare' 'assurances' and wind up doing without. Before the extreme crookedness of some politicians and others who profiteer off of insurance company profits, a man could make around minimum wage and afford a wife and kids, a home for them to live in, an automobile, and to take himself or a family member to a regular doctor for routine illnesses or an ER in an emergency an receive treatment. They weren't able to live real high on the hog, but they were able to live. Nixon was big on beginning the downfall and stripping a life away from the average American citizen and worker --- taking us backward in that respect. They all want to make American 'great again' by continuing in that vein of making it so great again for the small handful of profiteers, crooked users of average American citizens. Use up the essential expendable workers and throw them away, just like they were able to do before the FDR and LBJ era. Make people believe that the greed of those above you is what will save you. Make people believe that others who don't have it as good as you do are the ones who took everything from you --- even though they aren't the ones with the evidence of having taken it, and those rich and righteous 'saviors' are enjoying all that evidence. Proverbs 22: 16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and one who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty.
But you have to understand, this is we, the people telling you, things need to change, and apparently out of greed and power they are not. Everything in this country seems to be designed for the rich and it's getting worse. So, sorry if tragedy had to happen in order to bring this to light. And i'm going to guess that there will be more people like him to bring on more tragedy in order for things to change. If people aren't listening to you when you're being nice, then you have to resort to yelling. And so now we have public outcry. How many deaths have insurance companies caused because of their decision to deny.
You can say its not okay to take out greedy healthcare CEO’s but this is what it took for our healthcare problem to be highlighted in the media more than it ever has in American history
Yeah they lie and obfuscate to distract us about the morality so you mentally come away with "well everyone is saying how morally wrong murdering is" then the rest of the segment are a bunch of know nothing people talking about useless thoughts and moral grandstanding. The whole point is to leave the audience walking away from this segment thinking "murder is wrong" the killer is wrong. Never about the reason. They want to shut down the masses thinking they can get away with it too. Make everyone agree it was bad to prevent it happening again. They're herding the sheep thoughts by saying it over and over across all news stations besides independent media who are actual working class people generally and not talking heads hired to repeat trash
Well you had me in the first half when you had an ex- insurance exec describing exactly what makes people angry... and yet you followed up by this unprofessional nonsense... Calling citizen "normal" people, healthcare industry "got problems". Your public IHN states that around 84.000 live are considered preventable which are caused by denied claims EACH YEAR.... THIS is murder. And yet you complain that the guy is called a hottie? And how this is handled on Social Media? This is such unprofessional "journalism" that it can only be a joke
Wendell Potter feels bad about what the insurance industry is doing to people, but not remorseful enough to return his ill-gotten money to those who needed it. Nothing more than a skilled faker.
We pay exorbitant premiums, yet when we need care, we’re denied access. Healthcare should be run as a nonprofit system, where medical decisions are made by doctors-those trained to prioritize patients’ well-being-not by profit-driven CEOs who benefit financially from denying care.
I get the idea that the average person with morals can't even fathom some of the discussions that happen behind closed doors among the higher-ups in those companies, some of the plans that they would enact if they believed they could get away with it.
Germany maintained a ""General Healthcare System" for over 100 Years and it's working just fine. That system is actually a Federal System, controlled by representatives of the people. Anybody who enters the country, employed or registered as unemployed, will receive General Healthcare. I would love to go on like this, but why would I when you already understand.
What would be a nice segment on CNN is someone reading this comment section to these clueless people. And another good segment would be them talking about how “abhorrent” the lack of care and concern the executives of UHC had for their customers is.
The former healthcare executive seems sincere but he is clueless when it comes to the big picture. "For profit" health care needs to be scrapped in favor of a universal single payer model. Americans are tired of unnecessarily paying bookies to play sometimes fatal healthcare roulette.
imo: how about a list with all the thousands of patient names of those that died at the hands of this UHC CEO (he worked at UHC for 20 years!)? And then expand that list to include thousands more that have had denied or delayed claims by all of the industry's health insurance companies? Someone really needs to spearhead a list, if at all possible. Maybe an online website? idk.
UHC denied PET scan for me after a needle biopsy confirmed invasive breast cancer. PET scan was necessary to rule out distant metastasis but UHC denied it even after peer to peer with my oncologist. I ended up paying for it myself, $3000 PET scan. It can cost a whole pay check for so many patients. Not only this, I paid for so many meds out of pocket because they were life saving. I am changing to a different insurance this year.
I absolutely do not condone murder, but one of the comments in this interview is confusing to me. How exactly do we lift one another up? What a silly, useless thing to say. That’s why they hire you to sit on a round table like this at CNN? Give me a break. Lose me with that. I listen to this interview and I just thought to myself, “I can never get these five minutes back in my life“. How does somebody lift up the CEO of a healthcare company? Does he need lifting up? Seriously? He certainly does not deserve to be dead, but I am positive he has been responsible for the deaths of so many people. And the suffering, which might even be worse. And do you think that he cared for even one second of his life? Do you think that when they sat around a big desk, deciding what to do at his healthcare company that they considered the patients who didn’t have a lot of money for even one second? I don’t think so. They are despicable in the way they deal with American citizens. Absolutely indisputable. They are disgusting. Everybody has a horrific story about an insurance company. I think this kind of situation was inevitable. All of it. The event, and the tragic response. And I have no idea how it can get better at this point. Capitalism.
Because they legally have a requirement to try and make money for their stockholders, which is in direct opposition to helping patients at a reduced cost. See the fallacy of "for-profit- healthcare?" They are deluded morons acting like it's impossible and doctors would suddenly become poor and homeless lol cnn is a disgrace to all media, let alone the "News"
I just googled Nataline Sarkisyan. This is a tragic and sad story. How can a medical director sitting in an office somewhere has all the power to decide life or death for a patient.
I need a knee replacement but I’m too young to have a knee replacement. So my doctor recommended a protein for my knee. My insurance denied it. I’ve done physical therapy and I’m in pain daily and can barely walk. Ive had a couple of bad falls because my knee gives out. I pay around $1500 a month for insurance that won’t even approve a shot that I clearly need.
Look around for a serious and well rated stem cell specialist. Normally an ortho specialist or rheumatologist. That really might change your entire life. I currently do Internal Medicine at a practice in Missouri and have had several patients now finding docs able to do stem cell injections and it works wonders in shoulder joints and elbows from my anecdotal experience. Worth a shot especially at a young age you should avoid surgery at all costs until it's unbearable pain tbh. Just my 2 cents
Oh or a steroid injection called triamcinolone/lidocaine. A bursa joint inj can basically lube inside the knee joint and takes 2 mins with less long lasting effects than surgery or stem cells.
I lost my job a month ago and need medication & Cobra UH wanted $500+ per month to continue coverage for one person and I said NO I will try to get a job quick enough to get coverage soon I can not even imagine what a family with kids would do in my situation. So understand our frustration with insurance companies. Don’t expect us to feel bad or condemn what this guy did when insurance CEOs do just that to average Americans every single day from their office denying coverage that can save lives. So who has more blood in their hands ?
They want 1800 a month for m29 f25 m2 and f3. No issues or health problems lmfao. No medications actively being taken or surgeries or pre-existing conditions besides familial hx of breast cancer. They want nearly 2x my mortgage for a catastrophic plan
The CEO was NOT trying to make things better for people. BUT he was trying to make more money for himself and other top CEO's.
ok are u doing anything to change the system?? or just hiding behind a keyboard u are the problem
@@alexkidwell9307😂
@alexkidwell...what are you doing to help?
@@alexkidwell9307 you are so out of touch with reality! The guy didn't care about anything but money, play knocking for them violating antitrust laws which is why the doj came knocking in the first place him in a bunch of the other top executives dumped 150 million dollars worth of stock behind the backs of most of the investors only the top investors got a chance to dump their stock. I'm done a ton of investors lost money because they weren't privy to the insider trading knowledge that he had. He enacted and spearheaded an algorithm with a 90% error rate that had a feature that was built in so employees could not override the algorithms decision. New of the error rate he knew that it was unjustly denying people life-saving health coverage. Just like this guy said that girl died a few days before Christmas because they delayed her coverage. CEO knew that there was no way to override the system and he would not change it thus killing sentencing many people to play most certain painful prolonged death because he refused to change the algorithm and the procedure n niles. Denial rate went from 13% to 23% since he took over more than double the national average. How about money to this guy he didn't care about people and he's exactly where he belongs now with the people that he murdered by not allowing overrides of the algorithm. Luigi is a hero!
@@alexkidwell9307 What are YOU doing?
HEALTHCARE SHOULD NOT BE A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS
Then there is no incentive to provide it.
Who would study for 10 years, paying $200K in education, just to make a normal income?
Or build a $1 billion hospital just to lose money?
@@civilization57spiritual communities did them for a LONG time. Some of the biggest ones that aren’t directly attached to universities were started by different religions. One of the biggest in STL was a Jewish run one. Then there’s the Catholic run ones. There’s two hospitals where I live. One was non-denominational (we had both Jewish and Christian communities) and the other is Catholic. Religion had a role to play in community good of public health for a long time. The Corporatization of public Health started in 1973. I wish one of the news stations would turn their lenses on this instead of the assassin. Undercut the reason the guy went that way instead of giving the guy what he wants.
@@civilization57the incentive is to live healthily ?
@@christinacody8653 Modern medicine is far different than it used to be. It is extremely expensive. And complicated. I agree that Obamacare needs to be tossed out and major reform needed. But nobody works for low wages anymore.
@@civilization57 BS, it can be for profit for the doctors and nurses, but an industry that been created around health insurance to make massive profits siphoning off that. The system is broken. Those of you with great healthcare for life, like elected politicians and government employees are completely out of touch because it does not affect you personally.
Profit and greed don't belong in healthcare and education systems. Period!
Sadly
Facts
Finally someone with common sense. Its not the insurance companies fault, they're "winning" the game. Its the underlaying system that allows them to "win" by putting profit over people. Some industries should not be using this type of system.. But whatever
I always knew American healthcare was f'ed...but I honestly spat my tea out reading that this one firm made like $33bn in profit in 2023. Bonkers and frankly...inhumane. And to think the some are out there justifying it, saying 'it's only a 6% profit margin'.
Nor do profit and greed belong in the political system, yet the system is built on profit and greed. Just watch how dt is allowed to sell our country down the river for his gain.
i CNN needs to quit acting shocked by our outrage over this CEO. I’m a very old lady and I’m very incapable of taking on vicious tasks, so I am no threat, but the thoughts I think….. I’m just an old person who finally realized that 91% of claims that are denied were determined by AI. Now I’m still smart enough to know what AI is. We’re furious!!!!
I think you’ve pointed out an interesting moment. People should be shocked by such a brazen murder, and if it were an ordinary man on the street it wouldn’t get this coverage. But what you say is so important. The reaction was immediate and against the insurance company rather than the young man. Understanding that shift might be key to understanding how people feel about big corporations. This might be a turning point. I’m not co doing the murder but it has the benefit of telling these corporations folk notice what they are doing. The way healthcare is handled by the insurance companies is a form of corporate murder. Many are furious with you. Thank you for your wisdom in this horrid world.
Thanks for being awake to reality! The last woman to speak in this video also says that 'we need to do better'. Ok? Does she mean we need to shut our mouths and dont complain when government goes corrupt like it is now? "We need to do better and stay in line like nice little sheepple"
I think claims denied was 32%. The AI failure rate was over 90% I think was the thing. Still really bad.
It would have been funny if the media had acted shocked about people celebrating deaths when Sadam Houssein or Osama bin Laden died.
Bullshit about the ceo making it better 🙄 he was under investigation for insider trading to further enrich himself!!!
The ai model was rejecting claims 91% of the time and appeals were done by PCP and specialist doctors (wasting their time explaining to insurance why a patient needs the care) then got accepted. Thats called a prior authorization. Look it up. They by default, reject claims and force doctors to spend time justifying your care to insurance. I do it every week, for drugs, imaging, and even specialist visits.
Somehow they don't want to discuss this DOJ investigation in mainstream news!
They also keep saying he was a family man, despite currently going through a divorce. Why isn’t the estranged spouse being questioned like in every other murder investigation?
It's hilarious CNN keeps talking to CEO's to find out what the average citizen is thinking.
Don't forget these CEOs pay for ads on these TV station. That's CNN's bread and butter. We now understand why people do not watch these syndicated TV show anymore, with is biased to corporate America and get their news from the people on the ground. 99% of the people are outrage at the CEO; that leaves the 1%. The truth hurts
These ppl always talking to the wrong ppl to get feedback
all the cnn anchors are millionares talking to other millionaires wondering whats going on 😂
5:26 "The adjuster, an apparent nod to insurance adjusters" 🤦SMH CNN clearly is so out of touch with the American masses. It's a nod to Jason Statham movie The Adjuster where the morally corrupt and greedy get what they deserve so the nameless billionaires who profit from the unaliving and financial ruin of everyone else remember that they are not untouchable EVEN WHEN THE JUDICIAL refuses to hold them accountable....
Right why don't they focus on interviewing Americans who aren't making 6 or 7 figures a year. Maybe interviewing those who have had to chose between food or medical care. Or those who have spread out their medications because they couldn't afford them
Deny, delay, gaslight, bankrupt. That's your healthcare industry in a nutshell!
Well said
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”-Malcolm S. Forbes.
FACTS…..God judges our deeds and our words
CNN needs to get someone on that panel who actually struggles to pay their bills. Who has children and can't pay for their care. Then see what real Americans feel about this case.
100% agree
Everybody is frustrated with their coverage.
CNN doesn't want the truth. Only propaganda.
Neither CNN nor any other media outlet will do that because that would go against the narrative of supporting corporate America.
Right! The first woman in this video says that the response from people was 'unexpected'. Wrong! But of course she would say that being privilege and never having to struggle like 99% of people do and it is ironic(or pretty much out of this world) that this is our main stream medias mindset of the world today; disconnected, out of touch, unreal. We need change in all sectors - including reporters like these.
Bernie sanders has been sounding the alarm over this for years
Many people ignored him because they didn't want to believe it was actually a problem. But now it's just gotten worse and worse.
healthcare is the story, not the shooter
Well said
🥇
CEO insider trading right before UHC antitrust lawsuit went public is a story too. And a crime.
rich folks trying to understand the working class and poor is hilarious. Tell the reporters/anchors to stop with the raised eyebrows. Your healthcare is fine with your fat paychecks. Class struggle is real
I need to see a dermatologist, but I keep putting it off, because Medicare covers partial, but the high deductible, YIKES. I cannot afford the supplemental ins, like the ripoff company UNH/United.
At least they are talking about it!
Trying to shame us with words like "abhorrent" when insurance companies are actively tearing this country apart and leaving citizens in tents.
its rich... and ironic.
What’s abhorrent is them ignoring the real story and trying to shame people for celebrating the death of a mass murderer. The lack of sympathy they show for the victims of UHC is what is truly abhorrent.
Let's be honest, most of the country wants this guy freed. Luigi might have saved countless lives in the long run going forward. Think about it. He sacrificed his good life to benefit the less fortunate. Thanks Luigi.
UHC will just replace CEO with another.
What gets me is that they’re saying this guy killing the CEO is appalling, which it is. But what I also find just as appalling is that these companies don’t give a shit about people dying because of insurance issues. this outrage needs to go both ways the fact that it is not that I find appalling.
We all do. The rich elites don't because they don't make a paycheck or even pay taxes to the degree we all do. So they think medical BILLS are an issue but don't care or realize how many peoples lives get ruined financially and then their health is ruined after that. Its all because hospital systems that are for profit are charging more than the Healthcare really costs for profit purely. Then on TOP of that they have a profit margin to reach for insurance companies too. THEN the pharmaceutical companies get their piece of the price gouging and raise prices beyond what any other nations pays because they have single payer systems SET PRICES ON LIFE SAVING MEDICINE. Its not hard to understand unless you literally have brain damage or are a lying rich scumbag on tv apparently. They have no worries because they are rich. End of story.
Yup. The fact that these companies can legally get away with it (for now, at least) doesn't make it not morally reprehensible.
Really good point. They should have been delving into this story and their shock should have been directed to how deep and multilevel their monopolies are and how many people died because of their corruption and greed. That should have been the story.
@@zoyadulzura7490 exactly. If anything it makes it even more morally reprehensible. If we call it what it is is state sanctioned murder at the hands of runaway capitalism
Both are evil, but what is more evil
Let’s mourn the victims of the CEO, not the CEO himself.
Is it weird that I feel like my mom's death from lung cancer has somewhat been avenged? It was from lack of treatment while trying to get treatment. She didn't make harmful lifestyle choices or anything. Anyone can get lung cancer. She literally had a fighting chance when she found out but by the time all that shit got sorted she didn't. He killed my mother as much as the cancer did. It's weird knowing what is essentially her murderer's face. She had a fighting chance. He took that away from her, don't give me BS about him trying to change things. And from hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children. Don't expect sympathy from his victims. He had kids? We have parents he essentially murdered too. No one wants to be feeling this way about a murder. He helped create this "cultural moment" too.
Gosh, so sorry for your loss. 🩷
Not weird at all...this has been going on for decades since my dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the 90s...you think insurance covered anything then?
I’m glad you finally got some sort of feeling of justice for your mother. So very sorry for your great loss.
Do you really not believe that Americans are truly pissed off and sick of the American Healthcare system?
Please please please chase the story on the A.I. United Healthcare was using to deny claims. Its a specific piece of software created by a specific company specifically designed to deny claims. Software and A.I. is being used to truly ruthlessly destroy lives.
"The suit says that an AI model was used to compare a patient's diagnosis, age, living situation and physical function to similar patients to predict the person's needs, estimated length of stay and target discharge date from care facilities."
-Newsweek
It did much much more than that as software/a.i.
Much more.
Yes! The use of AI in matters of medical insurance is a major threat to people's well being.
Ai is a threat to life. It should be illegal for a.i. to make life and death decisions
back in 2021, I suffered a severe injury to my right shoulder that left me unable to move my arm and in constant pain. Cigna covered the X-ray, but my doctor couldn't determine the full extent of the issue from the imaging alone, so she requested an MRI. However, Cigna denied the MRI request not once, but three times.I became exhausted from the back-and-forth with both Cigna and my doctor, and the constant pain took a toll on my mental health. Eventually, I gave up on pursuing the claims with Cigna. As a result, my shoulder muscles and arm atrophied, and I was unable to even carry grocery bags for a year. It wasn't until about 18 months later, after diligently doing exercises at home, that my shoulder gradually started to heal and return to normal. Throughout this whole ordeal, I was paying $500 a month for health insurance, while making only about $500 a week after the lockdown, which made the situation even more stressful
Luigi was at my house that night watching Seinfeld reruns
He couldn’t have done it
I remember, I was there. 🤷♂️
Yeah, he was shooting Thompson at 6:30am.
@@danny1682there is no Italian American discrimination in this comment section boi
@@paz2941 Did I say anything about Italian Americans?
@@danny1682 Nah, he was watching Seinfield with Scott. I saw them from Scott's walls.
Maybe stop simping for the CEO who oversaw the highest rate of refusing to cover PROCEDURES THEY ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO COVER your team bragged how someone won AFTER THE COMPANY KILLED THEM anyone on CNN will never understand because y'all have money and power WE THE PEOPLE don't
Exactly. Its time. I have waited for this time for my entire life. I'm glad you are here to see the change too friend.
Imagine how many ppl lost their lives because of that man .....no one's looking at that
All of us are. The total braindead zombies at CNN are too comfortable. Eat the rich. They don't even know what grocery prices are like, let alone how scary medical care and costs are for average people having issues.
From what I’ve gathered he’s an actual POS who will do anything for money. He’s being investigated for trying to screw the very investors he was meeting with that day. But we’re not hearing anything about them or the estranged wife being investigated.
According to the National Institute of Health, around 26,000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance.
My dog had a large portion of his intestines removed for $1,200. I needed a corn removed, and they wanted over $30,000. Medical care wouldn’t cost so much if insurance companies weren’t involved.
Isn't a corn just a top-layer skin thing??? Dang, I'd get a nail file or sandpaper before shelling out $30,000. I've seen some ludicrous, pitchforks-procuring medical costs, but wow, that's wild.
yes, it is. And I agree. I will not and did not participate in costs of this magnitude even though my personal costs wouldn’t have been that high.
Have you tried Bob's Corn Remover/Donuts/And Chinese Take Out?
If we all had to pay 100% of the cost there would be tremendous competitive downward pressure on the price of healthcare services. If the Government were to pay 100% (e.g. "Medicare for all") healthcare providers would have the green light to increase prices bc customers would be getting it for free (no price pressure from the consumer). If the Government decided to "control" prices (so as not to go even more bankrupt than it already is) then we would all suffer the consequences: poor service, long waits.
@@zoyadulzura7490 No, your technique is for a callus. And iffy at best. Usually a corn is treated every 2-3 months in an office visit. Takes ten minutes. Total removal may never work.
Health insurance is too expensive; health care is too expensive. Single payer is the answer….NOT run through privatization. It’s ludicrous.
America sounds like such a dystopia to people outside the country when they learn about what kind of system Americans have to deal with. It's scary or frustrating by itself to get sick in a place like Canada, but payment isn't really something Canadians have to worry about.
Government hospital means no service no doctors no accountability. There should both options the dual system of health care like UK & India has.
"FRUSTRATION" IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
I have a problem with empathy for this CEO. He actively supported the death of so many people, human beings in his care, by the sin of GREED. Hitler did not kill people himself, he let it do others. But he was the monster behind this. For me those CEOs who support the death of human life every day because of GREED is the same it was once due to racial cleansing. So how would I ever have been sorry if Hitler had been shot? Stauffenberg was a hero, they made a Movie!! So this discussion is full of hypocrisy.
100% agree. They are trying to shame the people into thinking that we should all shut up and continue to pay without complaining, ever. I think we have been complaining and the government has not listened - so what are the people supposed to do? Continue bending over and get f*cked by the government?
Just wait till dt gets into office and enhances the greed of not only himself but the corporate entities, especially the medical sector. Regulations will be wiped away to allow for drug prices to go up and medical industry to raise prices for everything. Nice going, Magats!
Guys. This is why people dont trust you.
Not surprised people are taking matters into their own hands(vigilantism) when convicted felons see NO accountability.
People are speaking out in this way because they have no other way of eradicating this horrible in justice with these insurance companies
The rich elites don't care or appreciate the stuggle because they don't make a paycheck or even pay taxes to the degree we all do. So they think medical BILLS are an issue but don't care or realize how many peoples lives get ruined financially and then their health is ruined after that. Its all because hospital systems that are for profit are charging more than the Healthcare really costs for profit purely. Then, on TOP of that, they have a profit margin to reach for insurance companies, too. THEN the pharmaceutical companies get their piece of the price gouging and raise prices beyond what any other nations pay because they have single payer systems SET PRICES ON LIFE SAVING MEDICINE. Its not hard to understand unless you literally have brain damage or are a lying rich scumbag on tv, apparently.
Record high profits for corporations while the rest of us struggle.
Thats the economy working well! 📈
Our govt is bought by these scum lobbyists. We currently live in a form of oligarchy in the US. I genuinely wonder if the rest of you are as sick of our so called leaders in this country.
Im a Bernie bro from 2016 and just saw how Nancy Pelosi made a 65% return this year by insider trading and writing the regulations and laws. She should be locked in prison for the rest of her life for that along with the other corrupt officials. That freak with gold bars stashed in his walls who he blamed on his own wife??! And the Supreme Court justice Thomas literally takes bribes and this summer they changed bribery laws so that the criminal act doesn't include taking "gratuities" lmfao so the bribe taking is okay as long as they can't prove that the bribe made you do a bad thing. Its bananas. We live in a great country filled with the greediest bassards in history. Yes the typo is on purpose.
CEO used to make 10 million a year which is 27,000 a day you think that's fair
Sounds like at least 365 people's surgeries had to be denied to cover that last year.
Plus BENEFITS!
Plus BENEFITS
It's really strange to me that anyone keeps trying to insist that the response to the killing is unexpected.
Only the pearl clutches who would work at a desk at cnn or mom. You have a be a special attention seeker to want a job like that. Its like an actor job more than anything. Reading crap someone else wrote for you. They normally don't even agree fully with the teleprompter always. They have done this for years at cnn. They're pandering trash and that's why nobody watches them anymore and their business is failing
I have not had health insurance for 20 years. Why bother when they won’t pay when needed anyway.
Excellent point. I didn't have it either for 33 years. The only reason I have it now is that I turned 65 last year and enrolled in Medicare.
I won't buy health insurance under any circumstance. I expect my taxes to fund my Healthcare and if it doesn't that the hospitals problem.
My uncle, a farmer his whole life, had to live in chronic pain because had to wait to age 65 to get Medicare coverage for the operations. There was no way he could afford the cost of surgery on his own.
@@digitalreject3233 Medicare is slowly being taken over by commercial insurance as well. You might end up with UHC medicare replacement and be part of the 30% denial rate.
@@northerncousin7862 I'm not a farmer but I went without health insurance for 33 years because I could nor afford it. I have a chronic lumbar spinal deformation that has gotten worse and when I turned 65 last year I finally have Medicare. I just had a series of xrays, MRI and XT scan, only to have the doctor say I can live with the pain. Pathetic system we have.
I can’t comprehend how these companies are allowed to deny life-saving treatments. It’s a fact that people are dying because of their negligence and greed, yet somehow this is considered acceptable by both law and society. How is this not treated as a criminal act?
As a medical professional, if I were to refuse to provide life-saving medication or treatment, I would be held accountable, lose my license, and face jail time. How are such blatant double standards acceptable in our society? Can someone please explain this to me?
Regular working people can't afford to sue them.
Ppl called him a hero before they saw his face. Seeing him just brought more attention
Culteral Moment? no. 85% of us are screwed and the top makes money off our denied services.
Health insurance is not healthcare. Nurses and doctors provide healthcare.
Please emphasize this distinction in every news report, debate, discussion and post.
The health insurance companies pay them good money that comes out of our pocket and thus closes this vicious circle of robbery """ !!!
And nurses and doctors are sick of this insurance system, too. Many are saying they spend more time dealing with insurance companies than they do with patients.
This isn’t a big mystery to solve. The US has a for profit health system costing twice as much.
You can just vote your interests and implement public healthcare like the rest of the developed world.
Some small U.S. companies even fire employees who have a medical issue they think might increase their group insurance rate.
Can’t have a healthcare system that’s for profit. That’s the problem CEO’s makes millions and consumers die or go bankrupt
This corrupt system needs to be forced upside down. Healthcare is expensive because these people exploit patients in their times of need and vulnerability.
Walked away with huge severance package, millions in his 401k, huge bonus year after year…..now he’s acting like, how could this happen.
He isn’t acting like how can this happen. He said he understood
but at least he walked away sooner than later.
He’s been ringing the alarm bell on this for a while now. He’s basically been a whistleblower that few people paid attention to until Thompson got shot.
@kimfxer he got let go after publicly supporting his older brother at the end of his governorship 5:04 because of the debacle of his scummy older brother selling govt bids to his buddies and killing thousands of old people during covid. Youre either a liar or totally ignorant to reality and the facts
It's amazing how the rich are granted liver transplants after years of heavy drinking and drug addiction before those who are denied or on a waiting list for years. The 17 year old who died due to her claim for a liver transplant being denied is heinous.
Not to go off on a tangent, but aren't livers something that can be divvied up? Why can't one liver be split between two patients? I heard that a piece of a liver will, after some time, grow to be a full-sized liver. I'm not a medical expert and would love to understand this better, and why anyone is being denied some kind of liver transplant.
To these people on the panel “THE TRUTH HURTS” the truth people are dying and suffering because of these disgusting companies! This is shining a light 💡 on it! If it takes a hot assassin to get the word out then so be it! Deal with it!
Did this "expert" really just try to gaslight me into thinking that CEO was actually a "good guy for the people" 😑 Boy bye 🚮
“They should not be connecting healthcare with murder”.
Exactly.
Greed.
Not all things that are illegal are Immoral.
Some things that are legal are also incredibly immoral.
My God, just lost a couple of neurons after listening to that last conversation.
How many people are killed by wrongly denied healthcare ?
Does that just accounts as bad luck ?
In a Sane society this event would have Our Elected Officials calling for an immediate session of Congress to address the issue of Insurance Companies denying care and WHY.
But where would lawmakers go to work for millions after they get voted out of office? How would a public servant become a multimillionaire like Pelosi and mitch McConnell? They need 2 fridges for ice cream dude? Or for sugar babies like Gaetz lol
CEO insider trading right before UHC antitrust lawsuit went public is a crime.
Violence should never be an answer that we are comfortable with. But the Cigna adjuster (mentioned by Wendell Potter) who knowingly and deliberately withheld a lifesaving operation from that girl in California is not without guilt or shame.
Has CNN forgotten Trump said in the last interview he is having insurance companies involved in putting together a health care program to replace the Affordable Health Care program? Trump said it, it's of record of him stating that he is having insurance companies advise him. Check it out CNN. The health care business is just that, business, no one should forget that. I hope nothing like this ever happens again, it's beyond sad. However, something needs to be done about health care in this country. How do other countries do it? Why can't we do the same or better? Scary.
You spelled Obama care wrong.
The European Union, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and other countries have a Universal Free or semi Free Health Care System, why not in America ?? Because Republican reject it because they say that is socialism or even communism and it goes against Free Enterprise and competition.
@@Meattemple Why, you think Trump care is more affordable LOL !!!
@@Meattemple *You* spelled "Obamacare" wrong (it's one word). I'm not sure what your purpose is in calling the ACA by its less formal name. Are you pointing out that we can thank Obama for making such a dramatic improvement in the system happen? It was one his best accomplishments.
Those companies appear to be pure evil. Greed will kill so many.
When you in pain no one know
Universal Healthcare, Public Option, Medicare for ALL
Single Payer Healthcare.
I vote against all politicians against it. I wrote in Bernie twice and Stein this election all here in PA. I will continue to disqualify any candidate in any party that's against Single Payer. It's a litmus test. It's non negotiable.
@@LeftWingNationalist I will vote for the candidate who will get us closer to Single Payer if it means helping to keep out someone who's further away from it. Like voting for Harris instead of Trump. Because keeping Trump out of the White House was a big priority this time around. (Whoops...)
@@zoyadulzura7490 The Democratic party rejects Single Payer Healthcare just like Republicans There isn't "getting closer" to anything. I dont know what the hell youe assuming. Single Payer is a requirement to get my vote. I'm very happy Harris lost.
@@zoyadulzura7490 Democrats are against Single Payet Healthcare. They are Neoliberals. Neoliberalism want to maintain Privatized Healthcare system. Not my fault you don't know these basics.
@@zoyadulzura7490 Do whatever you want. Ill stand by and watch Vance be a 2 term President and still not help the Democrats until Single Payer is as enshrined into their doctrine as Roe was
If insurance companies wanted to do better for the people the CEOs would be public health/health economics graduates, not an accountant
Describing a liver tramsplant as not necessary is completely surreal.
Wendell Potter's estimated net worth in 2024 is $780 million. Sure is easy to pretend to be morally superior after earning that kind of bread.
Health insurance is a monopoly
No, it's for profit. The more you deny coverage, the more you make. That is the Crux of the problem
oh so thats why Luigi left the monopoly mmoney in his backpack . i was wondering what that meant . just sad for the guythat he resorted to this
@@Odog78 It's becoming increasingly monopolized, though. People don't exactly have much choice in what insurance company they go through--most are basically stuck with whatever plan their insurance offers. And these companies are buying up actual healthcare providers, so that they can set prices *and* provide insurance. It's a system that is designed to make a few people very, very rich, and scr*w the rest of us.
U.S. health insurers were first allowed to make a profit in 1973 with the passage of the Health Maintenance Organization Act (HMO Act) signed by President Nixon. Prior to this, for-profit health insurance companies were not allowed to operate in the United States. There is another way.
Yes. Exactly right. Nixon was a crook with crooked and evil ways of thinking. He even recorded himself talking to someone about how great it was that claims would be denied in order for the insurance companies to profiteer off of the sick and injured, once he understood in that conversation that was the plan --- profiteering off of the sufferings and deaths of Americans who would pay out a lot up front for 'healthcare' 'assurances' and wind up doing without.
Before the extreme crookedness of some politicians and others who profiteer off of insurance company profits, a man could make around minimum wage and afford a wife and kids, a home for them to live in, an automobile, and to take himself or a family member to a regular doctor for routine illnesses or an ER in an emergency an receive treatment.
They weren't able to live real high on the hog, but they were able to live. Nixon was big on beginning the downfall and stripping a life away from the average American citizen and worker --- taking us backward in that respect.
They all want to make American 'great again' by continuing in that vein of making it so great again for the small handful of profiteers, crooked users of average American citizens. Use up the essential expendable workers and throw them away, just like they were able to do before the FDR and LBJ era.
Make people believe that the greed of those above you is what will save you. Make people believe that others who don't have it as good as you do are the ones who took everything from you --- even though they aren't the ones with the evidence of having taken it, and those rich and righteous 'saviors' are enjoying all that evidence.
Proverbs 22: 16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and one who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty.
LUIGI IS A MEDICAL ADVOCATE FOR THE ENTIRE NATION.
Insurance CEO millionaires: we are the real victims!!!
But you have to understand, this is we, the people telling you, things need to change, and apparently out of greed and power they are not. Everything in this country seems to be designed for the rich and it's getting worse. So, sorry if tragedy had to happen in order to bring this to light. And i'm going to guess that there will be more people like him to bring on more tragedy in order for things to change. If people aren't listening to you when you're being nice, then you have to resort to yelling. And so now we have public outcry. How many deaths have insurance companies caused because of their decision to deny.
You can say its not okay to take out greedy healthcare CEO’s but this is what it took for our healthcare problem to be highlighted in the media more than it ever has in American history
Jury Nullification
When the many no longer fear the few.
Seriously? The ceo made 10 million United States Dollars last year (2023) and he was the voice for the patients. WoW. What a joke.
MSM is tone deaf, they do not feel your pain. They are mostly rich, with excellent health care.
6-figure salary? $1 million is 7-figures and these CEOs are paid many millions!
Yeah they lie and obfuscate to distract us about the morality so you mentally come away with "well everyone is saying how morally wrong murdering is" then the rest of the segment are a bunch of know nothing people talking about useless thoughts and moral grandstanding. The whole point is to leave the audience walking away from this segment thinking "murder is wrong" the killer is wrong. Never about the reason. They want to shut down the masses thinking they can get away with it too. Make everyone agree it was bad to prevent it happening again. They're herding the sheep thoughts by saying it over and over across all news stations besides independent media who are actual working class people generally and not talking heads hired to repeat trash
Well you had me in the first half when you had an ex- insurance exec describing exactly what makes people angry... and yet you followed up by this unprofessional nonsense... Calling citizen "normal" people, healthcare industry "got problems". Your public IHN states that around 84.000 live are considered preventable which are caused by denied claims EACH YEAR.... THIS is murder.
And yet you complain that the guy is called a hottie? And how this is handled on Social Media? This is such unprofessional "journalism" that it can only be a joke
Wendell Potter feels bad about what the insurance industry is doing to people, but not remorseful enough to return his ill-gotten money to those who needed it. Nothing more than a skilled faker.
Should be not for profit like in some other countries. They try to keep citizens healthy because of that
I hate how media lies, nobody cares about that ceo , we care about Luigi
We pay exorbitant premiums, yet when we need care, we’re denied access. Healthcare should be run as a nonprofit system, where medical decisions are made by doctors-those trained to prioritize patients’ well-being-not by profit-driven CEOs who benefit financially from denying care.
Wasn't it Brian Thompson who had a rule that if a senior citizen needs care first DENY the claim?
I get the idea that the average person with morals can't even fathom some of the discussions that happen behind closed doors among the higher-ups in those companies, some of the plans that they would enact if they believed they could get away with it.
America should have a Universal Health Care where everyone have access to quality healthcare.
Germany maintained a ""General Healthcare System" for over 100 Years and it's working just fine.
That system is actually a Federal System, controlled by representatives of the people.
Anybody who enters the country, employed or registered as unemployed, will receive General Healthcare.
I would love to go on like this, but why would I when you already understand.
Oh, I forgot.
The General Healthcare System is known as "AOK"
Google it.
CNN panel a bit out of touch on this one
Lollll yeah. A bit... hahahah
Luigi Mangione for president 2028!
What would be a nice segment on CNN is someone reading this comment section to these clueless people. And another good segment would be them talking about how “abhorrent” the lack of care and concern the executives of UHC had for their customers is.
The former healthcare executive seems sincere but he is clueless when it comes to the big picture. "For profit" health care needs to be scrapped in favor of a universal single payer model. Americans are tired of unnecessarily paying bookies to play sometimes fatal healthcare roulette.
imo: how about a list with all the thousands of patient names of those that died at the hands of this UHC CEO (he worked at UHC for 20 years!)? And then expand that list to include thousands more that have had denied or delayed claims by all of the industry's health insurance companies? Someone really needs to spearhead a list, if at all possible. Maybe an online website? idk.
“More friendly” to your customers doesn’t mean crap when you’re denying claims to the sick and dying so that you can profit exponentially
UHC denied PET scan for me after a needle biopsy confirmed invasive breast cancer. PET scan was necessary to rule out distant metastasis but UHC denied it even after peer to peer with my oncologist. I ended up paying for it myself, $3000 PET scan. It can cost a whole pay check for so many patients. Not only this, I paid for so many meds out of pocket because they were life saving. I am changing to a different insurance this year.
The system is panicking, full damage control.
What killer i don’t see any killer.
I absolutely do not condone murder, but one of the comments in this interview is confusing to me. How exactly do we lift one another up? What a silly, useless thing to say. That’s why they hire you to sit on a round table like this at CNN? Give me a break. Lose me with that. I listen to this interview and I just thought to myself, “I can never get these five minutes back in my life“. How does somebody lift up the CEO of a healthcare company? Does he need lifting up? Seriously? He certainly does not deserve to be dead, but I am positive he has been responsible for the deaths of so many people. And the suffering, which might even be worse. And do you think that he cared for even one second of his life? Do you think that when they sat around a big desk, deciding what to do at his healthcare company that they considered the patients who didn’t have a lot of money for even one second? I don’t think so. They are despicable in the way they deal with American citizens. Absolutely indisputable. They are disgusting. Everybody has a horrific story about an insurance company. I think this kind of situation was inevitable. All of it. The event, and the tragic response. And I have no idea how it can get better at this point. Capitalism.
Most Insurance companies has reduced their Health care advantages sadly.
Because they legally have a requirement to try and make money for their stockholders, which is in direct opposition to helping patients at a reduced cost. See the fallacy of "for-profit- healthcare?" They are deluded morons acting like it's impossible and doctors would suddenly become poor and homeless lol cnn is a disgrace to all media, let alone the "News"
The same way they were online praising Kyle Rittenhouse... mAgaTaRds
How is anyone surprised that this happened? 😂
Start paying taxes and provide free healthcare for everyone. These companies would disappear. Canadians understand this.
example of why journalism fails and trumps get in.
I just googled Nataline Sarkisyan. This is a tragic and sad story. How can a medical director sitting in an office somewhere has all the power to decide life or death for a patient.
6 figure? more like 8 or 8 figures
I need a knee replacement but I’m too young to have a knee replacement. So my doctor recommended a protein for my knee. My insurance denied it. I’ve done physical therapy and I’m in pain daily and can barely walk. Ive had a couple of bad falls because my knee gives out. I pay around $1500 a month for insurance that won’t even approve a shot that I clearly need.
Look around for a serious and well rated stem cell specialist. Normally an ortho specialist or rheumatologist. That really might change your entire life. I currently do Internal Medicine at a practice in Missouri and have had several patients now finding docs able to do stem cell injections and it works wonders in shoulder joints and elbows from my anecdotal experience. Worth a shot especially at a young age you should avoid surgery at all costs until it's unbearable pain tbh. Just my 2 cents
Oh or a steroid injection called triamcinolone/lidocaine. A bursa joint inj can basically lube inside the knee joint and takes 2 mins with less long lasting effects than surgery or stem cells.
I lost my job a month ago and need medication & Cobra UH wanted $500+ per month to continue coverage for one person and I said NO I will try to get a job quick enough to get coverage soon I can not even imagine what a family with kids would do in my situation. So understand our frustration with insurance companies. Don’t expect us to feel bad or condemn what this guy did when insurance CEOs do just that to average Americans every single day from their office denying coverage that can save lives. So who has more blood in their hands ?
They want 1800 a month for m29 f25 m2 and f3. No issues or health problems lmfao. No medications actively being taken or surgeries or pre-existing conditions besides familial hx of breast cancer. They want nearly 2x my mortgage for a catastrophic plan
He "walked away" at 70? That's called retirement.
LUIGI IS A NATIONAL TREASURE
Bro just glazed himself for talking to corporate CEO’s and they don’t feel safe walking to streets 😂
If that was his reason for walking away, he should have spoken out at the time.
He speaks FACTS