I work for Fedex. Unfortunately we have united healthcare and one of my coworkers is constantly telling me how the insurance company is turning down medications for his back pain and headaches. I think ALL companies should drop united Immediately.
it’s our only choice as well. I am almost 60 and on one medication only and they consistently question my doctor as to why I need it. Then sometimes they approve 90 day supply - other times they decide to only approve 30 day supply so my doctor has to re do it. Also, I am very healthy but had 2 times in past 15 years that I had to be admitted to hospital for weird things (C-diff and random seizure that was really bad) and they denied both saying I didn’t need to be admitted overnight. I literally perforated my colon and almost had to have it removed with C-diff plus it’s highly contagious but I guess I should have just stayed home. I have paid well over $100,000 in health insurance premiums over the last 20 years and had to fight them tooth and nail to cover those costs after their initial denials. It was like having a 2nd job with all the time I spent on the phone trying to get help. I can’t even imagine when they do it to people that are so sick they don’t have the strength to fight them
They keep saying that extra judicial murder is wrong, but why isn't it wrong to do it by withholding necessary medical care? Why aren't the people speaking for the health insurance companies required to make these repeated disclaimers?
They keep trying to spin it like Americans are just displeased with the inconveniences with health insurance and its bureaucracy intentionally ignoring the gripe and struggles we have with a predatory system that kills hundreds of thousands for the sake of corporate profiy and that justifies it's own existence
This is a true account as I took photos when I saw it and sent it to my boss at the time since we had convos to the effect. Scene: Parking lot in Waterford, MI, shiny red Hummer H2 with a Trump profile chest up on the driver's side in the backseat window (like he's being carted around). On the back window, bottom right, where you usually see people put those family vinyl stick figures was one with stick people being hit and thrown up into the air and below it was the tagline: "F*ck Your Protest". I believe this was around the time Charlottesville. It was crazy to see someone would even put that on their vehicle. If I recall correctly, I believe I saw a blonde lady approach/open the vehicle. It was awhile back, but those details stuck. I know I grabbed a snapshot of the license plate. I have a Ggl Drive where my files are automatically set to download so I should dig those photos up again. Just goes to show MAGA is def okay with a little 'effective' violence. Wild ass shite.
sad to see the rhetoric center on coverage, rather than the methods being used, like defamation and over-simplified categories that are still being featured by the apa, years, now..ai-generated false behaviorism that is being used to educate criminal justice majors and Senators, no questions..all to form an axim for universal healthcare, not the ongoing lack of quantifiable science. Only referring to those injured, victims, as narcissists..Is all about "coverage," to NYT, Fox, CNn, etc. Behavioral disorders are genetic(!) and policies are being written, currently, to provide expectations for unsuspecting children? No questions? Non-standard blood types, (like Luigi,) are being said to be "genetically pre-disposed to being malingerers," thereby limiting coverage..all of the lying and hate being directed at folks that are, many, likely to be the victims of genetic damage due to synthetics. Ends to whose means, basically. Is the Fibromyalgia/psychosomatic symptomology crap all over again. Back or shoulder pain? Chrinic pain: mental health issue. whole family. is bs.
“For-profit” or “insurance” two terms that should never be allow near a healthcare system. Some things in life should not be based on a “business model." For example, the fire department. There is no profit motive. There is no concern about whether you could “afford” to have the fire put out or not. You make the call and the firefighters do their best to put it out. Healthcare could be just like the fire department. No pre-authorization middle man insurance company needed. *Universal Medicare for All* now!
The only way Medicare for All, will work… is to make Medicare a Government Insurance Only and Not Privatized Healthcare through companies like UHC! The government already pays Private Insurance (Medicare Advantage) over $200 more than Market Rate per person, for the same insurance provided under Original Medicare Insurance!
That’s the thing though, they’ve convinced us that partisan politics is what politics is, and not the democratic process. So this is a political issue, but the class struggle is brought to the forefront, reminding us them vs us is not rep v dem or what have you, it’s us vs overcompensated corporate exec money suckers.
And only after every single accusation of murder from united have been settled should he ever see justice for his. He can wait in line like he made us.
@TamaraOHearn 😂 yea, the people that didn't vote for a socialist billionaire are the dumb ones......he does everything to pay the least amount of taxes possible
Ken Klippenstein and people like him are very important . The fact that legacy media was content sweeping Mangione's manifesto under the rug is insane.
The everyday American citizen is only as good as their ability to hand over all their dollars to their corporate overlords. It's no wonder people are behind Mangione and find his outrage totally relatable. Not that it makes it right. But how much wrong has and is done to the average American every day every hour every minute of their lives in the US. And not to mention everywhere a news or media site has a thumbnail pic of Mangione, it is shocker (not) a pic where he's looks enraged - trying to shape him into some sort of monster. I find it clarifying in terms of all the media's complicity to wrangle in Americans right now so they don't get a clue that they shouldn't be fighting with each other - when in fact we have connection to each other, it is all these corporate structures which are separating us on all fronts. Perhaps it is Game Over on all of that.
i literally yell at my computer every time i hear someone overemphasizing that this is a healthcare problem... what i say -> "THE DAMN COST OF LIVING IS TEN TIMES OVER THE WAGES AVAILABLE TO 99% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION. WE ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY EXTERMINATED FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND EGO OF EUROPPEAN LOYALIST SC()M!!! HEALTHCARE IS THE LEAST OF OUR PROBLEMS WHEN THOSE WHO CONTROL ALL THE RESOURCES LOOK US IN THE EYE AND SAY THAT STARVING WORKERS CAN DO MORE LABOR THAN IF THEY ARE FED..."
The magas say America first, but it's really billionaires first. What a joke. It's going to be worse now that the dictator is in the white house. We get what you voted for.
This is foul. You can't kill business people like that. Shameful. Ignorance on American people to embrace true populist like Bernie and Warren, but Americans are stupid. It's the truth. They have elected officials who are about big business. Especially true this time since Trump won the popular vote.
you just essentially described the whole of eurocentric cultures history in the second sentence. and today its not even necessary because we have an abundance of resources instead of any measurable scarcity like there was 200 years ago. today we are deprived strictly for the entertainment and ego of european loyalists. they lose money just so they can feel happy about causing the suffering and deaths of others with impunity.
@@saturationstation1446 are you serious? Europe invented universal healthcare. US aren't "Eurocentric" they are US centric and this, exactly this it's their problem. Turbo-capitalism , neoliberism, neocolonialism- all US centric stuff. Wish they had "Eurocentric values", but US people think Europeans are too communist, and welfare (another modern European concept) is "luxury".
He’s a Freedom Fighter. Fighting for the freedom of the American people to have a single-payer, not for profit health care system that focuses on wellness and preventative care instead of only Sick Care which is why health care becomes so expensive (price gouging aside).
he's an entitled rich cry baby who only cares about the spotlight being on him and when it wasnt he killed someone to get it back on himself. He's a loser. Enjoy life in prison "here"...hahahaahaha
Luigi Mangione was a classic tale of injustice and a young man on a "hero's journey". This is a fantasy millions of people would think of, but never act on.
Ah yes, a classic tale of injustice meanwhile it came out that he was never even a client of united. But hey I suppose your utopia would involve people going around murdering everyone they don't like. Trust me, you don't want that.
My mom died this year from S4 uterine cancer at age 64 she did everything in her life to be healthy and not get sick except that she couldn’t afford doctor visits and ended up in the er after it was all too late… she did try seeing doctors and nurses when symptoms worsened but all they did was drag their heels, ignore and gaslight her.
Over the past 50 years, corporations have gained ridiculous wealth and power at the expense of citizens' well-being. Congress is owned by corporations and our representatives are enriched by them. When government fails the needs of the people, it's not surprising that people take matters into their own hands. This act was just one person, expectedly angry, trying to initiate any change he can. What is surprising is that it has taken this long. People are angry and their anger is justified.
I visited Taiwan in 2019 and I was sent to the hospital because of a severe heart problem. While I was receiving treatment, pandemic came there was no flight back to USA, so I had to have my treatment in Taiwan. Not to say that their hospitals, their equipment were all first class, I didn’t have to wait for weeks to see a doctor, for almost every type of problems, I can walk into any hospital, any clinic and see the doctor if the line is not too long and the best thing is I pay only $28 a month. I had angioplastic with three stents and stay in hospital for almost one week. I told them that I will pay for the treatment myself our pocket, and I was surprised to see the whole deal was just a little bit over $3000. Before I went to Taiwan, my insurance monthly was $1100 a month and if I want to see a doctor, I have to wait weeks for my appointment. So the question is, why we pay so much money and get so little services? When I told my experience they asked me where the Taiwan government got their money from? I said, it I guess we should ask ourselves where we spent our money to? We should have the government runs the health care system like Taiwan
Even in Cuba, state of the art healthcare is free to everyone, including those who are just visiting the country. Why is it not free in the most prosperous country in the world?
Even in the poorest African countries in the world although healthcare is not necessarily free but it is much more accessible and affordable. Basic healthcare might cost a person's 2 months salary but they wouldn't go bankrupt and they can have access to doctors right away. But I've read even ultrasound costs really high in the US. I'm wondering why.
It could be said that George Washington was a murderer of the British ruling government. I agree tho, murders can easily get out of control then just become madness.
It's ridiculous to " support" a murderer. There is zero justification for this killing. He could have used the money he is spending on a lawyer to fund a campaign to expose UnitedHealthcare claims denial policies.
I believe this is a false equivalence. The “corporate greed” you speak of has affected millions of people, and killed thousands with tactics of attrition. if your point was emphasizing that one cannot justify murder for one rather than murder for all, i see your point. But. I simply do not care that a billionaire was murdered. Take a step back and realize that the family of the deceased ceo is set up for life if they choose to live beneath their means. We live in a country that prioritizes putting its “undesirables” in a jail and making them do slave labor, a court system ruled by the rich and those with connections, corruption at every level of government, and meddling in the affairs of other countries abroad so that things could be cheaper over in the united states. “Corporate greed” is murder, blackmail, battery, terrorism, slavery, war, famine, gluttony and more. Shut up and read more books, idiot.
Thank you🙏 Democracy Now for having the important conversations and interviews that corporate media outlets are avoiding while further alienating and dismissing the general public
Just let the public decide what's important in the manifesto. People are getting sick of the gatekeepers and spin doctors of media. Get over yourselves.
No one said you can't read the manifesto or make up your own mind. Do you not grasp that this guy published it so the public can do exactly that? And there is zero wrong with them discussing it. By doing so , they aren't telling you what to think.
And yet the majority voted for Trump who is the poster child for exactly the kind of CEO people are saying they hate and will only exacerbate all the issues that already plague America. I don't understand the cognitive dissonance
@@dalbriggssWhat about when it happens because you don't pay your workers a living wage? You don't get to qualify which greedy pigs are okay and which aren't
And the corporations executives will spend money on security rent a cops and body guards then screw over the public even harder to recover the costs they won’t change their basic behaviour psychopaths don’t just change their methodology
Your doctor is face to face with you. Insurance companies are not face to face and not your doctor. They are the BANK! All they are supposed to do is pay up! They are NOT supposed to be judge, jury, and executioner. When, why, and how were they given this power?
Thank you, Ken, and Democracy now for your independent journalism. I grew up in a communist country and was told state owned media are the worst, but I can confirm that corporate media are rising to the top of the worst of the worst.
Greed is king. In January I was terribly ill so I went to the clinic, and had United Healthcare. After seeing 2 Dr's, totalling no more than 2 hours combined the bill was 10k, to find out I had strep, a sinus infection and slightly high blood pressure. Now I'd had UHC for 6 years, always paid and what they sent me was a letter/bill saying " we are not paying this, but we negotiated for you so you only owe 2k" WTF. This is why nobody even WITH insurance wants to go for simple things. The bill is still huge and thier profits continue to climb while the American public goes broke. A common saying I hear from international friends " America, the only place in the world where you face financial ruin by getting sick or educated"
I am not even kidding. It is cheaper to come to Brazil, get the best paid healthcare in São Paulo and go back to America depending on what you're doing. My family that lives in the U.S. does that. I am not talking about free healthcare, they came here to pay because the free healthcare system can take a lot of time.
I've seen it on my end too. It's frustrating paying at the office and then turn around and pay more because my health insurance refuses to cover, or covers a minute amount.
All that will do is make a few torte lawyers wealthy. Consumers will each see a check for $25 and United will go back to ripping off consumers even more to make up for their losses. I agree with the sentiment, but it won't do what you would hope it would.
Yes all those people who joined Occupy Wall Street, it raised the issue but I'm not sure that it changed anything. Has there been anything like the reintroduction of the Glass Steagall Act? We have the same problem in the UK where the politicians were talking about putting a firewall between the functions of Investment and High Street banks, but I don't think it happened and the bankers are back to pulling down pulling down monster bonuses.
Politicians always ask the wrong question in public. Either to obfuscate or confuse the issue, or because they are simply inept. The question should be why is the government and judiciary allowing predatory criminal behavior with these corporations that effect the citizens of the country adversely.
Healthcare insurance companies should not be publicly traded on the stock. There is an inherent requirement to make maximum profits and increase stock price for shareholders.
Exactly. I worked for a stockholder owned Corporation and ever since it went public it was nothing but stress and changes. Took 10 years off of my life.
Or they could just not be allowed to become cartels. If there were many private insurers the ones that were shitty wouldn't have anyone sign up. With all the nuts rules UHC can be as shitty as they want to be.
Please help me to understand, where was/is the outrage against these companies that deny people healthcare? Some of whom died , or had their lives cut short, as a direct result of being denied that care. I do not condone what the shooter did, but I do understand it. With regards to the lack of sympathy, you cannot have it both ways. You can care for, and treat people justly, in which case they'll love you for it. OR, you can screw over, and mistreat people, in which case they'll hate you.
0.0005% of Americans are Billionaires. Which coincidentally is exactly how much sympathy I've decided is necessary for me to 'cover' when they get unalived. The other 99.9995% of my true sympathies are for his many victims.
Will there be changes to the Healthcare industry? Apart from taking their CEO pictures down from the web, hiring more security guards and putting up higher fences? No.
Because of this, I just decided to forgo the expensive PPO plan I've taken every year through my employer. This next year will be HDHP. Anthem just lost $1500 in premiums next year from me. Join in to hit them where it hurts.
I think all media outlets who opine on this subject,including Democracy Now, need to let the public know how much support they get from healthcare providers and pharmaceuticals (including advertising revenue)
American history 101: The Revolutionary War claimed many lives on both sides of the warring parties. Spanning over eight years between 1775 and 1783, nearly 9,000 Americans died in battle fighting for independence.
They wouldn't let us see Timothy McVeighs explanation either, he must have made some sense ! They are already trying to hide Luigis explanation for his actions, but we know enough about it already .
Then Why didn't he do something about it rather than point his finger and run his mouth. Chris Hedges says Sanders has good intentions but not political courage. He should have run as an Independent. He has no guts. He chose his career.
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I work for Fedex. Unfortunately we have united healthcare and one of my coworkers is constantly telling me how the insurance company is turning down medications for his back pain and headaches. I think ALL companies should drop united Immediately.
💯 I was forced to drop UHC awhile back because they always denied medications for my stomach condition.
it’s our only choice as well. I am almost 60 and on one medication only and they consistently question my doctor as to why I need it. Then sometimes they approve 90 day supply - other times they decide to only approve 30 day supply so my doctor has to re do it. Also, I am very healthy but had 2 times in past 15 years that I had to be admitted to hospital for weird things (C-diff and random seizure that was really bad) and they denied both saying I didn’t need to be admitted overnight. I literally perforated my colon and almost had to have it removed with C-diff plus it’s highly contagious but I guess I should have just stayed home. I have paid well over $100,000 in health insurance premiums over the last 20 years and had to fight them tooth and nail to cover those costs after their initial denials. It was like having a 2nd job with all the time I spent on the phone trying to get help. I can’t even imagine when they do it to people that are so sick they don’t have the strength to fight them
Can you get a group together to push fedex to switch!! Putting them out of business is possible if enough people care. ❤️🩹
Doing it now… accessing my companies’ benefit center, I got vision insurance from UHC. I hope I can still cancel them at that point.
My comment disappeared. Hmm. Please ask fedex to switch with a group of people!
So much focus on one death, and none on the many lives wrecked by Insurance Companies.
They keep saying that extra judicial murder is wrong, but why isn't it wrong to do it by withholding necessary medical care? Why aren't the people speaking for the health insurance companies required to make these repeated disclaimers?
Brian gets more coverage than his company ever provided anyone
So much for anti-working class media!
They keep trying to spin it like Americans are just displeased with the inconveniences with health insurance and its bureaucracy intentionally ignoring the gripe and struggles we have with a predatory system that kills hundreds of thousands for the sake of corporate profiy and that justifies it's own existence
@@bridget7539EXACTLY!! Does no one see the irony!?
Thanks to Klippenstein for being a true independent journalist.
one word = Grusch
WE LOVE YOU democracy now
@@spaghetti.lee-69 I'm sad Grusch hasn't been questioned more, he's full of it
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@@spaghetti.lee-69aliens in congress are a distraction
Those who made Berine Sanders impossible, made Luigi Mangione inevitable.
😂
👍🏽♥️
very well put.
well said!
Particularly Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the others in the Democratic Party's old girls network.
'Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.' - Pres. John F. Kennedy
This is a true account as I took photos when I saw it and sent it to my boss at the time since we had convos to the effect. Scene: Parking lot in Waterford, MI, shiny red Hummer H2 with a Trump profile chest up on the driver's side in the backseat window (like he's being carted around). On the back window, bottom right, where you usually see people put those family vinyl stick figures was one with stick people being hit and thrown up into the air and below it was the tagline: "F*ck Your Protest". I believe this was around the time Charlottesville. It was crazy to see someone would even put that on their vehicle. If I recall correctly, I believe I saw a blonde lady approach/open the vehicle. It was awhile back, but those details stuck. I know I grabbed a snapshot of the license plate. I have a Ggl Drive where my files are automatically set to download so I should dig those photos up again. Just goes to show MAGA is def okay with a little 'effective' violence. Wild ass shite.
*bottom left, not bottom right ... where the protest stick figures were
"They who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary peace, deserve neither."- Benjamin Franklin, United States founding father
"Get a life" -me
Corporate media isn’t tone deaf…they are saying exactly what corporations want.
sad to see the rhetoric center on coverage, rather than the methods being used, like defamation and over-simplified categories that are still being featured by the apa, years, now..ai-generated false behaviorism that is being used to educate criminal justice majors and Senators, no questions..all to form an axim for universal healthcare, not the ongoing lack of quantifiable science. Only referring to those injured, victims, as narcissists..Is all about "coverage," to NYT, Fox, CNn, etc. Behavioral disorders are genetic(!) and policies are being written, currently, to provide expectations for unsuspecting children? No questions? Non-standard blood types, (like Luigi,) are being said to be "genetically pre-disposed to being malingerers," thereby limiting coverage..all of the lying and hate being directed at folks that are, many, likely to be the victims of genetic damage due to synthetics. Ends to whose means, basically. Is the Fibromyalgia/psychosomatic symptomology crap all over again. Back or shoulder pain? Chrinic pain: mental health issue. whole family. is bs.
Exactly!!! They’re paid to run those stories, their agenda is to change the narrative.
Exactly. They aren't tone deaf, they're playing an offensive song.
Exactly.
Exactly it's done on purpose
“For-profit” or “insurance” two terms that should never be allow near a healthcare system. Some things in life should not be based on a “business model." For example, the fire department. There is no profit motive. There is no concern about whether you could “afford” to have the fire put out or not. You make the call and the firefighters do their best to put it out. Healthcare could be just like the fire department. No pre-authorization middle man insurance company needed. *Universal Medicare for All* now!
legalized extortion
I keep hearing 'but that's the system' and the answer I give is 'the system was built by predators to create weak prey'.
WE LOVE YOU democracy now
@@hankhillsnrrwurethrathere used to be a system in France too, until it changed via guillotine. Not saying I want war, but still.
The only way Medicare for All, will work… is to make Medicare a Government Insurance Only and Not Privatized Healthcare through companies like UHC!
The government already pays Private Insurance (Medicare Advantage) over $200 more than Market Rate per person, for the same insurance provided under Original Medicare Insurance!
America is a corporatocracy, not a democracy.
There is too much power for corporate America.
Exactly and it's called a capitalism.
that’s just capitalism
... And they will fall victim of their own wealth trap.
Luigi is the people.
Luigi about to go away for life.....night night Luigi
@@pdaddyg6846 That may be true. But he accomplished his goal. The bell cannot be unrung.
Not a partisan issue, thank you Ken! People from all sides can agree, this is about humanity, not politics.
That’s the thing though, they’ve convinced us that partisan politics is what politics is, and not the democratic process. So this is a political issue, but the class struggle is brought to the forefront, reminding us them vs us is not rep v dem or what have you, it’s us vs overcompensated corporate exec money suckers.
murder is wrong. united healthcare should be held accountable
And only after every single accusation of murder from united have been settled should he ever see justice for his. He can wait in line like he made us.
Agree
Bernie has been right about this all along!!!!! We need Universal Health Care…
He was right and people would not nominate him or vote for him. Our country is dumb.
@@TamaraOHearn
The DNC would never allow Bernie to be the nominee. 😢
@@TamaraOHearnyou mean the Democratic party wouldn't let him win the nomination
@TamaraOHearn 😂 yea, the people that didn't vote for a socialist billionaire are the dumb ones......he does everything to pay the least amount of taxes possible
The rest of the world says no, the USA should continue to be an outlier so we can all feel Superior with our own universal health Care
"Health insurance industry"
Correction: "Health insurance racket"
Just glad they say health insurance and not health care, cuz they certainly don't give a sh*t about our care.
Or the Health Profit Industry.
Ken Klippenstein and people like him are very important . The fact that legacy media was content sweeping Mangione's manifesto under the rug is insane.
People are angry at more than just healthcare. This list is endless.
Yup, this has shed light in so many cracks in our broken systems
The everyday American citizen is only as good as their ability to hand over all their dollars to their corporate overlords. It's no wonder people are behind Mangione and find his outrage totally relatable. Not that it makes it right. But how much wrong has and is done to the average American every day every hour every minute of their lives in the US. And not to mention everywhere a news or media site has a thumbnail pic of Mangione, it is shocker (not) a pic where he's looks enraged - trying to shape him into some sort of monster. I find it clarifying in terms of all the media's complicity to wrangle in Americans right now so they don't get a clue that they shouldn't be fighting with each other - when in fact we have connection to each other, it is all these corporate structures which are separating us on all fronts. Perhaps it is Game Over on all of that.
Tired of the squeeze on all sides
i literally yell at my computer every time i hear someone overemphasizing that this is a healthcare problem... what i say -> "THE DAMN COST OF LIVING IS TEN TIMES OVER THE WAGES AVAILABLE TO 99% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION. WE ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY EXTERMINATED FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND EGO OF EUROPPEAN LOYALIST SC()M!!! HEALTHCARE IS THE LEAST OF OUR PROBLEMS WHEN THOSE WHO CONTROL ALL THE RESOURCES LOOK US IN THE EYE AND SAY THAT STARVING WORKERS CAN DO MORE LABOR THAN IF THEY ARE FED..."
Banks, legacymedia ceo’s next?
This country needs to stop putting their citizens last!!! This country has become a nightmare!!
Trump talked about sh1thole African countries. Pot. Kettle..
The magas say America first, but it's really billionaires first. What a joke. It's going to be worse now that the dictator is in the white house.
We get what you voted for.
an actual patriot.
hahahahaahahahahaa that's funny
Luigi represents the vigilante we ALL wish we were !!!
TRUTH BE TOLD
Be one too., Be a revolutionary.
This is foul. You can't kill business people like that. Shameful. Ignorance on American people to embrace true populist like Bernie and Warren, but Americans are stupid. It's the truth. They have elected officials who are about big business. Especially true this time since Trump won the popular vote.
Nah he's a nut, lock him up for life please
Why should anyone have any concern for the CEOs family? They make others suffer and die to fund their lifestyle.
you just essentially described the whole of eurocentric cultures history in the second sentence. and today its not even necessary because we have an abundance of resources instead of any measurable scarcity like there was 200 years ago. today we are deprived strictly for the entertainment and ego of european loyalists. they lose money just so they can feel happy about causing the suffering and deaths of others with impunity.
@@saturationstation1446 are you serious? Europe invented universal healthcare. US aren't "Eurocentric" they are US centric and this, exactly this it's their problem. Turbo-capitalism , neoliberism, neocolonialism- all US centric stuff. Wish they had "Eurocentric values", but US people think Europeans are too communist, and welfare (another modern European concept) is "luxury".
Its symbolic, just like so many things our masters do
Thank you, Democracy Now and Ken Klippenstein.
He’s a folk hero, for sure. Free Luigi.
He’s a Freedom Fighter. Fighting for the freedom of the American people to have a single-payer, not for profit health care system that focuses on wellness and preventative care instead of only Sick Care which is why health care becomes so expensive (price gouging aside).
he's an entitled rich cry baby who only cares about the spotlight being on him and when it wasnt he killed someone to get it back on himself. He's a loser. Enjoy life in prison "here"...hahahaahaha
Thank you, Ken Klippenstein and Democracy Now, for what you do! ❤
Everyone should read Luigis Manifesto
@@visibletoa11userz hard to call it a manifesto
Minifesto 😂
why? he's a nutjob
Why? It's not very well written, considering his education. Sounds more like a DEI-hire wrote it.
@@Lp78Ch hahahahahhahahahaa!!!!!!!
Luigi Mangione was a classic tale of injustice and a young man on a "hero's journey". This is a fantasy millions of people would think of, but never act on.
Ah yes, a classic tale of injustice meanwhile it came out that he was never even a client of united. But hey I suppose your utopia would involve people going around murdering everyone they don't like. Trust me, you don't want that.
Thank you, Amy, and Juan. I've been telling family and everyone else to watch or listen to Democracy Now and stay completely away from mainstream.
I'm disappointed with mainstream media because they should have read the manifesto, I recommend everyone read it.
Thier funded by advertising dollars (from the healthcare industry)
The main stream media is for the rich parasites.
Where is it to read?
I’ve been disappointed in msm for the past decade 🤦🏻♀️Don’t watch it! Cancelled direct tv and save $$$ too🤷🏻♀️Gonna need it for my medical bills🙁
My mom died this year from
S4 uterine cancer at age 64 she did everything in her life to be healthy and not get sick except that she couldn’t afford doctor visits and ended up in the er after it was all too late… she did try seeing doctors and nurses when symptoms worsened but all they did was drag their heels, ignore and gaslight her.
So very sorry she had to go through that. So sorry for your loss
So very sorry for your loss (((hugs))))
I’m so sorry for your loss. 😢
Horror story. I'm so sorry. 😢❤
Many American stories like your mom’s story- in the richest country on earth 🌍 this only affects the working class and poor
Ken Klippenstein is a hero.
Ken Klippenstein is the absolute GOAT.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Their not listening and never will. That's how entrenched these CEO's are, and our political system is as guilty as these corporations.
Over the past 50 years, corporations have gained ridiculous wealth and power at the expense of citizens' well-being. Congress is owned by corporations and our representatives are enriched by them. When government fails the needs of the people, it's not surprising that people take matters into their own hands. This act was just one person, expectedly angry, trying to initiate any change he can. What is surprising is that it has taken this long.
People are angry and their anger is justified.
Money is all that matters. Rich gotta rich. 💪😎✌️
Free Luigi!!
People are definitely not taking things into their own hands…this is one isolated incident
I see no crime here. I see a man who brought justice to a system that has none. Luigi Mangione is a hero!
Those who made Bernie impossible made Luigi inevitable.
Thank you Ken Klippenstein and Democracy Now. 🇺🇲
Luigi exposing the healthcare industry and the corporate media industy!
But really. it's the healthcare INSURANCE industry, not the healthcare industry.
I visited Taiwan in 2019 and I was sent to the hospital because of a severe heart problem. While I was receiving treatment, pandemic came there was no flight back to USA, so I had to have my treatment in Taiwan. Not to say that their hospitals, their equipment were all first class, I didn’t have to wait for weeks to see a doctor, for almost every type of problems, I can walk into any hospital, any clinic and see the doctor if the line is not too long and the best thing is I pay only $28 a month. I had angioplastic with three stents and stay in hospital for almost one week. I told them that I will pay for the treatment myself our pocket, and I was surprised to see the whole deal was just a little bit over $3000. Before I went to Taiwan, my insurance monthly was $1100 a month and if I want to see a doctor, I have to wait weeks for my appointment. So the question is, why we pay so much money and get so little services? When I told my experience they asked me where the Taiwan government got their money from? I said, it I guess we should ask ourselves where we spent our money to?
We should have the government runs the health care system like Taiwan
Most countries in the world are like this. I'm from Australia and we don't even pay for hospital visits.
Is $28/month premium every one can pay or do you have to be a permanent resident there?
Even in Cuba, state of the art healthcare is free to everyone, including those who are just visiting the country. Why is it not free in the most prosperous country in the world?
Because money is our true God.
@~ I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said that very same thing!
Even in the poorest African countries in the world although healthcare is not necessarily free but it is much more accessible and affordable. Basic healthcare might cost a person's 2 months salary but they wouldn't go bankrupt and they can have access to doctors right away. But I've read even ultrasound costs really high in the US. I'm wondering why.
Healthcare cannot maximize profit when customers are healthy
It is free for the eligible.
I support Luigi Mangione. I am AGAINST the predatory healthcare industry.
They who condone murder have no right to condemn corporate greed. And no right to be taken seriously when they hypocritically do.
It could be said that George Washington was a murderer of the British ruling government.
I agree tho, murders can easily get out of control then just become madness.
It's ridiculous to " support" a murderer. There is zero justification for this killing. He could have used the money he is spending on a lawyer to fund a campaign to expose UnitedHealthcare claims denial policies.
@@jeffmccoy1700 stop defending a mass murdere.. makes you look pathetic
I believe this is a false equivalence. The “corporate greed” you speak of has affected millions of people, and killed thousands with tactics of attrition. if your point was emphasizing that one cannot justify murder for one rather than murder for all, i see your point. But. I simply do not care that a billionaire was murdered. Take a step back and realize that the family of the deceased ceo is set up for life if they choose to live beneath their means. We live in a country that prioritizes putting its “undesirables” in a jail and making them do slave labor, a court system ruled by the rich and those with connections, corruption at every level of government, and meddling in the affairs of other countries abroad so that things could be cheaper over in the united states. “Corporate greed” is murder, blackmail, battery, terrorism, slavery, war, famine, gluttony and more. Shut up and read more books, idiot.
Thank you🙏 Democracy Now for having the important conversations and interviews that corporate media outlets are avoiding while further alienating and dismissing the general public
I am avoiding main stream media as much as possible going forward. Support independent media you can trust. We need them now more than ever.
Just let the public decide what's important in the manifesto. People are getting sick of the gatekeepers and spin doctors of media. Get over yourselves.
the media are coconspirators to this heinous crime against americans
WE LOVE YOU democracy now
No one said you can't read the manifesto or make up your own mind. Do you not grasp that this guy published it so the public can do exactly that? And there is zero wrong with them discussing it. By doing so , they aren't telling you what to think.
My stomach hurts from hearing about the healthcare system and how terrible it is.
Luigi's butt is going to hurt
Thank you Democracy Now
Peacefully didn’t work obviously, the rattle that Luigi started, is unique
It's nice to see the far left, far right and everyone in between finally in agreement about something. I'm so proud of the American people RN🦅
And yet the majority voted for Trump who is the poster child for exactly the kind of CEO people are saying they hate and will only exacerbate all the issues that already plague America. I don't understand the cognitive dissonance
@@Luumus ~ Making money from a business is not terrible. But when it happens when you deny healthcare coverage that's quite a different thing.
It makes you think: trump CHEATED! Trump cheated to win both his presidency terms! & when Trump ran against Biden he cheated AGAIN but lost
First step in the working class understanding who is harming them in this class war.
@@dalbriggssWhat about when it happens because you don't pay your workers a living wage? You don't get to qualify which greedy pigs are okay and which aren't
Thank you Ken, it is evident you are going to bring reform to your industry 🙌
Face it, the man's a Hero. Got the insurance companies attention. People are pissed.
its sad to get to the point of losing a life for the company's to get attention
And the corporations executives will spend money on security rent a cops and body guards then screw over the public even harder to recover the costs they won’t change their basic behaviour psychopaths don’t just change their methodology
@@evelyncarbonell1
Patients are still dying as we speak due to denial.
Your doctor is face to face with you. Insurance companies are not face to face and not your doctor. They are the BANK! All they are supposed to do is pay up! They are NOT supposed to be judge, jury, and executioner. When, why, and how were they given this power?
It is corruption
Three cheers for Luigi 🎉🎉🎉 American Hero!
Just like Timothy James McVeigh.
🎉🎉🎉
we have to free Luigi by any means necessary
Luigi is a Hero of the American people!!!!
One of the few media outlets that still gets to the actual story.
Thank you, Ken, and Democracy now for your independent journalism. I grew up in a communist country and was told state owned media are the worst, but I can confirm that corporate media are rising to the top of the worst of the worst.
_Democracy Now!_ is corporate media. Can't you tell????
Greed is king. In January I was terribly ill so I went to the clinic, and had United Healthcare. After seeing 2 Dr's, totalling no more than 2 hours combined the bill was 10k, to find out I had strep, a sinus infection and slightly high blood pressure. Now I'd had UHC for 6 years, always paid and what they sent me was a letter/bill saying " we are not paying this, but we negotiated for you so you only owe 2k" WTF. This is why nobody even WITH insurance wants to go for simple things. The bill is still huge and thier profits continue to climb while the American public goes broke. A common saying I hear from international friends " America, the only place in the world where you face financial ruin by getting sick or educated"
Wow, how very "kind " of united Healthcare to "negotiate " so you ONLY have to pay $2000! 😮 This is disgusting
I am not even kidding. It is cheaper to come to Brazil, get the best paid healthcare in São Paulo and go back to America depending on what you're doing. My family that lives in the U.S. does that. I am not talking about free healthcare, they came here to pay because the free healthcare system can take a lot of time.
@@vidal9747 I swear, even to Madagascar.
I've seen it on my end too. It's frustrating paying at the office and then turn around and pay more because my health insurance refuses to cover, or covers a minute amount.
The criminal companies like United Insurances should be sued with massive class actions.
All that will do is make a few torte lawyers wealthy. Consumers will each see a check for $25 and United will go back to ripping off consumers even more to make up for their losses. I agree with the sentiment, but it won't do what you would hope it would.
Supreme court made that illegal. What you have is mandatory arbitration clauses like that Luigi used.
@@Praisethesunson Really? Im going to read up on that. The whole system is rigged against the public then it seems.
Democracy Now! The standard bearer in accurate journalism for nearly 30 years. Thanks Amy and Juan and everyone else who makes this content!
Running with police narratives is not accurate journalism.
Glenn Greenwald is much better. _Democracy Now!_ has resorted to globalist propaganda and leftist disinformation.
So it turns out that this murder was the only way this would uncover what needed to be uncovered, yet we shouldn’t do it, just protest. Right.
Yes all those people who joined Occupy Wall Street, it raised the issue but I'm not sure that it changed anything. Has there been anything like the reintroduction of the Glass Steagall Act? We have the same problem in the UK where the politicians were talking about putting a firewall between the functions of Investment and High Street banks, but I don't think it happened and the bankers are back to pulling down pulling down monster bonuses.
Politicians always ask the wrong question in public. Either to obfuscate or confuse the issue, or because they are simply inept.
The question should be why is the government and judiciary allowing predatory criminal behavior with these corporations that effect the citizens of the country adversely.
Because they're in on it.
The billionaires own the government
Healthcare insurance companies should not be publicly traded on the stock. There is an inherent requirement to make maximum profits and increase stock price for shareholders.
Exactly. I worked for a stockholder owned Corporation and ever since it went public it was nothing but stress and changes. Took 10 years off of my life.
Or they could just not be allowed to become cartels. If there were many private insurers the ones that were shitty wouldn't have anyone sign up. With all the nuts rules UHC can be as shitty as they want to be.
Put us in debt, keep us in debt, that’s the plan. We have a name for that…
Slavery
Right in their faces and done eloquently. You too Amy.
Congress is so corrupt it’s sickening!
Need to vote to vote them all out.
Voting won't help anything. If you could change anything by voting, they wouldn't allow voting.
Thats what we need: telling more people who have no business voting, to vote.
Only vote for candidates who will repeal citizens United!
@@Renee-xo8hk Worst decision EVER. But the Supreme Court has been bought and paid for a long time ago too.
So why don’t we… if Americans were smart, and they are not, they would vote every incumbent out of office first the next two decades
Kamala made it clear, that nothing was going to change.
I voted for Kamala and Luigi is a pyschopath and should be locked away for life, don't group us all in with your warped thinking
Our Mainstream press might as well not even exist. Actually we would be better of if it didn't.
But then where would I find out what celebrities are doing?
Great interview. This kid is definitely on my radar now 👍
Free luigi
Please help me to understand, where was/is the outrage against these companies that deny people healthcare? Some of whom died , or had their lives cut short, as a direct result of being denied that care. I do not condone what the shooter did, but I do understand it. With regards to the lack of sympathy, you cannot have it both ways. You can care for, and treat people justly, in which case they'll love you for it. OR, you can screw over, and mistreat people, in which case they'll hate you.
0.0005% of Americans are Billionaires. Which coincidentally is exactly how much sympathy I've decided is necessary for me to 'cover' when they get unalived. The other 99.9995% of my true sympathies are for his many victims.
this is eurocentric culture. its taboo to NOT take extreme pleasure in causing the suffering of vulnerable things
"media paternalism" is the perfect description.
Thank you KENNY!!!!! Love your investigative reporting!!!!
Will there be changes to the Healthcare industry? Apart from taking their CEO pictures down from the web, hiring more security guards and putting up higher fences?
No.
No
WE LOVE YOU democracy now
Nope.
Everybody should cancel UHC, I will.
Because of this, I just decided to forgo the expensive PPO plan I've taken every year through my employer. This next year will be HDHP. Anthem just lost $1500 in premiums next year from me. Join in to hit them where it hurts.
Mr. Klippenstein is a TRUE journalist and a credit to this nation 👏 👏 👏
Thank you Ken.
Not all heroes wear a cape. Luigi did more for health insurance corruption in 20 seconds than Bernie Sanders did in 30 years.
Other health care criminals are shitting their pants!😂👏
Voting hasnt done anything. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
❤❤❤ FOR LUIGI ❤❤❤
Please do not ignore us, doctors anger for the insurance company, Medicaid and Medicare
Lest not forget the Michael Moore response.
Thanks for mentioning Michael Moore. If you haven't watched Michael Moores video "Sicko" please watch and encourage many others to do so as well.
100%
Michael Moore is a whackjob
We're striking in January, produce nothing, and buy nothing for the billionaires
I think all media outlets who opine on this subject,including Democracy Now, need to let the public know how much support they get from healthcare providers and pharmaceuticals (including advertising revenue)
Very cool to see ken here!!
Thank you Ken and Bernie Sanders
Ken is on fire 🔥 What a fantastic journalist!
The UHC’s CEO was a crook!
recently re-elected Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was once CEO of UHC
And HCA Healthcare. His actions with Medicare while he was HCA CEO is still being paid by sanctions, policies and $.
Oh No!!,,we,re doomed,,,😢and I was hoping TRUMP would step up to correct this major issue!!
Criminalize corporate greed!
I'm walking this back. Individual greed too! No one needs more than one billion!
United American seminar attendees just walked over the slain CEOs body and had their conference as planned. What does that tell you??
Thanks Democracy Now
Thank you for your service
Been following Ken many years now on Xitter, always great journalism ❤
I work at a doctors office the nurses are fighting with insurance companies no less than one third of the day. Glad I am the janitor.
When the walls comes tumbling down.
“Media paternalism at its worst.”
Politicians are to blame as well .... they should have been immune to lobbying .... what happened to 'free' markets?
United Healthcare is united in making sure their pockets are full and hospitals are empty.
Thank you Ken!
American history 101: The Revolutionary War claimed many lives on both sides of the warring parties. Spanning over eight years between 1775 and 1783, nearly 9,000 Americans died in battle fighting for independence.
But we became a nation in 1776.
They wouldn't let us see Timothy McVeighs explanation either, he must have made some sense ! They are already trying to hide Luigis explanation for his actions, but we know enough about it already .
luigi is not a leftist
It is so cool to see Juan behind the desk again😊
We don't want to buy his manifesto.
We want actual health care!
He didn't do all this to sell books! WTF!
Bernie has been saying this to deaf ears for years. And then this country puts trump back in office. Nothing will ever change. Nothing
And we deserve everything we get.
Then Why didn't he do something about it rather than point his finger and run his mouth.
Chris Hedges says Sanders has good intentions but not political courage.
He should have run as an Independent.
He has no guts.
He chose his career.