Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

      • @uis@lemm.ee
        13•7 days ago

        Probably something provided in Europe for free. At least for citizens. I heard americans have to pay even for cast when they break bones.

        • @AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world
          11•7 days ago

          I had a hernia and spent a third of my income on health insurance but still has to shell out 16000 from my own pocket for non emergency hernia surgery.

          I hope the copycats make the job of “C-Suite executive at HMO” an unfillable position, but more likely this will finally get the GOP interested in gun control.

          • @uis@lemm.ee
            7•7 days ago

            In Russian it’s called “расстрельная должность”, which means position, where firing squad eventually visits you.

            • @Disaster@sh.itjust.works
              2•6 days ago

              Generally in English they’d usually be called “A Patsy” or “Strawman” - someone disposable to do the unpleasant work, whom nobody will particularly miss.

              • @uis@lemm.ee
                2•6 days ago

                That’s not what I meant. Position, not person, which everyone leaves by being killed(in soviet times) or imprisoned(now).

                EDIT: or falling out of window

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
          9•7 days ago

          We have to pay for seeing the nurse before we even get to the doctor and caste part of it. Those are all extra on top of it.