Health insurance companies are already describing themselves as the only barrier protecting people from unscrupulous doctors recommending unnecessary treatment. Sorry. I trust my doctor more than I trust the insurance company.
Practically, for them, in the short term: no alternative. Not in general. Obviously there is a systemic solution, but that would require Congress to govern rather than enable.
Listening to black metal to cheer oneself up does neatly summarize where we are today. Great piece, and I've heard from doctors about how much they dislike insurance companies too. Dr. Glaucomfleken has been commenting on it for years.
The killer could be a character straight out of Kim Stanley Robinson’s book, The Ministry for the Future (except that the terrorists in that story are eco-terrorists). The book’s dedication contains a quote by Fredric Jameson, (Robinson's doctoral supervisor) who wrote that "It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism."
You can kill your way to anything. Look at the US independence and Civil wars, or if you want individual acts Charles 1 and Louis xvi, or if it has to be murder (all murder is extrajudicial btw) Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who also demonstrate that the result may not be immediate.
This is my real name, to rebut charges of edgelordship
My solution to ‘the entire entrenched healthcare system across a country with 350M people and more money than God being completely unfit for purpose’? That will have to wait for a future 27 part series.
yesss you totally owned me! i just am trying to understand what we can do if “they will not change”. it’s a totally hopeless mindset and not something most people are willing to submit to. the millionaire&billionaire CEOs are completely blind to the human suffering they perpetuate, so how else can it be brought to their attention? what are we supposed to do? what is the moral distinction between “legal” mass murder by health insurance companies and “illegal” shooting someone dead in the street?
Health insurance companies are already describing themselves as the only barrier protecting people from unscrupulous doctors recommending unnecessary treatment. Sorry. I trust my doctor more than I trust the insurance company.
I do not think this sentiment is uncommon.
You said, “But there is no alternative to fear.”
Yes, there is!
Under Universal Healthcare, eg in Norway, there would never be any reason to murder a Healthcare executive! cf: https://open.substack.com/pub/egberto/p/what-healthcare-looks-like-in-norway?r=f0bj9&utm_medium=ios
Practically, for them, in the short term: no alternative. Not in general. Obviously there is a systemic solution, but that would require Congress to govern rather than enable.
Listening to black metal to cheer oneself up does neatly summarize where we are today. Great piece, and I've heard from doctors about how much they dislike insurance companies too. Dr. Glaucomfleken has been commenting on it for years.
Just remember every doctor complaining about health insurance in public has a private opinion, and those are generally harsher.
I have a source inside the physician community, so hear those opinions often!
You have a very entertaining way of getting your point across. Thanks for writing this.
Well, you know, when it’s on your mind…
The killer could be a character straight out of Kim Stanley Robinson’s book, The Ministry for the Future (except that the terrorists in that story are eco-terrorists). The book’s dedication contains a quote by Fredric Jameson, (Robinson's doctoral supervisor) who wrote that "It is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism."
You can kill your way to anything. Look at the US independence and Civil wars, or if you want individual acts Charles 1 and Louis xvi, or if it has to be murder (all murder is extrajudicial btw) Harmodius and Aristogeiton, who also demonstrate that the result may not be immediate.
This is my real name, to rebut charges of edgelordship
what’s your solution then?
My solution to ‘the entire entrenched healthcare system across a country with 350M people and more money than God being completely unfit for purpose’? That will have to wait for a future 27 part series.
yesss you totally owned me! i just am trying to understand what we can do if “they will not change”. it’s a totally hopeless mindset and not something most people are willing to submit to. the millionaire&billionaire CEOs are completely blind to the human suffering they perpetuate, so how else can it be brought to their attention? what are we supposed to do? what is the moral distinction between “legal” mass murder by health insurance companies and “illegal” shooting someone dead in the street?
Brilliant!
Expose the corruption at all dimensions of the spectrum.