destructdisc@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: UnitedHealthcare Caught Paying Off Nursing Homes to Let Seniors Die Because Hospital Transfers were “Too Expensive”medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoBecause people were afraid to have the government determined when it is financially infeasible to keep someone alive so they let the free market do it instead.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOr idiots. The idea was presented in a way to make people afraid to the point where they wouldn’t think about what the alternative was.
Because people were afraid to have the government determined when it is financially infeasible to keep someone alive so they let the free market do it instead.
People thinking that are monsters.
Or idiots.
The idea was presented in a way to make people afraid to the point where they wouldn’t think about what the alternative was.