UHC CEO Gunned Down in Midtown Manhattan

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Anonymous wrote:I’m amazed at the number of people who think health insurance is the main problem, as if the hospitals just honest businessmen submitting bills for their services and the docs as well. The whole system is a sh&t show. Cardiologist in the US make like a half a million, in the Uk it’s like £150K.

People should be mad at their legislators for allowing it to get this way. This is not to say that insurers don’t have their problems but they are but one cog in the wheel of grift and dysfunction.

Cardiologists actually provide an extremely valuable service. Insurance companies suck money out of the system. Do you really not see the difference?

Do you want to negotiate prices with all of your doctors on your own?

Yes, actually. I’d also like to know the cost of a procedure or visit up front, thanks.

Go for it. Say you're a cash patient and see what they want to charge you.

Well it doesn’t work as well within the confines of the existing insurance for profit system we have in place now, does it? Idiot.

Actually my primary care's office has an insurance submittal price and a negotiated cash/check at visit price. There are doctors that will negotiate if you want to pay cash.

Now do a procedure-oriented specialist. Or an MRI.

I had breast cancer and my insurance denied my doctor-ordered, standard of care yearly MRI. So I checked what the cash price would be. Sibley told me $6700. The whole thing was so disgusting.

An MRI cost $6,700.

Breast MRI with contrast is $850 for cash in Buffalo, NY. Many of these places there--they cater to Canadian patients.

http://www.wnyig.com/cash-pricing/#pricing

You can get a breast/torso MRI for under 2k without insurance in Bethesda.

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He didn’t wear gloves in the pictures where he shoots him. Surprised, I thought that was Murderer 101. Perhaps he went bare to have more dexterity with the chamber reloading

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t wear gloves in the pictures where he shoots him. Surprised, I thought that was Murderer 101. Perhaps he went bare to have more dexterity with the chamber reloading

It’s NY.

Dr. Daddy will just pay off the prosecutor and he’s off.

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He’s already abroad.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t wear gloves in the pictures where he shoots him. Surprised, I thought that was Murderer 101. Perhaps he went bare to have more dexterity with the chamber reloading

It’s NY.

Dr. Daddy will just pay off the prosecutor and he’s off.

Who’s Dr Daddy?

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Anonymous wrote:WaPo article on how common the inappropriate reaction to the CEO’s death was:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12/05/reaction-unitedhealth-ceo-shooting-brian-thompson-insurance/


It isn’t just DCUM posters.

Well the guy had no regard for the life of others, so you can’t really expect others.

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N You C police think the hitman is no longer in the country. Ya think?!

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Anonymous wrote:The gun he used is wild, an updated version of the WW2 Weldon.

FFS, stop it with this nonsense. You people sound like morons parroting back whatever you hear the morons on TV saying

1) it’s Welrod, not “Weldon”…WelROD.

2) It was NOT a B&T Station 6/9 (the updated version of the WWII Welrod). It was a 9mm semiauto pistol, probably a Glock 19, with a likely home-made suppressor, since it lacked a recoil booster, as evidenced by the pistol jamming and having to be cycled manually after each shot.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t wear gloves in the pictures where he shoots him. Surprised, I thought that was Murderer 101. Perhaps he went bare to have more dexterity with the chamber reloading

Definitely for dexterity. It was cold that morning. Which is likely why he went inside the Starbucks for a bit to remain warmed up.

I think he had a spotter at the other hotel. That’s who was speaking to on the phone. And that’s how he knew the target was on the move and able to get into position only 5 minutes in advance.

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Anonymous wrote:N You C police think the hitman is no longer in the country. Ya think?!

Seriously. NYPD is funded to the tune of $5.8 BILLION dollars and they look like clowns.

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Anonymous wrote:N You C police think the hitman is no longer in the country. Ya think?!

They’ll figure it out next week.
Their police chief just started on this job last week.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m amazed at the number of people who think health insurance is the main problem, as if the hospitals just honest businessmen submitting bills for their services and the docs as well. The whole system is a sh&t show. Cardiologist in the US make like a half a million, in the Uk it’s like £150K.

People should be mad at their legislators for allowing it to get this way. This is not to say that insurers don’t have their problems but they are but one cog in the wheel of grift and dysfunction.

Cardiologists actually provide an extremely valuable service. Insurance companies suck money out of the system. Do you really not see the difference?

Do you want to negotiate prices with all of your doctors on your own?

Yes, actually. I’d also like to know the cost of a procedure or visit up front, thanks.

Go for it. Say you're a cash patient and see what they want to charge you.

A lot less

The cheapo stand-alone centers are no good for anything critical. You need a tertiary care center with good radiologists. Their cahs price is $10K for an abdominal MRI. Their billing people won’t budge.

Insurance companies pay under $2000 and still deny.

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I’m looking forward to reading Jeff’s take on this thread after today (thank you, Jeff, for your entertaining daily summaries!)

Although I personally feel that some really insightful posts were deleted (and no, they didn’t “celebrate” the murder) - but it’s Jeff’s place, Jeff’s rules.

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Anonymous wrote:N You C police think the hitman is no longer in the country. Ya think?!

Seriously. NYPD is funded to the tune of $5.8 BILLION dollars and they look like clowns.

Thats what people said about the police w/r to the Bryan Kohberger case in Idaho too-they aren't going to show their hands right now.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t wear gloves in the pictures where he shoots him. Surprised, I thought that was Murderer 101. Perhaps he went bare to have more dexterity with the chamber reloading

Definitely for dexterity. It was cold that morning. Which is likely why he went inside the Starbucks for a bit to remain warmed up.

I think he had a spotter at the other hotel. That’s who was speaking to on the phone. And that’s how he knew the target was on the move and able to get into position only 5 minutes in advance.

This is the best explanation I have heard. Why else would he be in the phone minutes before.