Re: [OT] Murder in New York

On 12/10/24 13:04, quadibloc wrote:

A few days ago, I had read in the news that the CEO of a major health
insurer was gunned down. This was shocking; it seemed to mean that no
one
was safe from crime.

Actually it was a targeted assasination.
The killer had suffered a back injury and ended up
with lots of titanium screws holding his spine together.
I do not know exactly the beef he had but the
business of Health Insurance did not help the excutive's
case with Luigi Mangione.
[Snippage]

Instead, I expect more than that: specifically, since when the
government > brought in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) which allowed private
health insurers a role, so that they wouldn't go out of business as the
result of it, it certainly wasn't expecting them not to conscientiously
provide the service it was their role to provide...
The fact that _one_ health insurer took measures to avoid paying on
valid
health insurance claims should result in the immediate repeal of the
Affordable Care Act, with its replacement by a single-payer national
health
care system.
That would send a very clear lesson to any other private businesses that
might in future offered the opportunity to offer services to the public
in partnership with the government. No fooling around that would make
the
government look bad will be tolerated for one moment.
 John Savard

It may not seem pernitent but at the URL below is an
arguement in favor of AI Art in a long speculative fiction
comic.
What is AI Art
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/10/2291253/-What-is-AI-Art>
The solution which is unlikely to happen with the incoming admiistration
is Basic Assured Income and Universal Healthcare.
bliss