Re: [OT] Murder in New York

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, Paul S Person wrote:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:04:42 +0000, quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com>
wrote:
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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.
Then I came across the following information on a web site: that the
health care insurer of which he was the CEO had used an AI system to
process claims; this system rejected 90% of all claims, including many
valid ones.
Maybe this site is a leftist one, and this claim is not true, I don't
know for sure. But if it is true, my sympathy for this homicide victim
basically evaporated. After all, if someone's health insurer doesn't
pay out on valid claims... that person might not get health care. That
kills people. But the legal system wasn't in the process of prosecuting
him as aggressively as any other murderer.

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I saw the claim; I have no idea how true it is.
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You must keep in mind that the USA does not have a "medical system".
It has a Medical Industry composed of various competing business
enterprises.
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And the purpose of a business enterprise is to /make money/, not to
/pay claims/.
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And Donald Trump is the Poster Child for Rich White Male Special
Treatment by the Judicial System.
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"Orange man bad" syndrome. The US has the worst parts of private health care coupled with the worst parts of public health care. It is a very good example of taking the worst parts of both and combining them into an unholy mix.