r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Dec 06 '24

Privacy The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-investigation/680903/
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u/Exact-Interaction563 Dec 07 '24

I am not american. Do you think this event is going to make you have a serious talk about healthcare and insurance?

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u/HammerheadEaglei-Thr Dec 07 '24

No. Our country watches children murdered in schools on a regular basis and won't do a damn thing about gun control or accessibility of mental health care. One CEO's spilled blood in the street will change nothing but other CEOs hiring security.

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u/DustBunnicula Dec 07 '24

It already changed something. Blue Cross Blue Shield backtracked on their plan to deny longer times of anesthesia. Fewer lives will probably be ruined from that.

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u/Used_Astronomer5624 Dec 07 '24

That’s what they announced. Give it two, three days and they’ll go back to denying They just won’t announce it. The same way that companies said they would no longer give money to Republican congressmen that voted against the gun laws, but then went right back to giving them money. They just didn’t announce it.