Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO
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“When other’s human lives are deemed worthless, it is not surprising to have others view your life of no value as well,” wrote one medical doctor, whose identity the Daily Beast confirmed.

Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    62·
    1 month ago

    Its also hilarious that lemmy.world admins/mods did the same thing with early threads about this yesterday, nuking individual comments celebrating Thompson’s death and 24 hr instance wide banning the users that made those comments, then within 2 hrs they undid the bans, and by today seem to have just given up trying.

    https://lemmy.zip/post/27427367

    • NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 month ago

      Taking a look at the recent modlog, as well as other comments around here, it looks like they’re trying to find the right balance for what’s okay and what has crossed the line.

      There are an alarming number of comments that are actively encouraging murder and the amount of upvotes that even the worst of those comments receive is sickening.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        27·
        1 month ago

        Something something “kill the billionaires… in minecraft” /s

        There are an alarming number of comments that are actively encouraging murder and the amount of upvotes that even the worst of those comments receive is sickening.

        Can you really blame people, though? The poor and middle class been screwed and driven against each other by ultra-rich assholes for decades. Murder might not be the most ethical solution from a moral purist standpoint, but at least it has people talking and agreeing about the underlying problem.

        • sem
          6·
          1 month ago

          You can both not blame people, AND also not allow speech like that.

      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.netEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        For some people in might be self defence, who knows who has a treatable illness they were denied coverage for.

      • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I’m only seeing one upvote and one downvote lol

        I think people are having a hard time deciding whether to celebrate your comment or not