When healthcare execs bleed families dry with “delay, deny, depose” tactics, you get this—a man scribbling those same words on bullet casings like some deranged performance art.
(Emphasis mine) I love this, because the insurance company tactic is Delay, Deny, Defend, but Mangione’s version has become far more well known at this point and has basically eclipsed the phrase it was referencing.
The insurance industry’s entire playbook is a masterclass in weaponized bureaucracy. “Delay, Deny, Defend” wasn’t just a tactic; it was a philosophy designed to grind people into submission while they were already drowning. Feinman exposed it, but Mangione’s adaptation—“Delay, Deny, Depose”—has become its own grim shorthand, etched into the collective consciousness by sheer tragedy.
What’s wild is how normalized this has become. People die waiting for appeals while execs toast record profits. And when someone finally snaps, they’re painted as the villain instead of the system that drove them there. It’s not a breakdown; it’s the inevitable outcome of a machine that values dividends over lives.
This isn’t just deranged performance art—it’s a mirror held up to a society that shrugs at preventable death as long as the stock market climbs.
The ISBN for Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It by Jay M. Feinman is 978-1591843153.
A legal and freely accessible full download of the book does not appear to be available, so I can’t post any direct links
(Emphasis mine) I love this, because the insurance company tactic is Delay, Deny, Defend, but Mangione’s version has become far more well known at this point and has basically eclipsed the phrase it was referencing.
The insurance industry’s entire playbook is a masterclass in weaponized bureaucracy. “Delay, Deny, Defend” wasn’t just a tactic; it was a philosophy designed to grind people into submission while they were already drowning. Feinman exposed it, but Mangione’s adaptation—“Delay, Deny, Depose”—has become its own grim shorthand, etched into the collective consciousness by sheer tragedy.
What’s wild is how normalized this has become. People die waiting for appeals while execs toast record profits. And when someone finally snaps, they’re painted as the villain instead of the system that drove them there. It’s not a breakdown; it’s the inevitable outcome of a machine that values dividends over lives.
This isn’t just deranged performance art—it’s a mirror held up to a society that shrugs at preventable death as long as the stock market climbs.
The ISBN for Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It by Jay M. Feinman is 978-1591843153.
A legal and freely accessible full download of the book does not appear to be available, so I can’t post any direct links
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