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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.

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[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 313 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I'm still absolutely flabbergasted at how quickly we all moved on from Trump literally getting clipped in an attempt on his life.

They tried to muster some outrage and solidarity, but most of us just shrugged and went, "Damn. Oh well, maybe next time."

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 171 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then the next time came, and it was even more disappointing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 171 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What was it the IRA told Thatcher? "You have to be lucky every single time. We only have to be lucky once."

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago

That's fuckin metal

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They tried to get her so many times and each time they were foiled by more and more lucky series of events.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Reverse Archduke Franz Ferdinand

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

He didnt get clipped. He cut his hand on glass, on the ground, and didnt realize it, then transfered the blood to his head. Thats why his ear was miraculously fully recovered like a week later when he was caught on camera without bandages.

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No, it was just his superior genetics that allowed him to heal quicker than a normal person would.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 weeks ago

We have the best ears...

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Getting downvoted for an obvious sarcastic ribbing? For shame, Internet.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

OMG, this was the first thing that came to my head too and you beat me by 2 minutes

[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. Got a source for that?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

nothing besides the picture of him with blood on the side of his head with no visible injury, and another one with a bandage off a little after a week after the shooting with not a single sign of injury (ears dont heal that fast), and the fact that he absolutely refused to let anyone see his wound or the medical records.

Trump is an opportunistic aggrandizemer.

If he legitimately got even the slightest injury, he would have been ripping the bandage off 15 times a day and pointing at it and screaming about what the "evil woke liberal mob" did to him. And he didnt.

he barely acknowledge it at all after a few days. Does that sound like the Trump you know? The trump that ruminates and obsesses for years, even decades over perceived and imagined slights? That constantly comments on them, regardless of relevance to the topic at hand?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

My guess is that a piece of teleprompter glass grazed an old man's ear. Ears are known to be bloody, moreso on older people. But there's no way in fucking hell he actually took a bullet, he wouldn't even have that ear.

So yeah, your assessment fits.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I figured it was from a dozen burly secret service guys wrestling a 78 year old man to the ground.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Funny I always thought he was juicing like they do in professional wrestling, they cut themselves just a little bit to make it look like they're injured.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Blood splatters from the human shields sitting behind the sack of shit.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The sympathy lasted two days. I was expecting maybe a week.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] frezik@midwest.social 41 points 2 weeks ago

Found it hiding under the couch, but squashed it with my shoe real quick.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Biden dropped out shortly after and that dominated the news cycle.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta admit in hindsight, that was funny as hell.

He got to pose for like a week like a badass and then quietly remove the ear bandaid.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

You know I'm honestly not sure. Mostly good I think?

Sidestepping the issue entirely of the act itself - strictly speaking more about the news cycle around it. I don't know that it needed much more extensive, exhausting coverage. Just given the nature of the news currently, you gotta admit, surprising right? I'm not even trying to imply any sort of conspiracy about why it wasn't more popular. I'm just saying, I think news cycle would've latched on harder if they could have, but the public gagged and said no thanks, we're simply not interested, causing them to shift focus.

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC, the final verdict was that he smashed his ear on an agents holster. It wasn't a bullet or shards of teleprompter glass.

[–] Hobbes@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

I both applaud the shooter for trying and am simultaneously pissed at him for not being a better shot.