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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 200 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Without realizing it, Mike Beasley makes a great argument for why private, for-profit health insurance shouldn't exist.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 1 week ago

It's like all the media that think they are defending Brian Thompson by saying he was less horrible than the average healthcare CEO. Sometimes I wonder if they are making an argument for resurrecting the guillotine industry.

[–] The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As some who has no clue who Mike Beasley is, that seems like a perfectly legitimate Interpretation. A lot of people, like the one he is replying too, knowingly or not are defending the existing system and the existence of health insurances companies.

I mean, forget about health for a second: we all know insurance companies fucking suck, and they are essentially just a symptom of a shitty system. So why are we fighting/wishing/hoping for them to be run better/more empathetically instead of wanting a different system?

I think the his comment can be seen as a call-out of how some people are missing the root of the issue.