Testimony of a former UnitedHealthcare employee who says she worked under CEO Brian Thompson

[initforme]

Shareholder value.

So a little extra money for the shareholders over someone needing surgery? And we wonder why healthcare has now moved to the top of concerns list?

 

[pknopp]

This probably deserves it's own thread but there are already so many on this subject.

Who is Andrew Witty the CEO of United Health Group?

Here he is saying what a great guy Brian Thompson was. (note, he doesn't bring up the insider trading issues)

UnitedHealth Group CEO remembers Brian Thompson as ‘one of the good guys’ in memo to workers: reports

In 2020 GlaxoSmithKline agreed to a $3 billion settlement for fraud. Who was the CEO at the time of the fraud? Andrew Witty.

GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to $3 Billion Fraud Settlement

He was forced to resign (it should have been a prison sentence). Many have went to prison for far less.

With Andrew Witty's Departure, Will GlaxoSmithKline Say Goodbye to Fraud?

How does a company hire a guy like this after he has done something like this unless it was his expertise they were after.

This should be front page news.

 

[sparky]

Thank you for the help posting this. This is the kind of stuff that angers people regardless of politics.

yes it does InIt , but PK had the latest....~S~

 

[initforme]

There was insider trading issues also? I didn't find that in my research

 

[pknopp]

There was insider trading issues also? I didn't find that in my research

UnitedHealthcare CEO accused of insider trading and fraud, lawsuit shows

Explains the hiring of the corrupt Witty, doesn't it?

 

[sparky]

There was insider trading issues also? I didn't find that in my research

iirc Congress is exempt......~S~

 

[pknopp]

iirc Congress is exempt......~S~

Sort of.

 

[Missourian]

Krista Monroe spills the beans on business practices of UnitedHealthcare



As you can see, it's not good.

Democrats have been fucking us over my entire adult life.

When does liberal season open?

 

[initforme]

The nation has to stop looking at poor and elderly who use insurance as some kind of drain on the country.

 

[Seymour Flops]

1. As Dennis Kucenich noted, it isn't what we needed as a country. We needed UHC.

When we have UHC, and you are told that there is a year-long wait-list for treatment of a condition that will kill you in six months, where will you go for that treatment, the United States being the destination that other such unfortunates turn to when their country tells them the same?

2. As already noted the Insurance and Pharmaceutical companies should have had absolutely nothing to do with writing it.

Why did Obama and his architect, Jonathan Gruber let them? Oh, right. Gruber told us. Because of "the stupidity of the American voter."

3. It in no way addressed the cost side and we are seeing the ramifications of that.

The reason for the high costs have nothing to do with the way those costs are paid for, which is what Obamacare was supposed to address.

4. It was lied into existence.

Absolutely, it was

 

[MarcATL]

Democrats have been fucking us over my entire adult life.

When does liberal season open?

I dunno, why don't you set it off?

 

[pknopp]

When we have UHC, and you are told that there is a year-long wait-list for treatment of a condition that will kill you in six months, where will you go for that treatment, the United States being the destination that other such unfortunates turn to when their country tells them the same?

Corporate suck up. There would be absolutely no reason for that to be the case other than blind partisans like yourself unwilling to hold people accountable.

Why did Obama and his architect, Jonathan Gruber let them? Oh, right. Gruber told us. Because of "the stupidity of the American voter."

This is what Democrats blame Trump for doing (and he does). They fail and then blame someone else. Yes people were stupid for allowing Obama to do this but what is that really saying? Gruber is saying you were a moron for not speaking up.

The reason for the high costs have nothing to do with the way those costs are paid for, which is what Obamacare was supposed to address.

How were we going to get $2500 savings without addressing the cost side?

Absolutely, it was

And you and Obama supporters said nothing.

 

[initforme]

When we have UHC, and you are told that there is a year-long wait-list for treatment of a condition that will kill you in six months, where will you go for that treatment, the United States being the destination that other such unfortunates turn to when their country tells them the same?

Why did Obama and his architect, Jonathan Gruber let them? Oh, right. Gruber told us. Because of "the stupidity of the American voter."

The reason for the high costs have nothing to do with the way those costs are paid for, which is what Obamacare was supposed to address.

Absolutely, it was

If one pays the premiums then ones clai.s should not be denied unless they are blatantly outlandish. It's black and white here.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Corporate suck up. There would be absolutely no reason for that to be the case other than blind partisans like yourself unwilling to hold people accountable.

Completely unrelated to the statement this replies to.

This is what Democrats blame Trump for doing (and he does). They fail and then blame someone else. Yes people were stupid for allowing Obama to do this but what is that really saying? Gruber is saying you were a moron for not speaking up.

No, Gruber is saying that you were a moron for believing the Obama administration's lies. I never supported Obamacare. Without knowing such details in advance, I knew that it would be a disaster and that it was being pushed dishonestly.

How were we going to get $2500 savings without addressing the cost side?

We weren't. Obama was lying.

And you and Obama supporters said nothing.

As a non-Obama supporter, I said many times that Obamacare would be a disaster.

 

[pknopp]

Completely unrelated to the statement this replies to.

No, Gruber is saying that you were a moron for believing the Obama administration's lies.

LOL, I didn't. I have never supported Obamacare.

I never supported Obamacare. Without knowing such details in advance, I knew that it would be a disaster and that it was being pushed dishonestly.

We weren't. Obama was lying.

As a non-Obama supporter, I said many times that Obamacare would be a disaster.

So why the need to argue with me?

 

[Seymour Flops]

LOL, I didn't. I have never supported Obamacare.




So why the need to argue with me?

I'm not.

My only disagreement was with your assertion that "we needed UHC," which you are unwilling to defend. I made an argument against it, and you responded with "Corporate suck up," which was a non-sequitor.

 

[pknopp]

I'm not.

My only disagreement was with your assertion that "we needed UHC," which you are unwilling to defend.

I am 100% willing to defend.

I made an argument against it, and you responded with "Corporate suck up," which was a non-sequitor.

You made a scare tactic. I addressed it. I said there was absolutely no reason why the things you claimed would happen if we would actually hold people accountable.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Winco Find a sense of humor....

Fuck you, dude.

 

[Seymour Flops]

I am 100% willing to defend.

Please do.

Start by telling us how it will not be like every other UHC country with the long waiting lists for inferior care.

You made a scare tactic. I addressed it. I said there was absolutely no reason why the things you claimed would happen if we would actually hold people accountable.

Do they not hold people accountable in the UK and Canada?

 

[pknopp]

Please do.

Start by telling us how it will not be like every other UHC country with the long waiting lists for inferior care.

You say it is and the facts are, the people are not clamoring to go to the corrupt system we have.

GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data