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26. A quick and brutal illustration of how corporate and state violence are intertwined, and as harmful as interpersonal

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Wed Dec 4, 2024, 04:52 PM

Dec 2024

violence. I'm so sorry you went through that.

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In response to United Health Care CEO misfortune let me tell you a true story [View all] gopiscrap Dec 2024 OP

OMG Kali Dec 2024 #1

Santa Vaca MaineNative Dec 2024 #10

I too Puppyjive Dec 2024 #19

+1 dalton99a Dec 2024 #52

Can I steal your story? vapor2 Dec 2024 #55

Yes Puppyjive Dec 2024 #71

My employer would not give me light duty Puppyjive Dec 2024 #87

Im shocked too Demovictory9 Dec 2024 #64

That is fecking insane and immoral 😖 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #90

OMG. I never heard of anyone going to jail for filing BK. SunSeeker Dec 2024 #2

because most of his bankrupties were on his gopiscrap Dec 2024 #4

Who or what prosecuted you? Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2024 #11

Feds gopiscrap Dec 2024 #15

Holy crap Alice Kramden Dec 2024 #83

Hey DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #116

Yes DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #23

Someone made some serious bank off of your pain and suffering though ck4829 Dec 2024 #3

That someone would be lawyers. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #91

More likely the health insurer.. whathehell Dec 2024 #111

Dear god XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #5

omigawd. barbtries Dec 2024 #6

preditory capitalisim. i have a friend who says communisim dosnt work, what about capitalisim AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #45

my son calls it late stage capitalism barbtries Dec 2024 #56

Nobody on the horizon that appears able to stop them. rubbersole Dec 2024 #82

It will take the people, barbtries Dec 2024 #84

Unfortunately, the people did vote for "change" including UHC Justice matters. Dec 2024 #119

Vastly inequitable systems dominated Europe for millennia misanthrope Dec 2024 #99

but they didn't last. barbtries Dec 2024 #100

Reign of terror of the biggest monsters in history. Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #115

You are talking about individual rulers misanthrope Dec 2024 #127

Late stage capitalism KT2000 Dec 2024 #118

I hope you are right MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #133

Same orangecrush Dec 2024 #58

But what about the poor wealthy healthcare executive!111 BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #7

OMG. So glad you made it. And WTHH kind of legal system do we have?? Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #8

I think that's the most horrible insurance company-related story I've ever read. Hope you're okay now, both healthwise Vinca Dec 2024 #9

What a sad and horrible story! JoseBalow Dec 2024 #12

In the FCI camp at Sheridan OR gopiscrap Dec 2024 #16

You are incredible, truly. Passages Dec 2024 #32

thanks you are very kind gopiscrap Dec 2024 #33

They are kind but really they are just being honest too🥰 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #92

If you gotta get locked up, a Federal camp is the best kind of time JoseBalow Dec 2024 #51

No I was there gopiscrap Dec 2024 #59

Oh, that sounds like not a fun time JoseBalow Dec 2024 #62

gopiscrap............ Upthevibe Dec 2024 #13

DuRec leftstreet Dec 2024 #14

Your story needs to be covered by Rachel Maddow jmbar2 Dec 2024 #17

Why aren't you? You should be. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #97

Just awful Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #18

Why arent we (Americans) out protesting in the street about this? Why do we put up with it? IcyPeas Dec 2024 #20

People should be picketing insurance company offices instead of abortion clinics. Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #43

Because the people affected are already sick and run down... druidity33 Dec 2024 #65

What an excellent post 🥰 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #93

Because the sick are the unseen and most aren't up to it. uponit7771 Dec 2024 #105

President Nixon made it legal for insurance companies to profit from healthcare. patphil Dec 2024 #21

What a horrific journey... spanone Dec 2024 #22

I second that opinion. ChazInAz Dec 2024 #24

I hold my moms death to her shitty hmo XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #25

Oh feck, this should not happen, my heart is with you mate♥️😪 arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #95

I am so sorry, what a travesty. Passages Dec 2024 #60

A quick and brutal illustration of how corporate and state violence are intertwined, and as harmful as interpersonal WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #26

I am so sorry this happened to you. Loryn Dec 2024 #27

Dahawnbear DaHawnBear Dec 2024 #28

As a BK attorney I don't understand how this happened to you. The Bankruptcy Reform Act Pepsidog Dec 2024 #29

He died prior to arrival at hospital, so gunshot wound deemed a preexisting condition. His claim has been rejected. ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #30

omg I am so sorry you and your family went through that. Passages Dec 2024 #31

THIS. - Hugs malaise Dec 2024 #34

thanks gopiscrap Dec 2024 #39

I'm glad you survived it Meowmee Dec 2024 #35

Murder is wrong. However... av8rdave Dec 2024 #36

That is awful mountain grammy Dec 2024 #37

That story is the worst I have ever heard! LittleGirl Dec 2024 #38

You should all be writing Biden for his pardon. arthritisR_US Dec 2024 #94

I am so sorry, gopiscrap. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #40

It's absolutely insane that anyone would need to become a felon and do prison time Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #41

Good Lord! This is a horrendous indictment of both the insurance industry and the "justice" system in this LoisB Dec 2024 #42

insurannce is a legal scam in my mind . how do pencil pushers get the right to make medical decisions . AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #44

Always has been. Karasu Dec 2024 #73

Our Medical System Needs A Public Option - STAT! cer7711 Dec 2024 #46

I'm sorry that happened to you. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #47

Have you applied for and received a pardon? LiberalFighter Dec 2024 #48

no I haven't gopiscrap Dec 2024 #50

If you decide to send one in I would sign it. flying_wahini Dec 2024 #132

Thank you for sharing this. More people need to understand this. live love laugh Dec 2024 #49

i am so sorry you went through that. The fear, the pain from cancer and then the fear, frustration, and punishment from Solly Mack Dec 2024 #53

Oh my gods. 💔 Hekate Dec 2024 #54

Good gawd orangecrush Dec 2024 #57

Holy crap! Ruby the Liberal Dec 2024 #61

You have got to be FAWKING kidding??? A gawd damn felon???? a kennedy Dec 2024 #63

meanwhile a CONvicted felon is going to run the country?? AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #81

Sad thing for a supposed First World country . . . Aussie105 Dec 2024 #66

thank you all for your kind replies gopiscrap Dec 2024 #67

thank you all for your kind replies gopiscrap Dec 2024 #68

May I repost this on BlueSky? nt okaawhatever Dec 2024 #122

Thanks for letting us know. That is disgusting. I can't imagine how you got through that. I hate insurance cos. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #69

Man, if THAT story is not enough to prove our healthcare system is 'effed up... 70sEraVet Dec 2024 #70

Prison?!? Karia Dec 2024 #72

Infuriating!!! Such a massive injustice Arazi Dec 2024 #74

I have been flippantly saying that if it wasn't for Tricare my family would be homeless or I'd have a black LT Barclay Dec 2024 #75

What a nightmare for you, and terrifying for the rest of us! calimary Dec 2024 #76

Not even close to an uncommon story Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #77

Yes it is more common than many realize Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #126

Truly unbelievably horrific story, but Sogo Dec 2024 #78

You went to prison for getting sick? Trueblue Texan Dec 2024 #79

i have have met several danish people + my epal arne had AWESOME DANISH HEALTH CARE. college is free too i think. pansypoo53219 Dec 2024 #80

That sounds terrifying. Vibes to your good health applegrove Dec 2024 #85

my salivary gland cancer was diagnosed as "squamous cell carcinoma" rampartd Dec 2024 #86

I am so sorry gopiscrap Dec 2024 #88

i've been clean for aby 2 years now rampartd Dec 2024 #98

My son was diagnosed with ACC cancer in 2016, stageIV. Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #121

8'm glad ypu still jave him rampartd Dec 2024 #123

I'm lucky to be in good health Lifeafter70 Dec 2024 #124

my wife worked t a grocery until she qualifued for medicare rampartd Dec 2024 #125

A healthcare horror story jfz9580m Dec 2024 #89

Had health ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #96

I am so sorry you went through this LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #101

Our family doctor got to the point where he would not accept United Health Care from any of his patients. BComplex Dec 2024 #102

Sorry you had to go through so much adversity. Glad you survived to tell your story. It was horrible then and akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #103

You are a tough person, Mr. Mustard 2023 Dec 2024 #104

What 3auld6phart Dec 2024 #106

I just dropped United Healthcare signed up for something else. Linda ladeewolf Dec 2024 #107

Thanks for sharing your heart breaking story with the medical system. Glad you and your family survived such akbacchus_BC Dec 2024 #108

Trump will make these problems great again IronLionZion Dec 2024 #109

Thanks to ACA, pre-existing denials are very rare. Silent Type Dec 2024 #110

Notice that not one of the site's pearl clutchers responded to your OP tenderfoot Dec 2024 #112

Exactly nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #135

For-profit Healthcare is evil Sugarcoated Dec 2024 #113

Horrific cilla4progress Dec 2024 #114

This is why nobody feels bad about that schmuck in NYC who got popped ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #117

Truth. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #120

Thom Hartman has been talking down Medicare "Advantage" plans for quite a while. SupportSanity Dec 2024 #128

Geeeebz! Horrific: the illness, being imprisoned(!), fighting to get your bill reduced... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #129

thank you, you are very kind gopiscrap Dec 2024 #130

Oh, yw. My folks raaised us to have empathy -unlike- certain people. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #131

BIDEN SHOULD PARDON YOU TO HIGHLIGHT cpamomfromtexas Dec 2024 #134