https://mas.to/@MikeBeas/113666556469008087
EDIT: I think you should get the service you pay for, just so that’s clear.
Without realizing it, Mike Beasley makes a great argument for why private, for-profit health insurance shouldn’t exist.
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.
“It’s a business” is not a justification for evil, and yet that’s always how the phrase is used.
it’s a business that helps you pay your bills
Quite the opposite, it’s a business that makes your bills expensive.
The very concept of paying for health care through insurance is evil.
Why do we even allow a profit motive to deny health care? Should be straight up illegal.
It’s my understanding that health insurance companies hire doctors, who have taken the hypocritical oath, to review claims and deny them.
When the insurance company describes their functional area is the term “medical decision” listed anywhere?
Asking for a friend