ID: image titled “Health Insurance CEOS and their pay:” above 8 photos of the CEO

Cigna, DAVID CORDANI $21M

WellCare, MICHAEL CARSON $23.5M

Humana, BRUCE BROUSSARD $16.3 M

CENTENE Corporation, SARAH LONDON $18.6 M

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, JOSEPH ZUBRETSKY $21.4 M

CVS Health, KAREN LYNCH $21.6 M

Elevance Health, GAIL BOUDREAUX $21.9 M

United Healthcare, BRIAN THOMPSON $10.2 M

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    He’s been estranged from his wife for a while (standard suspect) and who knows what kind of lunatic business rivals or failed affairs he’s had. I’m really gonna enjoy the dead silence when it turns out the killer was hired by some crazy ex-gf.

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      20 days ago

      Agreed. Otherwise you run into:

      No, I don’t get paid to deny coverage and let people die. I enjoy it so much I do it for free!

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          19 days ago

          Isn’t that the literal origin story of the Jigsaw Killer in the Saw movies? Or something like that?

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      20 days ago

      There’s a direct correlation. Where do you think the money comes from?

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        19 days ago

        This. Think about all the medical care these salaries could have provided. These people provide no value for their customers. Not a single patient received better care because of the CEO of their heath insurance provider.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      19 days ago

      Unless she got fired for whistleblowing, I think we can still count her, but it is good to stay up to date, thanks!

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        19 days ago

        I remember she tried to overhaul their drug cost model to be less opaque and supposedly cheaper for consumers. Doesn’t seem like it ended up happening from my point of view. CVS is my PBM and keeps raising the cost for generics to the point where it’s cheaper to buy them without using insurance from an online pharmacy.

        But I wouldn’t want the new jerk who replaced her to escape attention, seeing as he came from the PBM business and is likely the reason for my above complaint.

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    19 days ago

    First, I always like to recognize good image transcription, thank you OP.

    I really dislike violence, and would never advocate for it; a just society offers better more evolved means of accountability and remedy.

    But the idea that it should feel dangerous to be a billionaire resonates down to my marrow.

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        19 days ago

        Yeah, everyone gets upset about physical violence, but so few people care about the systemic violence perpetuated against the lower classes.

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            19 days ago

            No, not all violence is physical, and while systemic violence can be violent, it very often isn’t. But it’s any damage or harmful action that’s carried out through normal operation.

            Systemic violence against the poor includes economic and social violence, like tax cuts, safety regulations repealed, or social programs being shutdown. None of these forms of systemic violence are physical, but it’s yet another metaphorical hit against people who can barely stand as it is. The racism baked onto the system (shit like redlining) isn’t necessarily physically violent, but it hurts and kills people all the same. Hell, the UHC guy getting killed and everyone cheering is because shit like the insurance industry is systemically violent against its consumers.

            The nonviolent forms of systemic violence due regularly lead to physical violence, such as houseless populations being rousted and their encampments torn down because it’s easier to be cruel than suffer the eyesore and help people.

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      19 days ago

      Yeah I agree, but we dont really live in that society anymore. All attempts at reform are sidelined and corporate interests are put over our own constantly. I don’t like it either, but people have a breaking point and they can only take so much. If we had a stronger aca that wasn’t gutted by industry maybe there wouldn’t have been motive here.

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        19 days ago

        Unfortunately, the ACA was gutted before it was signed. While it reduced the number of uninsured (by a lot), it is ultimately just another way public money could be funneled into these insurance companies.

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    19 days ago

    Are tou familiar with the shadow of mordor mechanics? He’s just getting started

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          19 days ago

          Right. It’s like hey I wanna hire you for a job. I’m quite generous so I’m going to offer you $50/hour. And I am also going to pay you 24/7, working, not working, sleeping, doesn’t matter. Then for some reason I’m going to back pay you all the way to year 0. So you’ll get that pay rate for the last 2024 years on the spot.

          You’re still not a billionaire.

          (approx $887,100,984 in case you’re wondering)

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    20 days ago

    This photo is notably missing Andrew Witty the CEO of UnitedHealth Group the parent company of UnitedHealthcare of which Brian Thompson was CEO. Andrew Witty made $23.5m last year.