BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk has announced his plan to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Who voted for Elon Musk?
Republicans are openly talking about cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I won’t resort to name-calling. We talked about Project 2025, but Trump voters dismissed it as having nothing to do with him because he said so. I’ll hold my tongue…or not. Propaganda works. I’d rather not be right about this, but it was naïve to ignore the warnings—in Trump’s speeches, his interviews, and echoed by his congressional enablers.
Taking Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will shake MAGA to their senses. Those who didn’t believe it would be done, or those who were not interested enough to listen to the truth, will when it affects them. Politicians will realize they crossed the line.
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed yesterday, in midtown Manhattan, by a Timothée Chalamet doppelgänger.
The lack of public sympathy that story has garnered should be a wake-up call to every greedy CEO in the healthcare industry; let’s not forget Big Pharma—did you know they brokered a deal with insurance companies to remove specific brands of lifesaving drugs like insulin, which President Biden worked to make more affordable, from their “approved medications” lists? Well, they did.
I wish I had empathy for the dead insurance CEO, but think about all the people his greed killed. United Healthcare auto-denies 31% of claims.
Corporate heads prioritize profit over humanity, like republicans choose party over country. Their gluttony knows no bounds, and it’s time we all recognize it for what it is.
Health insurance is not cheap. Out-of-pocket fees increase yearly, as do the deductibles you pay before coverage kicks in. After you have paid your share and the time comes for them to step up— they deny the legitimate claim. It is diabolical.
Yesterday, several major insurance CEOs were doxxed. Those companies have removed their leadership pages, which listed names and photos of their executives. Not so proud of their jobs now.
After the UHC scandal, another story went viral: Blue Cross Blue Shield announced they were scrapping their latest scheme to exploit patients at their most vulnerable—during surgery and under anesthesia. Their plan was to stop covering anesthesia after a predetermined time expired. Based on an algorithm, each procedure would have a limit.
CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Would surgeons rush through operations for the sake of saving money? Would BCBS expect doctors to ignore any unexpected occurrence at mid-surgery? And where would that leave the patient? Would there be a choice in the matter, something like a do not resuscitate waiver? If so, I would choose to wake up. Doctor, take your time and do it right. Keep me under until the clock runs out, then hand me a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, and my phone; I want to FaceTime Ms. Keck for the rest of the procedure.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-anthem-connecticut-new-york
You can fight insurance companies, but your doctor needs to help. Profits soar when people give up.
We are in an abusive relationship with bureaucrats. They (Senator Mike Lee, for example) spin lies until they make (some of) us doubt the truth. The rich will never have enough money, and this con won’t stop until we do something.
LISTEN There are two days left to sign up for Medicare, or switch plans. The phone calls and sales pitches for Medicare Advantage (Part C) are relentless. It’s sold with promises of prescription insurance, dental vision, and hearing.
Medicare Advantage (Part C) is to be avoided at all costs. Most doctors won’t accept because they pay so little.
If you signed up for it, my advice is to abort today. Switch to original Medicare A/B and purchase a supplemental policy to cover out-of-pocket costs. (Then, if you must, buy shitty dental and vision plans that cover nothing.)
https://twitter.com/thom_hartmann/status/1864685291023589839?s=46&t=o0VBjp_pTPGAQM1X_HCy1Q
My experience with ‘Advantage’ began when I answered my phone. I switched my mother’s Medicare plan, thinking I was signing her up for extra help because her low Social Security income qualifies her. I listened to a flood of words—none of which included ‘Advantage’ or ‘Part C.’
Days after the switch, my mom’s doctor of 30 years refused to see her, and she yelled at me, calling me cheap and saying this isn’t Medicare at all but a hedge-fund-backed third-party scam. She was harsh, drove the point home. I understood. Fortunately, I could reverse the change just before the metaphorical ball and chain locked shut. Had I missed the window, my mother would have been stuck with it for a year. And even if I could find a provider willing to work for the scraps Advantage pays, the care would be subpar because of those payments, shareholders get a cut.
Did you know 32 of 33 first world countries have universal healthcare? We are the exception. We deserve it too, but we won’t get it with republicans in office. Think about that next time the cost of eggs pisses you off.
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