"What's More Heartless Than A F***king CEO?!"
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Bill also said on his podcast that he's glad CEOs are afraid right now. That they should be.
Bill saying 'they are on the legal side of stealing' was great
“All these CEOs had their pictures and biographies on the company website. Now that’s all gone. Good, they should live in fear of us know who they are!” I probably mangled the quote TBH
@@ScaryMason 🤣☺🤭
The health insurance CEOs are basically paid blue collar hitmen.
Agreed, 100%
My sister is no longer with us because of harsh insurance bullshit. My family was broke through my childhood because of the cost of my father's heart problems after insurance. The pretend lack of understanding from the ruling class is somehow as amusing as it is insulting. Hope they're scared...
Legislation is a factor, too.
Couldn't agree more
That is a a heartbreaking story
Hopefully, we all can work together, and maybe one day you can sue and have some justice! Ofc it’s not gonna right your wrong but something is better than nothing.
Sorry for your loss. Been there
This gets better coverage than United Healthcare ever provided
Nice one Carlos
Stolen comment but still great
@@AkerfeldtTveitan-yi4xmwhat? Where? Sorry, Im
I'm not aware I stole anything?
@@chrisn8657 ok, fair enough. Haven't seen it. Might be a simple wordplay that many come up with.
Saw this posted on other MR video.
This CEO denied nausea medication to a child undergoing chemotherapy. He said it wasn’t essential
He was voted in college "Most Likely To Be Turned Into A Colander" ??
Well the CEO'S existence is not essential
Every little bit makes the profit go up!!
Under his reign, denials doubled from the industry standard of 16% to 32%. Lots of people who needed chemo didn’t get it.
Heartless 😢😢😢😢😢😢
The UHC shareholders stepped over the corpse of their CEO for their meeting, but we are the monsters because we aren't grieving a ghoul, like they are.
I just loooooooooooooooooooooove this story. Do you think guys like Trump or McConnel (oh sugar, did he have a fall again today??) just got a sneak preview of the EUPHORIA that will erupt in this land whenever their deaths are first announced?
Perfect synopsis of the disfunctionaliry of an all-for-profit system.
@@MaxPower-vf8kt You would think that they would leave it a couple of days and let the corpse cool off.
Wasn't he supposed to lead the meeting? Shouldn't have they waited until a replacement? This is a bit of an extenuating circumstance, not like they just wanted to reschedule for some arbitrary reason.
My point is, if they don't care, why should we?
Freaking scumbags
Prisons and Health"care" can NEVER work in society if they are based on PROFITS
At least prisons provide free medical care. I remember some years back, there was a story about a man that robbed a bank just so he could go to prison because he had a life threatening condition and his only option to get the treatment he needed was to go to prison.
@@barbiqueareathat's a society that doesn't work. If you were planning....if I were planning a society healthcare is first of all free. There's gonna be incentives sure. If you got money and lung cancer thanks to smoking. Well it's gonna cost you some. But one way or another you'll get treatment.
To my understanding Switzerland and the Netherlands have very good private health insurance.
Agreed.
@@leaslak2378the government still puts a cap to their profits. Not like here. The insurance here literally kills people.
Got an email today that United dropped my monthly premium by $13. Thank you Luigi
How much do you pay? (I live in The Netherlands.)
& 100% if you need to claim on it they will find a reason to refuse.
@arieraaphorst1998 638 a month for our family plan, wife, son and I. Employer pays another 786 I believe. Max out of pocket is 12,500 etc. We have really good insurance compared to many.
Doubt it was that but hey congrats on your lower coverage. Make sure they didn't remove any benefits
@@arieraaphorst1998it’s so weird isn’t it? I’m from the UK.
Remember, insurance companies don't make money by providing healthcare. They make money by denying it, and they are VERY profitable.
And by invoicing far over true cost for the ones they do approve. What did you think would happen when its stock listed sector. Imagine the bonuses for denying the most and overbilling the others to suck most taxmoney out.
There are even people who are operating on themselves.
They could make money by supplying healthcare. They just couldn't make an obscene amount. The sky's the limit, and it shouldn't be.
Denying healthcare claims makes the provider’s stock more valuable. When you have pigeons it is a mortal sin not to pluck them.
one of the greatest scams in human history only second to the Pharma Industry!
Reminder than before Thompson was CEO, the UHC denial rate was 8%. It now sits at 32%
😲😲😲
Kaiser Permanente currently has only a seven percent refusal rate. Wonder what's up with them? At least, their CEO doesn't have to worry
@@RodrigoFernandez-k2i and beyond that I’m sure that many people are petitioning their HR teams to move to Kaiser. I know I would
@33corsaire true. True. But i genuinely wonder about the difference. Do they just have more caring leaders at that company? Is there some other odd shit? United has the highest refusal rate but a few others are very close. Kaiser has the lowest denial rate of anyone i could find. Seven % ain't even close. And i wouldn't expect denial rate to be zero. There's bound to be a few frivolous claims. But 35%? Or whatever the rate is for United.
@@RodrigoFernandez-k2i It looks like UHC changed their methods to find ways to deny more things in order to increase profits. Kaiser looks like they are a much smaller company and weren't trying to game the system to the point their CEOs would end up in front of Senate committees.
Robin Hood was a aristocrat from a wealthy family who was educated, and after being treated just as bad as the rest of the ordinary people understood the truth and started to fight for equality, morality and honesty..
Baskin-Robbins same story...son walked away from wealth became activist.
Same with the first Buddha, he saw the suffering around him, and just left his palace life
Baskin-Robin Hood
@@craftsandstuff3349 😂😂
It's a relief the people appreciate his work and stand by him
Replacing pensions with 401ks was one of the most sinister tricks pulled on us by capital
Wow, never thought about it, but that was a very dirty trick. Pensions are treated as a liability for the corporation you work for and given priority as a lien holder.
Exactky.
well, it did eliminate the evil practice of firing someone right before they retire so they wouldn't have to pay out their pension. However, I know people that were fired right before their 401k was fully vested, so the company could hang onto their 6% match LOL
🤗@@cyberlip666
What happens to pensions when companies go belly up?
Bill Burr has been pretty class conscious for a while.
not enough to push back against his friend, Joe Rogan
@@castrinecubique983he checks him though. back during COVID, he responded to a Rogan rant by saying something like, we are just two comedians, we're not doctors. Don't pretend we know what's true.
He's been railing against bankers for the longest time
@@castrinecubique983 You should see him and Joe argue about masks. It's hilarious.
@@PatrickWDunne Joe annoys me too much to endure any lengthy exchange.
The few clips I saw of Bill and Joe were unbearably chummy chummy, and Bill was barely objecting to the crap Joe was spewing.
But if you tell me that he does push back on occasion.... I guess it's better than absolutely no push back.
Americans pay the most money for healthcare yet are 47th in life expectancy.
66th these days actually.
@@Troikaversethat’s a steep drop. And it’s not gonna get better under these current circumstances…
And average lifespans 4 years shorter than averages of other industrialized nations with universal healthcare systems, for about 40% more cost.
To be fair, I don't want to live past the point where I can work in America, because I know I'll have zero safety net and just be another homeless elderly person.
America! So miserable you'll PRAY you die young!
and dropping ... like flies ...
Rich people not realizing others seeking retribution for being continuously wronged is the natural course of human nature.
I.e. Guy Fawkes
By your logic, now I understand why villages in India go after man-eating tigers. Revenge is in instinctive with humans.
French Revolution in a nutshell
AND IT MUST AND WILL CONTINUE! Until they change policy, practices and premiums.... and start PAYING OUT!
One of my best friends died of leukemia at 42 because of UHC corp. His brother was a perfect bone marrow transplant match but they refused to cover it saying he only had a 20% chance of surviving. They didn't even try to save him. Under Obama care he would have had at least two attempts and may have lived. Private health insurance is killing people.
he wasn't murdered, his life had been denied and coverage for his continued existence hasn't been paid in full, so his privilege of eating, drinking, etc...., had been revoked, and think of the money that was saved by not having to pay his salary by the insurance company, all of that money saved
You're not being serious. You know the board had him replaced by 9am that day, unofficially
He was murdered.
😂😂
@@deadgolfer6345. He was executed for crimes against humanity !
@@deadgolfer6345 "Murder" is a legal term. Brian Chud CEO was "killed." It's why Kyle Rittenhouse is not a "murderer", he's "KILLER KYLE".
a failed society allows corporate billionaires to monetize lives. Profit above all. The tail can no longer wag the dog. Working class unite.
It's literally monetizing lives indeed
Oh yeah, the big bad billionaires ruining people's lives. Even though without billionaires like Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs, we would probably still be living with 1970s level of technology, that is without Microsoft Windows on our computers or smartphones.
Amen!
Privatizing essential needs is such an evil thing.
It's also the cornerstone of fascism
Free market system of Ronnie Reagan era. All planned and perfectly implemented upon the working class.
It's also the cornerstone of Fa$cism
Privatizing everything is a needless evil thing.
Its not just essentials.
late stage capitalism baybeee!!!
I've been saying exactly what they are saying for 20 years and it's a relief to hear people finally saying this stuff out loud. I had to declare bankruptcy 20 years ago after a hospital stay. I was "fully insured" by Blue Cross at the time. I had nearly $500 dollars a month coming out of my paycheck between 1999 to 2004. That was nearly 25% of my income at the time. d
Yet, after being hospitalized for 2 weeks, I got nothing for it in return because Blue Cross bureaucrats decided the hospital stay was not necessary, so they weren't going to cover it.
My life was literally in shambles after the bankruptcy and had to move back in with my parents at age 40.
Health insurance has to be one of the biggest scams ever. I lost my faith in humanity at that time and have been struggling to get it back ever since.
I'm just so relieved everyone is finally talking about this. People have been acting like it wasn't a problem, and this is where we are now.
I t too had to declare bankruptcy for medical debt with Medicare. My Medi-Gap costs _250 a month. That's a huge piece of my Social Security. This is madness
Insurance companies make 11% of the gross national product. That's why we don't have Universal Healthcare
We've all been afraid but now we know we were together the entire time.
Absolutely boggles the mind how 40+ million in net worth isn't enough for some people.
Bill Burr is worth $14 million. How do you feel about that?
Unfortunately they don't know the meaning of the word "enough". :(
“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success … in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Words for today.
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Yeah. It’s timeless, really because capitalism will never not produce something like we are living through if we don’t stop it.
Perfect comment
Thanks for posting that
I really need to read that. My soil science lecturer recommended it.
I'm literally dying and I don't have insurance. In South Carolina we are not in the ACA and I can't afford 700 a month with a 20k deductible. I have a 12 year old special needs son and a 9 year old son. Not only am I dying I'm in severe chronic pain and in need of multiple surgeries. Guess what? It's been this way for 6 years for me and my time is short. This is my life in America a country my family literally died for in the Revolution. Thanks for reading.
no worries!
trump is going to fix all that with his CONCEPT of a plan.
SMDH
@@ssllsg9439 Exactly. IMHO people are misplacing their anger... and they just voted in someone that will protect these CEO's. And create/maintain the laws that allow them to get away with everything. The lawmakers are the problem, the limits of what is legal are the problem. But ok... just go off I guess
To save your life, why not move to a state with medicaid expansion?
@@canucanoe2861
Dude.58% americans cant even afford $400 emergency spending because they have no savings,and you expect them to pack up and move?
@@canucanoe2861
58% americans dont even have $400 in their saving account
The scene in Robocop when the boardroom executive gets eviscerated by the robot and then the other executives just shrug and continue the meeting because CEOs aren't humans. Paul Verhoven was truly a visionary
💗💗💗💗
I loved that scene!
Robocops entire script makes way more sense now than it was in the 80s , a movie that stood the test of time. I still watch it once in a while and never get bored.
@@kithu1231 Much of Paul Verhoeven's work wasn't understood when it came out. Robocop, Starship Trooper, Showgirls. ok so maybe not showgirls.
Thing is that now many decades later we truly understand what it all means, because in a sense we to a degree live in the dystopias that he envisioned in the 80s and 90s
And it's crazy that conservatives are taking down notes and want to replicate the dystopia.
When your victims are poor and your weapon is paperwork you can get away with anything.
Very true
I'm fucked up by all my religious friends who are sad about this... Like do you not trust God's plan all of a sudden?...
😂
let's be friends
NICE!
@@kaycampbell364 hi friend :)
Subservient boot lickers.. They are brainwashed into embodying a sacrificial lamb for sins of these corrupt.. pathetic
when your business model hinges on the extraction of profit from people’s desire to not die, that’s extortion brother!
That is very well said. Thank you
Go watch the rest of Burr's rant. He rightly points out that these guys legalized the same tactics that the mob used
It's also "Settler Colonialism."
Yes legalized extortion is exploitation
Bill burr hits the nail on the head
Burr is a real one. Hes a total straight shooter unafraid to call it like it _actually_ is.
The George Carlin of our time.
Which one is Burr? Not everyone knows who's the idol of the moment.
@@geraldmartin7703 He's the guy who shows up when you type in "Bill Burr" into any search engine, which, incidentally, is a lot faster than typing "Which one is Burr? Not everyone knows who's the idol of the moment." in a TH-cam thread.
He was even in the legendary Chappelle's Show's "racial draft" @@geraldmartin7703
Genghis Khan had a lot of kids. It did not make him a good person.
his kids have plenty of money. they'll be fine.
No, it made him timeless.
He had a lot of children, as a _Robot Chicken_ sketch pointed out, because of all the rape.
He still has loads of fans in Mongolia 🇲🇳
so has this CEO in the media and on Piers Morgan, Shapiro etc
The entire business model for health insurance companies is that they make money by **not** giving service. Every time a claim is filed, it is a cost. How do corporations make money? They reduce cost.
In 2001, my wife was diagnosed with cancer, which ultimately killed her. She was too young for Medicare. Her treatment was one year of fighting the insurance companies. In network, out of network, approved provider or not? The insurance companies have no recognition of the complexity of treating such a disease.The insured has no control of who is needed to treat them but is penalized if the wrong doctor looks at you while you’re unconscious . This was followed by five years of dunning calls and negotiations to finally bring it to end. There was still $25, 000 paid out despite insurance. In 2021, I was diagnosed with cancer but was on Medicare. The contrast was amazing. Smooth sailing and minimal cost.
Terrible terrible story. I’m so sorry
@ Thank you. It’s life., which has enough challenges on its own , without our society making everything worse
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How many thousands of deaths was this guy personally responsible for???...
Probably in the millions
Social murder
None
@@dannynaylor5485hows that boot taste?
Zero.
Bill Burr's brutal & unapologetic honesty set him apart & made a big fan outta me.
You have work to do. Do you read sci fi novels. I bet you do 😊
@gjthomas9770 Never. Lost your bet.
he's still buddy buddy with Rogan, don't put him on a pedestal yet.
The biggest difference between hope and patience is that "patience" has a deadline.
And beware the anger of the patient.
1200 dollar per month?!?!? WHAT? I am so glad i live in Norway!
That's not all. Then I also have a $3000 deductible. I work to pay for insurance that I can't afford to use. Crazy
@@bowieoliver555 How on earth are they allowed to have a $3000 deductible? So, in other words, you don’t even need insurance if the bills are under $3000? Here in Norway meds are very cheap, like ex. an inhalor is 5-10 dollars per piece and I never need to spend more then 310 dollar per year (to see the doctor or have a surgery) , and if I do I will get a refund. The more I read about their healthcare system, the more I understand why normal people resort to what just happened in the U.S. The U.S. system is a massive scam that has completely spiraled out of control. Politicians no longer see people; they see numbers and dollar signs. But I’m pretty sure the capitalists who created this system did it deliberately, knowing exactly what they were doing.
Also there are Narwals!
Blue Cross and Blue Shield canceled my wife's insurance because she had a disability.
Mr Smithers: "And the Company would like to announce that we have a new healthplan that will be covering, (checks notes) ...illness." Simpsons Class Consciousness from 30yrs ago. 😅
Endless growth like cancer
Well put
Like a shark it must keep moving forward to survive.
I was in an eating disorder treatment facility. Many of our health insurance companies only authorize payment for 3 days at a time. Every Monday and Wednesday, the level of anxiety was so high that it could be cut with a knife because they could deny coverage bringing your treatment to a quick end. We were all sick, depressed, anxious etc. Dealing with the insurance company was more traumatic than the reasons that brought us all into treatment. Not sorry the man was murdered because it’s shining a light on how so many people are victims of these insurance companies.
Yes Eating Disorders are never adequately covered.
@ I’m so sorry. My fingers are crossed that things go better for you.
Nobody should feel sympathetic for this CEO, have sympathies for people who had their claims denied.
wait didnt Kamala take loads of money from this man for her campaign? I think this is why the Democratic party is such a direct failure. Their base has no sympathy for the people who take advantage of the Democratic policies they rally to put in place, yet then loudly vote for the party that is getting paid off to prop it up. Do we know who these evil share holders are, oh they are the head of the Democratic Party.. Absolutely lunacy.
I didn't lose any sleep, but you can't have people going around doing that since it will eventually devolve into chaos. Again, no fu%%'s given for this CEO.
@davidlorin1379 I know but I'm so angry how this country let stuff like this happen with no justice.
@@davidlorin1379 whoa whoa
Lets see what a couple dozen more billionaires does before we make any rash decisions
@@joseph-socialist.bsky.social we have to be careful because state ran health care has lead to the killing of disabled people . I also don't know how to deal with private health care other than find ways to lower the cost of health care
I am so sick of CNN and other outlets telling people they shouldn’t laugh and should apologize. There was also insulting comments about the left, not having taste. I will apologize for not posting something funny earlier. I thought as the CEO of a health insurance company he would have known to add the rider to cover full metal jackets . if CNN was right and I was posting in bad taste, I would have said a rider for exposure to lead.
I cannot express how grateful I am for Emma and her side kicks. The Majority Report helps me hold onto sanity. When I worked in a nursing home I could not understand why people weren’t rioting in the streets when elderly need nursing home care. 15,000 a month bankrupts the elderly and depletes all their wealth in a short amount of time and leaves the next generation nothing. They take your house, car, any asset you have goes to these exploitive nursing home costs. My mom died early from lack of healthcare.
One less CEO in the world. Well I'm not going to cry about it.
Some other schmuck will just take his place.
the idea that this kind of stuff happening more often is going to redound to the left's benefit is a sad joke.
They can always hire another,if they're gonna see us as replaceable then can at least be consistent. They being the rich.
2 a penny
He'll only get replaced
The only thing I find unfortunate about this whole incident is that the guy got caught.
Same.
True
He didn’t. That’s not him.
I don’t see any resemblance. Let that innocent man go.
@@cuauhtemocestrada2192 that guy was totally playing video games at my friend's house that morning. I saw him there.
@@cuauhtemocestrada2192 he's pleading non guilty, don't worry.
His lawyer seems on top of it, and refuses to answer invasive questions by journalists, which is a great sign.
They want us to be angry at our neighbours instead of looking up at who the anger should be directed to.
This!
You're almost quoting a Ben Shapiro fan who suddenly woke up: "You know I think I just figured out your whole grift. You need us to be divided."
Why would I feel bad for a multimillionaire's family that has been living in a money bubble while others suffer, die, go bankrupt, lose their homes, divorce, and bury loved ones over a greedy, immoral model?
I, for one, enjoy your shows Emma.
Originally, the ACA was supposed to include a public option. It was removed at the insistence of Joe Lieberman. Joe was protecting the health insurance companies headquartered in Delaware and his vote was needed to pass the law.
The problem with a public option is that insurance companies would basically kick anyone off who had " problems ". Then the public is paying for only the sick people, making republicans scream about how expensive it is. Meanwhile the insurance companies can boast how cheap their rates are because they are barely making any payouts.
Connecticut
It should be noted that Lieberman took the heat but it's never one person in politics. He was undoubtedly providing cover to a dozen or more of his Democratic colleagues.
@@kaliver517Its sick that they play these games.
@@deanromanado5850participation in a medical insurance plan under universal healthcare is COMPULSORY. No off-kicking. Meaning the entire population makes up the risk pool by default. Larger pool = lower risk = lower premium. Private options exist, but by default operate on a smaller risk pool. Thus can only be more expensive. ESPECIALLY when one gets older = takes advantage more often of ones coverage. So sure: enjoy the perks of privatized care. IF you can afford the premiums. That´s how it works here in Europe. It´s just math. And political will.
anyone else morbidly curious how corporate media would react if copy cats started popping up?
yes
Only one way to find out
Hell yea
What? Can you elaborate
I am very curious.
Corporate media is so angry at all us vile people.
sounds like they are jealous for not being on the list.
if they really insist...
I bet they still want their lattes tho
@@morganseppy5180 should they trust anyone handling their food after telling us we should all die silently and accept their dominance?
We're the dark web in the corner of the internet. I've heard
Corporate media are bought and paid for by the rich. These people will never report the truth. They are 100% pure evil.
I brought a financial opportunity to my CEO and asked for a bonus, cuz I would be doing the work. His response, "We run at a deficit"! 2 sentences later, he states, "I got a 5k bonus my first year here", which I had to point out, "is part of our deficit problem".... CEO BS....
Bill: “Hey, how’s it going? We were talking about New York and that CEO getting wacked!” 😂 powerful and to the point
I disagree, the show does not suck when Sam is gone. You guys are great.
Our company switched this year to UHC, and nobody said anything since it was announced a couple of months ago. Today, we had another one of the all hands call and there were lots of questions about UHC by employees to management. Senior management sounded very uncomfortable and they ended up saying if we notice too many denials we would let them go. So people are definitely concerned. It’s sad that millions on Americans suffer in silence and we need something like this to happen for people to talk and question these issues publicly. We need a lot more of this for anything to change.
When will Americans reject this 'your money or your life' health care delivery system?
Since at least 2015 Americans have rejected it, that's as far back as I know the data. It is our rulers who insist upon keeping it.
You mean pre, or post, "The Adjuster".
I'm feeling optimistic about the future lately, oddly enough.
When Hell freezes over because Fox News will tell people that healthcare for all is a communist plot and their viewers are ignorant enough to believe that.
How is "I have a fiduciary responsibility" not the Nuremburg Defense, "I was just following orders."
OUR HEALTHCARE IS CRAP, OUR GOVERMENT IS CRAP, OUR AUTO INSURANCE IS ALSO CRAP...
Now's a good time to remind y'all that for-profit prisons are a thing
We heard. Their collective stocks went up the day after Dump was reelected.
Where?
Bill Burr is the chill (not so chill) normal guy opinion podcast that Rogan likes to pretend he's running. Why it always seems to catch him by surprise when Bill disagrees and clowns on him.
@@JoseRS1186 because Joe Rogan thinks he's the common man. He is not, he's a rich guy that moved to Texas to pay less tax
Bill Burr is so much brighter than Rogan...
why is Bill staying friends with such a disinformation clown like Rogan?
Watching Bill and Joe argue about masks was so funny. I've watched that clip so many times.
Burr told Bill Maher that, politically, he's like the guy that thinks he's an NFL coach just because he's in a Fantasy League. 😃
Rogan is all babbling
. . . not to mention ignorant, uninformed and uneducated.
milions of people died becouse of this evil ceo
Look, i am from Europe and hearing about that CEO guy and what he did made ME furious. Yes, there is motive galore.
We were paying $1500 a month (Florida) for a family of 3 no health conditions. (Average Florida cost is $600 per person)This insurance was through the hospital my husband worked at. They changed insurance companies and it went to $3k a month. He turned in his resignation to go work in another state for cheaper healthcare. He travels now which makes it harder on us. Wrap your mind around my husband literally has to leave the state he is in and his family because of medical insurance cost. And we are not even living with any kind of chronic diseases.
I don’t even have a primary care physician because no one would take my $3k insurance. I would have to use the urgent care if I had a sinus infection because they would take my insurance. I had to have my obgyn do my yearly blood work.
I live in the UK, had to be admitted for emergency care, three weeks in hospital for intense care and never paid a penny. If it can be done in the rest of the world it can be done in the USA, it amazes me what the average US citizen will tolerate.
In fact, if people in the UK couldn't get basic medical care they would be rioting in the streets, Europe has a history of punishing its powerful and rich, look at the French revolution. Again, stunned at the lack of value people in the USA place on their loved ones, if my granddaughter couldn't get medical care id be hunting for a clock tower LOL
To all CEO's: Beware the sword of Damocles'
I worry about this only because whenever we see this type of justice its bound to kill some poor inocent man in no time, its like the death penalty, what if this killer was so nervous he confused that guy with some poor bystander that was not the evil CEO?
Basically a no win situation. Either they make profits at the expense of everything else to keep the shareholders happy, or they have a permanent end to their careers by someone who the company screwed over.
It's class warfare; the bane of plutocrats.
@@BrasilBorba1 You're right: there is always the risk that the innocent will get caught in the crossfire. But if you do nothing, the crimes of this system go unavenged.
So thankful to still have the majority report to tune into. Rational reporting. Emma rocks!!!
The reason companies got rid of pensions and replaced them with 401k is that every employee received a pension, but only those that contribute their own money to a 401k will get a contribution from the employer.Some people live check to check and can't afford to contribute to a 401k.
“They act like the mafia” YES I felt that so hard literally the day this happened; I spent hours getting yelled at by my dr’s billing lady bc my insurance changed, then had to spend weeks without my meds bc she wouldn’t bill me or my insurance but said I had to pay right then to get my rx 😡 it’s all BS
Whats sad is the only thing that will change is CEOs will get more security, and to pay for that premiums and denials will increase.
The only thing a hammer can see is nails.
What's did that politician from Tennessee say? If theyre going to get you there's nothing you can do.
They'll do it no matter what. You just gonna let them? - America
they better make sure the claims for their bodyguards and all their families and all their friend's are always accepted.
because else, you're literally inviting your own employee to join the revolt.
just like it happened during the French Revolution.
See, those mofo were starving their own soldiers.... mofo are so delulu that they think loyalty to their abusive arse is stronger than basic preservation instinct.
I disagree. Anyone of the 99% can now legitimately look up at those 1% towers and say: "Careful with those DENIALS, guys. Remember Brian Colander, Healthecare CEO?"
3:35 and this was also why I HATED the ACA. Telling all Americans they must purchase a product from a private company simply because you’re alive emboldened these agencies. They know that in our system not only do we need them, but that we are required BY LAW to buy from them
We should have gone all the way to a universal healthcare system
It sucks but that was the best we could do at the time, Republicans would never vote for universal healthcare hell, they’re were against Medicare from the beginning
What, when diagnosed with something awful you don't have an immediate lust to go shopping at the "Healthcare Marketplace"??
It’s still better than NOTHING!!!!
@@jjjez we shouldn’t be expected to take a turd with chocolate when there’s chocolate without the turd sitting right there
Small rant: I have several chronic diseases…my meds, treatments and surgeries all require my physical and emotional time. But a HUGE chunk of my time (sometimes while I’m IN the hospital having treatment instead of binging some NF) is spent fighting with the insurance companies. I’m their worst nightmare and they are mine. I typically get everything covered even if it’s through a years long appeal process that at times, turns me into a real bitch. They PLAN on patients giving up their appeals.
The time that should be spent just living my life as a 46 year old woman, is instead eaten up trying to make sure I have a life in general terms.
It’s insane. The United States is insane.
I pay $1200/mo for insurance and just got a letter that there will be a “substantial increase in your premium for 2025.” This is the first year I’ve never been given an exact dollar amount of what the increase will be so there’s no way to budget-
Nor have they ever used the descriptor “substantial” to describe a cost increase. I think they’re sizing up how much they think I should have to pay them to be this sick.
I should mention that I’m a nurse, so because of my ability to navigate through this shit and “mostly” understand it…I can get it done. I have no idea how anyone makes any headway at all advocating for their rights in a system that does its best to take them away. In a system that has set itself up to be so confusing and legally evasive that people don’t stand a chance.
So yes…I spend my free time handling medical claims so I don’t go bankrupt. But to what end? Seriously.
So my obituary can say, “She didn’t die with any medical debt, but she never really lived. Ain’t that some shit.”
This is bullshit. All of it. That person that wrote in about their Humira costing them $3 on state insurance but upwards of $1k with their current plan?
I’m on a similar medication and have a similar situation. As soon as my circumstances improved physically and financially and I didn’t qualify for state insurance…my treatment costs skyrocketed to the point where I was depending solely on family to bridge the gap. Still do because it takes a village…to be sick in America.
im glad im in a country where ALL medical health worker is automatically under the premium insurance. 1st class room all the way. my colleague was hospitalized for 3 weeks,and he came back fatter. LOL!
"gangsters", absolutely.
You know, "1%" of people disappearing isnt thaaat big a deal. Just has to be the right "1%"
I thought I read he & the wife were separated & living in separate homes. As mainstream media carrying on what a ‘compassionate and loving family man’ he was. Humm…🤔 Bet he had a good life insurance policy.
The "let them eat cake" attitude of corporate America has had a reaction. Lets hope that history does not repeat or rhyme
they are sure deciding their own fate with their inappropriate reaction of contempt towards the extremely rightfully angry masses
@@castrinecubique983 I hope they keep it up. This country will NEVER look as that killing as anything but, "Well....healthcare CEO?..."
Ah yes the "don't buy coffee everyday" or "just skip breakfast altogether" American coping strategies. How has it been working? I fear people know that coffee isn't the greatest obstacle in affording monthly groceries, healthcare and shelter. They are noticing who's really behind their suffering.
@@ps1hagrid786 you forgot the avocado toasts.
The mainstream media's gaslighting has been going on for a while now.
The jokes are an expression of rage, laughing emojis an expression of pain. The suffering of the American people is real.
It is violent! It is brutal.
Settler. Colonialism.
A CEO gets slotted and people are pissing themselves laughing, I wonder why?
The wife and children of a CEO will never have to worry about what they're going to do next when they lose a loved one *_and_* have to pay for the hospital bills.
Billy Burr is the George Carlin of this era.
Nope...no one is George Carlin 😂
Because Bill always punches up
Yes. Billy is the best rn and unafraid.
@@MrMgakafi can see both sides here
Burr is funny but Carlin would say much more about this without pulling punches. 🤠
I'm so glad I'm native American and our hospitals would never do this inhumane crap even if you don't have money and insurance they will still give us the medicine and surgery needed and will not kick someone out of a hospital bed because of insurance growing up I tended to break quite a few bones hardly ever did I have insurance still got the necessary surgeries
How do the hospitals keep running and pay the doctors, buy drugs, etc.? Where does that money come from?
This could be a great model for the whole country.
Most of the evil corporations portrayed in foreign films and anime is based off of Corporate America.
Oh wow, that's all of our neighbors then. Time for us to step up!
@@WhatsThatSound442 how it's mostly funded is we have casinos and unlike what you would expect they put so much money towards the members of my tribe for example my tribe will pay you 2000 to become a phlebotomist so you won't be struggling for money while attending the training we have our own low rent housing if you get a apartment there you get free WiFi and a tablet and it's not just the place has free WiFi each apartment gets to have their own individual Wi-Fi. We also have our own judicial system and police force obviously though they do cooperate with local and state law enforcement it's not a reservation type of situation and have free rehab also they help with utility bill assistance where once a every 6 months they will pay one and it does matter how much there is. Let's say I decided to go to college to become a radiologist my tribe would pay for it all I would have to do is once I graduate I just have to work 1 year at their hospital
The show does not suck without Sam.
UHC stock is 90% held by institutions and Vanguard is the largest shareholder followed by BR and SS (shocker) - when they say "shareholder value" it's NOT retail investors. Healthcare, insurance, and other essential services should NEVER be for profit.
Emma on fire! Thank you. It is important to critique and to share what our vision is for a just and green world.
1:30 who cares about his kids and wife? They were and still are set for LIFE. They have nothing to worry about. I truly wish people would stop saying this shouldn't have happened because this system demands that we take such action.
And hopefully they realise he did bad things and had it coming.
Well said, Matt! You guys are truly awesome! Thank you!
Reaganomics brought us 401ks.
Aaaaaaaand don't forget taxing unemployment?
@@w5winston You guys are so wise.
I agree that all folks whose actions cause harm to others ... personally or bureacratically ... should be held accountable for their actions.
Amen brother. They REALLY do think they are better than everyone else.
Don't go comparing Bill to Joe. Bill was who he is loooooong before Joe held a mic about anything.
Yah, like Bill is successful in STANDUP. Rogan's last Netflix was some roided up crickets.
Brian thought he was untouchable. The harder you FO, the worse the FA 💅
okay what other CEO has found out in the last 100 years? tell me.
what delusions are u on.
@@Krack2805 I mentioned a man named Brian, I did not mention any titles he may have held. Brian was a man who played God with others lives, and found out that's a great way to make enemies. That is all I am saying. Jobs are irrelevant to the statement.
Don't you mean "FA" and "FO"?
Mainstream media "How dare you?!? He had a family!"
Me "So did the tens of thousands of people his company denied care to who lost their lives due to his companies neglect."
too bad that this is just wishful thinking to cope.
401k has been an absolute disaster for the middle class.
Just another scam by billionaires. They take your money and gamble with it.
It's roulette. If your retirement year lands on black, you're all set. But if the economy's in the crapper, get your ass back to the line!
In Australia we have superannuation
What’s more heartless than a CEO? Regular people who are shareholders and venture capitalist. Both are not in it for the love of the product or service. Not for a healthy business culture that cares for employees and their customers. They’re in it to maximize printed paper no matter the sacrifice to the business. Like our government, corporations are a direct reflection of the values of our society. The relationship is truly bottom up.
If society only decided max value for a phone is $400, there would be no $1,300 phone. If society wanted “free” healthcare (that means everyone can have it!?) there wouldn’t be politicians in government championing this corrupt health system we have today. That would amount to political suicide. We wouldn’t pay $1M for a $200,000 home simply because we can afford the mortgage. America’s main problem is our failure to realize that we’re not good people. Our core rot lies in who we think we are..
11 28.... Co rp or ate greed. Pure and simple. They thought to themselves, "Why should we have to pay for someone's retirement when they're no longer working for us? How many people are we gonna have to pay for after 10 or 20 years that no longer work for us?" And then they just slowly moved away from pensions when they started hiring new employees. Eliminating pensions was the baby step to profiteering. This had been happening for decades.
Well said, Majority Report.
You are Spot on!!!
The ghoulish system killed that CEO. These "defenders" need to take a step back
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Call me dumb, but I'm shockingly beginning to realize peoples' health is treated as profit in this country. I can understand other industries, like automobiles, investing and household products that inherently generate income for businesses. But to do the same with human lives??
Hurt my leg and needed leg support- saw the bill to insurance and it said $1250. Checked online and the price of the support was 250! They just put 1 in front of the 250! Ridiculous.
UHC denied so many claims, that they farmed out their claim denials to another company that would get paid by the denial.
Being up here in Canada, privatization gets debated now and then. Thanks for this 'cast. It looks like privatization needs safeguards which a honest, caring-for-people government should provide.
And every time a Conservative Government comes into power they try to sell us on the “benefits” of privatization. We’ve got to be really mindful!
No private health insurance. Medicare for all!
You skipped the best part of Bill's comments. The CEO of Target pits out a hit on the CEO of Walmart.
The thing I appreciate about Bill Burr is he's been taking the same stance for a long time now--something to be said for that. Most people change their stance with the wind.
Like, for instance, Joe Rogan.
@@dandy_griffithRogan‘s POV is the same as the last person he spoke to, he’s a weather vane
@@dandy_griffith No, that guy goes for the PAYCHECK.
I'd be homeless, in a wheelchair and close to death, if not already, if I lived in the USA. Having a chronic congenital illness, I've needed surgeries, medications, and ongoing treatment from both a GP and a consultant. Fortunately, I live in Australia, and it doesn't cost a cent. I get ongoing world-class care, cheap or free medications, and subsidised medical aids. I pay nothing for an ambulance and $ 30 for a consultation and new glasses. Universal health care has been life-saving for me, and so many families and friends. You break your arm, go to the hospital, and walk out treated and with follow-up care organised. The only reason I touch my wallet is to give them my Medicare number. I live in Australia and am so grateful for our health care system. Australia's results are, on average, better than the OECD's average for many of the indicators measuring health care. I can't understand why a wealthy country like the USA can't afford universal health care for it's citizens . It actually saves money overall. Health care should not be for profit.
Shareholders and boards actually bring in new CEOS based on how ruthless and "efficient" someone is in sucking money out of the business to service the shareholders.
CEOs figurately (and now literally) exist to take the bullet for the decisions the boards and shareholders make them take. 🤷 If you look at what the actual job is that a CEO does it's swing thier weight around in service of the shareholders.