The American people need to wake up to the fact that the vast majority of the problems that face the "little people" of this country are caused by the relatively few obscenely wealthy of this country. Republicans always gaslight to the contrary, because they are funded by the wealthy, but who holds the blame is a fact. Somehow, The American people have been convinced that it is not well paid employees that make a robust economy, no it is a few wealthy people that buy your neighborhood and crank up the rents that grow the economy. The American people really need to wise up. Luigi absolutely deserves the "Patriot of the Year" award. With one act, he brought into focus decades of lies and misinformation of Republicans. He gave the wealthy of this country the one thing they need more than anything else, fear.
Healthcare companies have no right to suggest a treatment plan to a patient. This should be between a doctor and patient. They are playing God with peoples lives. UHC is the worst and was happy when my company stopped offering it to employees.
First and foremost, Luigi is a warning. History has shown it hundreds of times: When the oligarchy and those in power push the population too much, a revolution occurs.
It hapned here in Slovakia too our Prime minister passed some really dumb laws like you can steal stuff up to 700€ without being prosecuted. he got shot back in may shooter was point blank but he missed important organs if you want to do your own reaserch on that Topic search Attempted assasination of Robert Fico or Juraj Cintula
I had an emergency and my baby was delivered a few weeks earlier. The only pediatrician in the hospital at that time happened to be an out of network doctor. UHC refused to pay. I struggled with them for whole 6 months with calls, reviews, and appeals. Frustrated, I sent complaints to the state attorney, UHC immediately called me and said they made a mistake. They refunded me. Later I switched insurance and has never gone back to them. Imagine someone who is sick and not having this energy to go through all this trouble with them!
Deep down you know they did not make a mistake. They intended not to pay UNTIL you made it difficult for them with the state attorney. These people are scum!
Maybe people need to threaten the state insurance board from the outset of the first denial. Let them know you know their game and you're not fixing to play it.
This is a common problem with any insurance and a silly one. If a hospital is in network, than anyone who is allowed to practice in that hospital should be automatically covered under their network. I went to hospital with Medicaid, afterwards I started getting bills and texts and collection calls. Turns out emergency room doctor was from another hospital and wasn't covered for some reason. Months later still getting texts though they finally stopped the phone calls. When I call the hospital they say I don't owe they are dealing with Medicaid. The responsibility should always fall with the hospital and doctor, to deal with the insurance for payment, not the patients. The problem is also the medical profession which is just as greedy as the insurance company.
@keepitgoing I don't have to be a CEO. I'm a business owner. I don't answer to anyone. And what does being a CEO have to do with acting immorally, acting towards others in ways that he or she does not want others to act towards his or her family? You just want to make excuses for these corrupt CEOs because you can imagine yourself making the same decisions and doing the same things
@@keepitgoing _>When you become a CEO,_ Thankfully this position is kept for trustfund nepo babies and we won't have to sell our eternal souls to evil.
The people in power never give up their power without the people fighting it. They will always leech on the people if the people do not stand up and fight.
While your statement is indeed true, remember that all violent revolutions often spiral out of control historically. Non-violent revolution can also be extremly succesful
It would have been brave to talk about it before it was the popular thing to talk about. He obviously knew first hand what was going on as a practitioner and could have posted a video last year rating insurances best to worst from his experience. Why not start the conversation when you see major flaws in your daily life? Why wait until it's the popular thing to do so?
@@user-di2on5gl2d medical billers and coders are the ones processing data for the provider end, not the insurance side. They're the ones acutely aware of how fucked the system as as they see it at it's full scale effect.
@user-di2on5gl2d they work for the doctor/hospital not the insurance company. They're the person submitting the claims not the person/system rejecting payment.
You're a good doctor for standing up for your field. Murder is wrong, but so is neglecting people in need when it is your job and OATH to serve them. Thank you sir.
I love how you said "violence is ALMOST never the answer." As someone living under a dictatorship, 25 years of peaceful protests have gotten us nowhere. So I agree, it is ALMOST never the answer, but sometimes it's precisely what it takes to remind the rich and powerful that there is a limit to the suffering we can withstand. They want us tamed. We might be civilized, but within us exists the capacity to defend ourselves. Silly to beat up a dog and then call it savage when it bites. Respect to you for speaking so honestly about this matter.
Not condoning murder but this young man has given a voice to all these people who”ve had to stay silent in their suffering due to denials that are life saving. It’s sad this had to happen in order for this issue to get the attention it needs.
There are plenty of people in this world who I wouldn't kill but who I would definitely say "had it coming." I think that's pretty relevant in this case
@franky4318 it needs to be illegal for corporations to bankroll politicians. Corporate influence needs to be excised from politics. Until that happens, the government will be toothless
and also Luigi sad it happened however this kid was so brave to stand to right the wrong of greedy oppressive corporations including all our broken system in the Government Congress Lobbyist Corrupt Greedy Politician Hospitals Health care .
I got denied healthcare entirely by UHC just a month or so before this all happened. My doctors have been fighting for me, calling my current insurance and fighting with them to cover my meds. It's been rough, but I'm lucky to have such amazing doctors.
I appreciate your phrasing. Many people would say corrupt instead of evil. But the system is working entirely as it was intended and designed by the evil people who created it.
@@derek96720exactly! I wrote a college research paper years ago in which I said, “capitalism is as if a ‘living thing’ thing - if it’s not growing, it’s dying, and as a system, it does exactly what it is meant to do, thus the problem isn’t the system - it’s the greedy people who exploit it.” People will almost always 💩in their own punchbowl then complain, and blame others rather than fix the problem. WE NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM!
As a Brit I'll never forget Sarah Palin calling our NHS 'satanic'. I mean sure it's not a perfect system, but to have the gall to criticise our system from an ethical point of view from America of all places.
I work for a Cancer Center as an Insurance Collector. The most common denials we receive for radiation and chemotherapy are”Not Medically Necessary, Experimental” Prior Auth with hurdles, peer to peer delays, appeal nightmares to end up timely. UHC is the worst! Don’t get me started on “brown/white bagging” While I am sorry for the loss of a human life, this needs to serve as a wake up call to these insurance companies. Something has to change!
@@TheFiercepixie what an extremely difficult and depressing job you have. Nobody likes hearing NO all the time…but especially for healthcare! What is brown/white bagging though? You’re gonna hafta spill it now. Our system is the way it is because OUR GOVERNMENT allows it to be.
The American people need to wake up to the fact that the vast majority of the problems that face the "little people" of this country are caused by the relatively few obscenely wealthy of this country. Republicans always gaslight to the contrary, because they are funded by the wealthy, but who holds the blame is a fact. Somehow, The American people have been convinced that it is not well paid employees that make a robust economy, no it is a few wealthy people that buy your neighborhood and crank up the rents that grow the economy. The American people really need to wise up. Luigi absolutely deserves the "Patriot of the Year" award. With one act, he brought into focus decades of lies and misinformation of Republicans. He gave the wealthy of this country the one thing they need more than anything else, fear.
Mangione's actions ignited a very important conversation and that was the point, as he has made clear. So he if he isn't a hero, he is a significant historical figure.
As a licensed pharmacist in this system, thank you, thank you, thank you for speaking up. They triangulate medical professionals against patients, which is the opposite of our goal.
@jake9854 eh, not me, friend. Some pharmacists only care about money, yes, but I left. Some care about patients more than money, pharmacists aren't a monolith. This whole thing is a catch-22 imo. I have $200k+ in student loans. That much debt *does* encourage professionals to care more about the money, which most can't ignore like I do. I'm going for a high score in student debt, why not. The whole system, even professional education, is rigged against patients. It's time to fight back.
UHC is disgusting. I was denied an MRI requested by a Neurologist who suspected that my strange, chronic pressure headaches are being caused by part my brain being pressed up against my skull/spinal canal. We never found out what was wrong because I couldn't (and still can't) afford the deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. This country should be ashamed of how it treats the sick, non-wealthy, and those who aren't privileged enough to afford higher education. I agree with another poster who said Luigi was a warning. The "other half" has been holding US accountable for years; perhaps it's their turn.
They are strictly for MRI and another thing I believe, I forgot what it is. Once you get your referral, call them. They'll set everything up for you. Hopefully you can sign up with them. I hope this helps
Borrow the money for the MRI. I’ve had a Craniectomy in the past as a large meningioma was found pushing my brain into my neck blocking half my spinal fluid. If the MRI finds something they won’t be able to deny if there’s a problem I would think.
@2:22 this YT’r shares his screen from a post made by Vittorio, a social media person, who has some very interesting points covering Luigi - well worth watching!! It has a surprising twist!! th-cam.com/video/TBbLEehC2DM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YZK_GcYGGflBYnkL
@ depends on what we decide to do about it. If we do nothing, none were saved. It’s an invitation to demand fixes to our healthcare system. It’s the start of a conversation they keep us too unhealthy to even have the brains to discuss.
Considering that the day after, Blue Cross Blue Shield went back on their plan for some of their providers to stop coverage of anesthesia after a certain time cutoff, I’d say he saved more lives than he took.
Bravo, Dr. Youn! We need more healthcare professionals to speak openly and honestly about their experiences with these exploitative insurance companies. While this situation is truly appalling, I hope it will inspire meaningful change. Let this serve as a catalyst for a revolution in how insurers operate-so they can no longer deny care and jeopardize our well-being every day.
@@theTechBeeKaiser, if you live on the west coast of the US. (Mostly central California). Their rejection rate is like 7%, compared to UHC %32 Still not great. But better
Thank you so much for making this video. I've been living for years with a painful and disfiguring condition for which UHC refuses to cover treatment. It is a nightmare with no end in sight.
@@MaxedOutMondays so judgemental. You have no idea what that poster is going through, or what they have done to fight it. Be thankful you are not in their shoes. And be helpful instead of critical.
I used to be a reimbursement specialist, and UHC fought me on every hospital account that I billed during Covid. They didn't care that their patients were on ventilators and almost died. They absolutely suck!!!
@@sm3675 I agree with Universal healthcare which would not only save the average citizen hundreds to thousands of dollars per year but also the American economy millions of dollars per year.
I recently retired in May. When I went to pick up my prescription for Farxiga I was told that I would have to pay $1700 for 90 pills (3 months supply). I was in shock. I didn't want to pay for it so I went home. Is this how it's going to be now that I'm retired? My husband contacted Medicare who contacted the pharmacy. I showed the pharmacy my Medicare card plus a SilverScript card (which came from Medicare) and I only paid $10 for the 3 month supply which is what I was paying before I retired. Fight the system.
Many newer/brand medications often have patient copay assistance programs that can lower costs of those medications when the insurance isn't stepping up. While that scenario has led to higher pricing in many cases, for those of us who need these meds, it is at least a short term repreive that can help us afford these necessary treatments. Glad you were able to get the medication and not be robbed blind by the system that doesn't 'care' for our 'health'!
@@littleninja71this is true, however many of these coupon cards you can’t use in conjunction with government funded programs like Medicare or medicaid. Sometimes pharmacies can use just the coupon itself, but some you have to use as an adjunct with your primary insurance
Luigi Mangione is the alleged shooter. He does not look exactly like the first pics they sent out for tips. The CEO was involved with insider trading and information he could have supplied about others could have made him a target. The Police said they found $10,000.00 in Luigi's back pack and he said that is not my money. Did they plant other things in his bag aside from money? Do they have the right suspect? I noticed a policeman said when they asked him to pull down his mask he knew it was him. He would have been more truthful to say he had some of the same features, but not quite.
@@jaypolas4136 TBH, there are quite a few questions that have not been addressed. The burner phone that he threw out after the shooting and that he was seen using just before he shot the CEO, for one. Also he wasn’t a UHC client. He was out of contact with all family and friends for quite a while and no one knows how or where he was. There could be other influences involved.
@@rosalinagamboa9390 his injury opened his eyes on a problem. But it is easier for him to manage his pain at home with a rich familly than in a jail. Especially when it comes to ergonomic beds, drugs etc... and private therapists. He gained nothing. Lost all the comfort he could have to take care of his problem. Lost the possibility to do his job, that he could still be doing with a bad back. Lost everyting. Gained nothing. But he helped millions of people.
I fully support Luigi! I'm dealing with breast cancer, everything is payed for. From the cancer treatments to the breast correction opperation we gonna need. I get free taxie rides from home to the hospital, help in the house with cleaning and coocking. My kids get psycological theraphie dealing with the trauma this could give them. For us, we are fighting cancer and not the whole system! I want this for every person on earth! I pay 157 euro a month in incurance and my tax a year is 21% of my total income. If my country can do this for their people? America can do it aswell!!!
@@colleengeier9994 you don't have to endorse luigi murdering one person, but when you say stuff like "murder is never right" it sounds like you endorse the united healthcare CEO, who actually murdered hundreds of thousands of people a year. So. I don't know who you wanna defend. But I think you should check your unnecessary defence for the CEO - i think the ceo's family will survive without it .
I wish you the very best in your journey and that you achieve healing physically and spiritually. I'm in the same battle with my mom, but I don't get as much help. If I may, what country do you reside in?
Killing an innocent, unarmed guy he never even met is not "justice." You people are literally braindead at this point. Droning on about how a murderer is a "hero" for all these fake reasons. He killed someone's son/father, etc because he didn't like his job. That's idiotic. Not revolutionary, heroic or anything else cool. Just evil and dumb and now he'll rot in jail, being very unheroic.
In Luigi Mangione's review of Ted Kaczynski's book (which I believe quotes a Reddit comment), he states: "Had the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere, and at the end of the day, he's probably right. Oil barons haven't listened to any environmentalists, but they feared him." In a law-based society, individuals who commit murder must be imprisoned to maintain order. However, the reversal of BCBS's insane anesthesia time limit policy demonstrates Mangione's point: violence, while extreme and undesirable, often becomes the most effective and final measure to combat social injustices.
My aunt died a month after her last chemo treatment. She spent her last month of her life crying because there is a way to extend her life, but we dont have the money to continue. The worst part is she died on my cousin's birthday... we were hoping she would live until early december so she did not die to close to my cousin's bday... The life insurance company they paid into did more than their health insurance ever did...
Yep. You can only push people so far until they push back, and once they push back it is entirely your fault for being the 1st 1 to push. What happened to that CEO was justice. Vigilante justice to be sure, but better that than no justice at all.
@@valdamirlebanon4508 The problem is UHC did not push Luigi , they never even reject Luigi claim because HE NEVER HAVE UHC policy and Luigi family wealthy as hell, not to mention Luigi worship Unabomber which friend the Oklahoma City bomber , this just political assassination that all, say whatever you like about UHC evil policy but this not Justice there is 0 link between him and the CEO unless you also want to endorse terrorist .
@@anubizz3 The identity, beliefs and insurance of the shooter is irrelevant. Whatever Luigi's reasons, the CEO was offed for his position at UHC and everyone is rightly and justifiably happy at this act of justice. It's telling that you think a person would have to be directly affected to take actions like Luigi did. It says that you can see people struggle and be exploited and not want to act on their behalf. You know what's also very telling? The fact that you perpetuate lies and assumptions about Luigi. You really think anything that the media says about him is true given his actions? Given the power that be's preference for how Luigi should be seen?
I'm happy that a doctor of all people gave perspective. As someone who was dismissed by doctors when I had symptoms of what turned out to be an iron deficiency, compassion can be hard to find when it comes to health.
What’s the question? Sure seems like some believe it is the answer when it comes to ending the life of man on subway who maybe needed mental health care in actuality. Cliche statements are not proof.
Dr Youn....... So nice to see you back! Thank you for this video! And THANK YOU for being so courageous enough to be so honest! It takes more than guts. It takes integrity and honour! It is such a standard to see someone of influence applying his power to educate, inform and sharpen the wit of the people, instead of seeking to brainwash the people for personal gain, or for control of the masses! And EVER so humble, too: "I'm JUST a Doctor!". Go Dr Youn! Side note, what on earth is "unnecessary care" supposed to mean? "Unnecessary" to whom? Whose hands are our lives in, and who exactly is in control of what we get and decides what we need????
history is littered with those who take on the mantle of the "bad guy" because sometimes we need the bad guy to start change. its never preferred that people have to die to enact change, but that has historically been the biggest factor that causes change
Let's all note that the reason it got this far, was because they literally refused to react to all the millions of interactions before. Noone should have to go as far as murder for these abusers to be called out. This negligence is HIGHLY on the side of all the law makers, executive forces AND society as a whole being WAY too tolerant of abusers and WAY too tolerant of "being rich" as a whole. Not "having savings", not "bein well off". No, we're talking ppl who earn more than any Labour of their own can get them, while they bleed out those in need and those cleaning up for them and actually doing all the work
@@KxNOxUTA I saw a comment elsewhere "One reason people insist that you use the "proper channels" to change things is because they have control of the proper channels and they're confident it won't work." violent revolution is inevitable when the peaceful options fail.
Doubtful. The politicians would actually have to do something, not just give soundbites on TV. Doubtful that they will because they take too much money from the healthcare & pharma companies.
I do think Luigi is a hero. These people running the country and these companies are disgusting and the reason why people are suffering and dying every day. Hes already put this conversation on the forefront and hopefully it continues.
As a medical worker I see this all the time. It seems that companies like UHC are only interested in profits and not the care of the patients. Doctors should have more say in the medicine they can provide their patients.
I agree! It’s exhausting fighting these insurance companies for procedures ordered for patients. Specially having to do peer to peer reviews with the same outcomes.
You rarely take sides like this and it shows this issue is important. Thanks for using your platform like this, it will push the dialogue along. Hopefully other physicians will follow suit. There is a huge community of youtube Dr's with a lot of reach, they should use it. This took some courage to do!
Spot on Dr Youn! People forget we fought a revolution over taxation without representation. We're being 'taxed' for overly expensive Healthcare with no voice. I see a connection that no one is talking about.
i cant even imagin what was going on in head in that moment whene he was finally there in new york the ceo walking right in front of him making a choice that would change history so serial
Wrong. It's never the way. The cause (or revolution as some say) always betrays itself and the slope with which righteousness and vistinhood gets steeper and steeper. It has always ended in more suffering.
Seriously, Dr. Yoon you are dead wrong! The people have no other choice. Saying that Luigi is not a hero?!?! Same as choosing to kill hundreds of thousands to save one life in the trolley experiment. No the political system and it judicial system does not function for ordinary people. This post serves no value to the public except to expose whose side you are on Dr Yoon!
He's 100 percent a hero and in the course of things will probably have saved millions of potential lives including young children and elderly citizens.
Lol he did literally nothing except throw away his own life and probably just got someone even worse a promotion you would think for being such a smart guy and this and that he would have tried to go the sane route with it seeing as how it seemed he had the ability to
Dr Youn, thank you for speaking out as a physician on this important issue. I work at an acute care hospital and my job is to appeal insurance denials and the amount of money hospitals lose is very scary. Doctors need facilities to bring their patients to. I hope we the people continue to push back and major changes are made!
Yeah I saw multi millionaire reporters on good morning America trying to tell people how to feel and saying ‘we are a nation of law and order’ … for whom?? So patronizing!
@@Goldenretriever-k8m They keep calling Thompson a husband and a father for sympathy but they never mention he was separated. It's cynically dishonest.
The only time in my life I was ever denied care in my 67 years, was by United health care. It’s been going on for many years. I hope this horrible tragedy serves as a wake up call for all of these insurance companies, CEOs, and shareholders, who profit off of that needed care that is denied for the people that are paying the premiums!
I have fourth stage mastic breast cancer that is in the liver and traveled to the bones and broke my lower back and two ribs. United healthcare all the sudden dropped me for no reason. I couldn’t get my scans done or go to my oncologist. I went through a court appeal. They denied me after endless months of being on the phone a ton of stress, which is not good for cancer. Finally, I reapplied for the third time and just now got it. I started chemo again. It is not right for insurance companies to tell the doctors what to do for their patients and what medicines they can have. We have got to do something about this.
I’m a Registered Respiratory Therapist and work in home-care now after 40 yrs of working in a hospital. I take care of patients that is on Ventilators at home due to high CO2 levels. UHC wants the “life support” equipment removed from the home and the patient put on a BiPap unit which is for Sleep Apnea instead. They want to see if the patient will need to be readmitted to the hospital without the equipment. SMH……. I refuse to remove the equipment.
I'm Australian, I've never been to the USA and have no family there, and I have heard horrible accounts of what the health insurance industry in the USA does to people. I've heard of people suffering for years, being denied coverage and going broke or even unaliving themselves, waiting too long to get treatment and not making it, and that's just the first examples that come to mind. What I've heard from the other side of the world is no doubt a drop in the ocean of suffering people in the USA are living with. I feel sorry for the CEO's family, but my first thought when I heard about the shooting was, "I wonder what horrible thing that company did to the shooter."
@@a.e.7988not true at all. His mother was and she succumbed to her health problems that were not covered through her UNITED health care plan. She died because united health care killed her. He got his vengeance. So yeah, they did do something to him.
As a person who has had cancer at a young age and I have to take many meds Having united healthcare playing god with insurance is despicable Luigi mangione is a hero And I’m standing by my word
Thank you for uploading this. I hope to see more people from the medical/pharmaceutical fields speak out against these parasitic, unnecessary, and quite frankly, criminal insurance companies. Americans deserve universal, single-payer healthcare, and we need to end the national embarrassment that is our predatory healthcare system
@ this dude didn’t cause he diseases. i get he’s not a good person but this was too far and did absolutely nothing. he could have actually been brought to justice. instead the cycle is just going to continue.
I was forced to record EVERY phone call with UHC because they would routinely "lose" prior authorizations, incl those with confirmation numbers provided by UHC themselves. My doctor would have to waste his time and have a 3 way phone conference w/myself, doc, and UHC before they would admit it exists.
I’m so glad you did this video. I think more of us need to hear from doctors and healthcare providers about their experiences working with insurance companies.
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The answer is yes.
The anser is hell yeah!
The American people need to wake up to the fact that the vast majority of the problems that face the "little people" of this country are caused by the relatively few obscenely wealthy of this country. Republicans always gaslight to the contrary, because they are funded by the wealthy, but who holds the blame is a fact. Somehow, The American people have been convinced that it is not well paid employees that make a robust economy, no it is a few wealthy people that buy your neighborhood and crank up the rents that grow the economy. The American people really need to wise up. Luigi absolutely deserves the "Patriot of the Year" award. With one act, he brought into focus decades of lies and misinformation of Republicans. He gave the wealthy of this country the one thing they need more than anything else, fear.
wtf??? 😮
Healthcare companies have no right to suggest a treatment plan to a patient. This should be between a doctor and patient. They are playing God with peoples lives. UHC is the worst and was happy when my company stopped offering it to employees.
This.
Absolute conflict of interest for an Insurance Co. to decide care!🤬
Respect for this Doctor 👍
He didn't have this company for his health-care.
Thank you doctor for speaking up. ❤
First and foremost, Luigi is a warning. History has shown it hundreds of times: When the oligarchy and those in power push the population too much, a revolution occurs.
I agree. This may be the first domino leading to just that.
Apparently we need another one.
Danger Yam and his cronies are gonna make it worse when they take over in Jan. They'll about guarantee a revolution
It hapned here in Slovakia too our Prime minister passed some really dumb laws like you can steal stuff up to 700€ without being prosecuted. he got shot back in may shooter was point blank but he missed important organs if you want to do your own reaserch on that Topic search Attempted assasination of Robert Fico or Juraj Cintula
So yes, watch for 2015
I had an emergency and my baby was delivered a few weeks earlier. The only pediatrician in the hospital at that time happened to be an out of network doctor. UHC refused to pay. I struggled with them for whole 6 months with calls, reviews, and appeals. Frustrated, I sent complaints to the state attorney, UHC immediately called me and said they made a mistake. They refunded me. Later I switched insurance and has never gone back to them. Imagine someone who is sick and not having this energy to go through all this trouble with them!
Deep down you know they did not make a mistake. They intended not to pay UNTIL you made it difficult for them with the state attorney.
These people are scum!
Maybe people need to threaten the state insurance board from the outset of the first denial. Let them know you know their game and you're not fixing to play it.
That's their tactics. Deny you and you don't appeal.
This is a common problem with any insurance and a silly one.
If a hospital is in network, than anyone who is allowed to practice in that hospital should be automatically covered under their network.
I went to hospital with Medicaid, afterwards I started getting bills and texts and collection calls. Turns out emergency room doctor was from another hospital and wasn't covered for some reason. Months later still getting texts though they finally stopped the phone calls. When I call the hospital they say I don't owe they are dealing with Medicaid.
The responsibility should always fall with the hospital and doctor, to deal with the insurance for payment, not the patients.
The problem is also the medical profession which is just as greedy as the insurance company.
So stressful just to read your comments. I hate them so much.
I don't even live in the states, but thank you for standing up for the people. We all need a voice to speak on our behalf
We need more than a voice. We need action. These CEO’s still think they are above the common man.
When you become a CEO, you’ll know what it takes…till then just pay your dues and shut it
@keepitgoing I don't have to be a CEO. I'm a business owner. I don't answer to anyone. And what does being a CEO have to do with acting immorally, acting towards others in ways that he or she does not want others to act towards his or her family? You just want to make excuses for these corrupt CEOs because you can imagine yourself making the same decisions and doing the same things
@@keepitgoingpeople who make less than 100k a year on their way to defend their favourite multi millionaire
@@keepitgoing _>When you become a CEO,_
Thankfully this position is kept for trustfund nepo babies and we won't have to sell our eternal souls to evil.
People say violence is not the answer but most changes in History have been achieved by it
The people in power never give up their power without the people fighting it.
They will always leech on the people if the people do not stand up and fight.
Spot on True this will never change without stuff just like this
No group in history has ever gained freedom by following the rules of their suppressors
So all is fair then. Can't say who is right or wrong
While your statement is indeed true, remember that all violent revolutions often spiral out of control historically. Non-violent revolution can also be extremly succesful
Quite brave of you to upload this, Dr Youn. Congratulations.
Let’s see for how long it will be on TH-cam😅
Really awesome that he uploaded this. Let's keep the momentum going until healthcare is free and readily available to those who need it.
It would have been brave to talk about it before it was the popular thing to talk about. He obviously knew first hand what was going on as a practitioner and could have posted a video last year rating insurances best to worst from his experience. Why not start the conversation when you see major flaws in your daily life? Why wait until it's the popular thing to do so?
@@simensikus Some excellent points here. However, I still think he was brave to post this.
@@simensikus You seem to be a brave person. Give us some examples of when you stood up against injustice.
Medical Billing Supervisor here and I can’t tell you how true this is about UHC! I have seen horrific things from them.
You need to tell on them, let everyone know the horror stories
Why do you continue to work for them?
OP likely works for a doctor's office not UHC. If it was UHC, OP would be in *Claims* not Billing. Guess you don't have insurance.
@@user-di2on5gl2d medical billers and coders are the ones processing data for the provider end, not the insurance side. They're the ones acutely aware of how fucked the system as as they see it at it's full scale effect.
@user-di2on5gl2d they work for the doctor/hospital not the insurance company. They're the person submitting the claims not the person/system rejecting payment.
You're a good doctor for standing up for your field. Murder is wrong, but so is neglecting people in need when it is your job and OATH to serve them. Thank you sir.
I love how you said "violence is ALMOST never the answer." As someone living under a dictatorship, 25 years of peaceful protests have gotten us nowhere. So I agree, it is ALMOST never the answer, but sometimes it's precisely what it takes to remind the rich and powerful that there is a limit to the suffering we can withstand. They want us tamed. We might be civilized, but within us exists the capacity to defend ourselves. Silly to beat up a dog and then call it savage when it bites.
Respect to you for speaking so honestly about this matter.
You are absolutely right, I hope that the situation in your country improves and that more people dare to fight against injustice.
Yes he is right
This expert explains why most of the evidence looks weak and highly questionable
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Yes, he said Luigi is not a hero and violence is almost never the answer.
Not condoning murder but this young man has given a voice to all these people who”ve had to stay silent in their suffering due to denials that are life saving. It’s sad this had to happen in order for this issue to get the attention it needs.
If courts and media did something it wouldn’t come to this.
There wouldn't be violence if the government (which I consider permits all of this happens )do its job to protect their citizens.
There are plenty of people in this world who I wouldn't kill but who I would definitely say "had it coming." I think that's pretty relevant in this case
@franky4318 it needs to be illegal for corporations to bankroll politicians. Corporate influence needs to be excised from politics. Until that happens, the government will be toothless
@@derek96720 Agree with you.
You’re not just a doctor, you’re an honorable and inspirational physician who has made positive changes in peoples’ lives!
and also Luigi sad it happened however this kid was so brave to stand to right the wrong of greedy oppressive corporations including all our broken system in the Government Congress Lobbyist Corrupt Greedy Politician Hospitals Health care .
😢
I got denied healthcare entirely by UHC just a month or so before this all happened. My doctors have been fighting for me, calling my current insurance and fighting with them to cover my meds. It's been rough, but I'm lucky to have such amazing doctors.
Doctors don’t have that kinda time unless you were the patient in their care. Try again
So he is a hero?
I hope your doctors can get you covered!
Go off, Doc. I'm a pharmacist, agree with everything you said. I've been saying forever that American health insurance companies are evil.
I appreciate your phrasing. Many people would say corrupt instead of evil. But the system is working entirely as it was intended and designed by the evil people who created it.
@@derek96720exactly! I wrote a college research paper years ago in which I said, “capitalism is as if a ‘living thing’ thing - if it’s not growing, it’s dying, and as a system, it does exactly what it is meant to do, thus the problem isn’t the system - it’s the greedy people who exploit it.” People will almost always 💩in their own punchbowl then complain, and blame others rather than fix the problem. WE NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM!
They are absolutely evil, and what are we doing about it?
I was in healthcare for over 7 years, the system is almost entirely diabolical 💯
As a Brit I'll never forget Sarah Palin calling our NHS 'satanic'. I mean sure it's not a perfect system, but to have the gall to criticise our system from an ethical point of view from America of all places.
I work for a Cancer Center as an Insurance Collector. The most common denials we receive for radiation and chemotherapy are”Not Medically Necessary, Experimental” Prior Auth with hurdles, peer to peer delays, appeal nightmares to end up timely. UHC is the worst! Don’t get me started on “brown/white bagging” While I am sorry for the loss of a human life, this needs to serve as a wake up call to these insurance companies. Something has to change!
Courts are no better.
@@TheFiercepixie what an extremely difficult and depressing job you have. Nobody likes hearing NO all the time…but especially for healthcare! What is brown/white bagging though? You’re gonna hafta spill it now.
Our system is the way it is because OUR GOVERNMENT allows it to be.
who really caused this tragedy to happen? If they would run a business without the greed and corruption, Brian Thompson would still be alive
@@claudiakenworthy6050agreed
The American people need to wake up to the fact that the vast majority of the problems that face the "little people" of this country are caused by the relatively few obscenely wealthy of this country. Republicans always gaslight to the contrary, because they are funded by the wealthy, but who holds the blame is a fact. Somehow, The American people have been convinced that it is not well paid employees that make a robust economy, no it is a few wealthy people that buy your neighborhood and crank up the rents that grow the economy. The American people really need to wise up. Luigi absolutely deserves the "Patriot of the Year" award. With one act, he brought into focus decades of lies and misinformation of Republicans. He gave the wealthy of this country the one thing they need more than anything else, fear.
Mangione's actions ignited a very important conversation and that was the point, as he has made clear. So he if he isn't a hero, he is a significant historical figure.
spot on
He a revolutionary
He's only a historical figure if he became the cause of some fundemental systemic changes. Only time will tell.
righto!!!
He's a hero.
As a licensed pharmacist in this system, thank you, thank you, thank you for speaking up. They triangulate medical professionals against patients, which is the opposite of our goal.
but u indeed only care about money n dont care about patient tho
@jake9854 eh, not me, friend. Some pharmacists only care about money, yes, but I left. Some care about patients more than money, pharmacists aren't a monolith. This whole thing is a catch-22 imo. I have $200k+ in student loans. That much debt *does* encourage professionals to care more about the money, which most can't ignore like I do. I'm going for a high score in student debt, why not. The whole system, even professional education, is rigged against patients. It's time to fight back.
UHC is disgusting. I was denied an MRI requested by a Neurologist who suspected that my strange, chronic pressure headaches are being caused by part my brain being pressed up against my skull/spinal canal. We never found out what was wrong because I couldn't (and still can't) afford the deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. This country should be ashamed of how it treats the sick, non-wealthy, and those who aren't privileged enough to afford higher education. I agree with another poster who said Luigi was a warning. The "other half" has been holding US accountable for years; perhaps it's their turn.
I hope you get better or get answers
I have their contact info if you need it directly.
They are strictly for MRI and another thing I believe, I forgot what it is.
Once you get your referral, call them. They'll set everything up for you. Hopefully you can sign up with them.
I hope this helps
Borrow the money for the MRI. I’ve had a Craniectomy in the past as a large meningioma was found pushing my brain into my neck blocking half my spinal fluid. If the MRI finds something they won’t be able to deny if there’s a problem I would think.
What are you doing about it?
Luigi killed one person. The CEO's company killed tens of thousands.
The CEO is basically a serial killer. Just because he doesn’t like getting dirty with the blood doesn’t make him any less of a killer.
@2:22 this YT’r shares his screen from a post made by Vittorio, a social media person, who has some very interesting points covering Luigi - well worth watching!! It has a surprising twist!! th-cam.com/video/TBbLEehC2DM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YZK_GcYGGflBYnkL
How many did it save?
@@CCMezcal Some Health insurance company's recently changed some policy's to give it some time and his actions will have saved lives.
@ depends on what we decide to do about it. If we do nothing, none were saved. It’s an invitation to demand fixes to our healthcare system. It’s the start of a conversation they keep us too unhealthy to even have the brains to discuss.
Considering that the day after, Blue Cross Blue Shield went back on their plan for some of their providers to stop coverage of anesthesia after a certain time cutoff, I’d say he saved more lives than he took.
Absolutely
Yep they don't want the same thing happen to them.
did he took any? he is innocent in my world
A sacrifice was made “for the many”.
Exactly
Bravo, Dr. Youn! We need more healthcare professionals to speak openly and honestly about their experiences with these exploitative insurance companies. While this situation is truly appalling, I hope it will inspire meaningful change. Let this serve as a catalyst for a revolution in how insurers operate-so they can no longer deny care and jeopardize our well-being every day.
As a fellow healthcare provider, I can attest that UHC is awful and they do not work In the best interest of their clients.
Which provider is better?
@@theTechBeeKaiser, if you live on the west coast of the US. (Mostly central California).
Their rejection rate is like 7%, compared to UHC %32
Still not great. But better
@@fangsabre Thank you very much!
The very idea of private healthcare insurance behold into wall street is antithetical to the Hippocratic oath. Wake up and smell the shit.
The patient isn't the client. They are the subscriber. The client is the shareholder
Thank you so much for making this video. I've been living for years with a painful and disfiguring condition for which UHC refuses to cover treatment. It is a nightmare with no end in sight.
I am sorry for your pain and suffering.
@@VaBobohave you try alternative medicine?
There is a post further up - they went to the state attorney. See if you can find it and connect with the commenter to see how they did it.
Why aren't you doing something about it instead of giving up?
@@MaxedOutMondays so judgemental. You have no idea what that poster is going through, or what they have done to fight it. Be thankful you are not in their shoes. And be helpful instead of critical.
Great take from a physician point of view
I used to be a reimbursement specialist, and UHC fought me on every hospital account that I billed during Covid. They didn't care that their patients were on ventilators and almost died. They absolutely suck!!!
Watch Jon Stewart with Mark Cuban to learn how physicians and hospitals work within our healthcare system. It's on TH-cam.
denying medical insurance is not the answer
@@ballet07if denying medical assistance is not murder then Luigi did nothing wrong . He simply denied that CEO his insurance claim.
I always knew i had this strange amount of respect for Dr Youn he just radiates this light of genuiness that i lack
Subbed, very few doctors are willing to stand up against our healthcare system. Thank you!
But subbed to him for years, he's amazing....
Free healthcare is the solution.
@@sm3675 I agree with Universal healthcare which would not only save the average citizen hundreds to thousands of dollars per year but also the American economy millions of dollars per year.
I recently retired in May. When I went to pick up my prescription for Farxiga I was told that I would have to pay $1700 for 90 pills (3 months supply). I was in shock. I didn't want to pay for it so I went home. Is this how it's going to be now that I'm retired? My husband contacted Medicare who contacted the pharmacy. I showed the pharmacy my Medicare card plus a SilverScript card (which came from Medicare) and I only paid $10 for the 3 month supply which is what I was paying before I retired. Fight the system.
it's still 1700 but it's paid by someone else, the tax payers
Many newer/brand medications often have patient copay assistance programs that can lower costs of those medications when the insurance isn't stepping up. While that scenario has led to higher pricing in many cases, for those of us who need these meds, it is at least a short term repreive that can help us afford these necessary treatments. Glad you were able to get the medication and not be robbed blind by the system that doesn't 'care' for our 'health'!
@@littleninja71this is true, however many of these coupon cards you can’t use in conjunction with government funded programs like Medicare or medicaid. Sometimes pharmacies can use just the coupon itself, but some you have to use as an adjunct with your primary insurance
Yep, that's highway robbery right there!
@@BS-my2kyyeah and? You know billionaires get the most handouts for their companies.
Always knew that Dr. Youn was a real one. Thank you for this.
I love this doctor! Outspoken, brave and powerful speaker!
Kudos to you Doctor for having the guts to say this! 🎉
Luigi Mangione is the alleged shooter. He does not look exactly like the first pics they sent out for tips. The CEO was involved with insider trading and information he could have supplied about others could have made him a target. The Police said they found $10,000.00 in Luigi's back pack and he said that is not my money. Did they plant other things in his bag aside from money? Do they have the right suspect? I noticed a policeman said when they asked him to pull down his mask he knew it was him. He would have been more truthful to say he had some of the same features, but not quite.
@@loralieisa false.
@@jaypolas4136 TBH, there are quite a few questions that have not been addressed. The burner phone that he threw out after the shooting and that he was seen using just before he shot the CEO, for one. Also he wasn’t a UHC client. He was out of contact with all family and friends for quite a while and no one knows how or where he was. There could be other influences involved.
True
Luigi is literally by the books the definition of a Hero
He had nothing to win and totally ruined his golden life for the others
Agreed!
Actually he has no more life because of injury that's why he did it.
@@rosalinagamboa9390 his injury opened his eyes on a problem.
But it is easier for him to manage his pain at home with a rich familly than in a jail.
Especially when it comes to ergonomic beds, drugs etc... and private therapists.
He gained nothing.
Lost all the comfort he could have to take care of his problem.
Lost the possibility to do his job, that he could still be doing with a bad back.
Lost everyting.
Gained nothing.
But he helped millions of people.
Modern times Robin-hood!
@@smoklhoe that is what I thought.
I fully support Luigi!
I'm dealing with breast cancer, everything is payed for. From the cancer treatments to the breast correction opperation we gonna need. I get free taxie rides from home to the hospital, help in the house with cleaning and coocking. My kids get psycological theraphie dealing with the trauma this could give them. For us, we are fighting cancer and not the whole system! I want this for every person on earth! I pay 157 euro a month in incurance and my tax a year is 21% of my total income.
If my country can do this for their people? America can do it aswell!!!
I wish you all the best for your recovery, you've got this!! Outta curiosity, what country is this? Thank you
Murder is never right
@@colleengeier9994 you don't have to endorse luigi murdering one person, but when you say stuff like "murder is never right" it sounds like you endorse the united healthcare CEO, who actually murdered hundreds of thousands of people a year. So. I don't know who you wanna defend. But I think you should check your unnecessary defence for the CEO - i think the ceo's family will survive without it .
@@ninjabrown8560
Most countries in continental Europe.
I wish you the very best in your journey and that you achieve healing physically and spiritually. I'm in the same battle with my mom, but I don't get as much help. If I may, what country do you reside in?
You are a HERO doctor. Thanks for spreading the light.
Brian has more blood on his hands than Luigi or any of us could possibly imagine.
Oh please
100% true!! American Heathcare is vile!!
I agree. The insurance company is getting out of control. It's awful
Yikes.
Truth!
Luigi delivered the justice that our society and judicial system has refused to serve
Killing an innocent, unarmed guy he never even met is not "justice."
You people are literally braindead at this point. Droning on about how a murderer is a "hero" for all these fake reasons.
He killed someone's son/father, etc because he didn't like his job. That's idiotic. Not revolutionary, heroic or anything else cool. Just evil and dumb and now he'll rot in jail, being very unheroic.
right. now no health care claim will ever be denied again. he did it.
Thank you for speaking out.
Dr. Youn is not suicidal! Very brave of you to upload this. Thank u for the transparency Doc.
You earned my respect putting this video out you got big balls.
Amen!
In Luigi Mangione's review of Ted Kaczynski's book (which I believe quotes a Reddit comment), he states: "Had the balls to recognize that peaceful protest has gotten us absolutely nowhere, and at the end of the day, he's probably right. Oil barons haven't listened to any environmentalists, but they feared him."
In a law-based society, individuals who commit murder must be imprisoned to maintain order. However, the reversal of BCBS's insane anesthesia time limit policy demonstrates Mangione's point: violence, while extreme and undesirable, often becomes the most effective and final measure to combat social injustices.
He is innocent until proven guilty, just to remind you.
Exactly!!! 👍
Sadly it is true. It's the only way to get at powerful greedy corporations that know how to retribute
@@Elvhenatheart yeah I agree with you
100% yes this!!
My aunt died a month after her last chemo treatment. She spent her last month of her life crying because there is a way to extend her life, but we dont have the money to continue.
The worst part is she died on my cousin's birthday... we were hoping she would live until early december so she did not die to close to my cousin's bday... The life insurance company they paid into did more than their health insurance ever did...
I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry y'all had to go through that
My goodness
So sorry, this is horrible
I’m sorry for your loss. This is horrible.
He’s a hero and should never have been stopped or arrested my opinion..
He is a revolutionist. Let us just call Luigi a REVOLUTIONIST. Thank you. United Healthcare asked for this.
What will you do?
@@MaxedOutMondays I'm pretty sure nobody's telling you jack shit.
@@kitcrft421 you don’t get what I’m asking…. Jesus man, do some research, click on the profile… how hard is that?
Let's kickstart the Luigi Movement!
Scotland was eventually free because of William Wallace
So happy you’re posting your experience as a physician.
I mean honestly if you can ruin livelihoods as a business model you're kind of asking to eventually have someone try to ruin yours.
I'll have this comment deleted again, but as previously stated, one man's murder is another man's justifiable homicide.
Yep, just common sense! Tombstone demonstrates the equalizers.
Yep. You can only push people so far until they push back, and once they push back it is entirely your fault for being the 1st 1 to push.
What happened to that CEO was justice. Vigilante justice to be sure, but better that than no justice at all.
@@valdamirlebanon4508 The problem is UHC did not push Luigi , they never even reject Luigi claim because HE NEVER HAVE UHC policy and Luigi family wealthy as hell, not to mention Luigi worship Unabomber which friend the Oklahoma City bomber , this just political assassination that all, say whatever you like about UHC evil policy but this not Justice there is 0 link between him and the CEO unless you also want to endorse terrorist .
@@anubizz3 The identity, beliefs and insurance of the shooter is irrelevant. Whatever Luigi's reasons, the CEO was offed for his position at UHC and everyone is rightly and justifiably happy at this act of justice. It's telling that you think a person would have to be directly affected to take actions like Luigi did. It says that you can see people struggle and be exploited and not want to act on their behalf.
You know what's also very telling? The fact that you perpetuate lies and assumptions about Luigi. You really think anything that the media says about him is true given his actions? Given the power that be's preference for how Luigi should be seen?
I'm happy that a doctor of all people gave perspective. As someone who was dismissed by doctors when I had symptoms of what turned out to be an iron deficiency, compassion can be hard to find when it comes to health.
GOATED video. Proud of Doctors like you fighting the good fight
Thank you for putting this out there when the regular media wont.
Thank you for this Dr Youn. The more people hear about this, the better.
Yes, he’s a national hero. He had the guts to do something most of us don’t.
Having the guts to kill someone because of personal hatred against the system is not making someone a hero.
and he had a pretty good life it sounded, takes guts to give all that up for what's right.
And yet, you people are mad when some street thug dies.
From national hero to Bubba's wife
And now the top 1% appear in the news called him a terrorist.
I agree that violence isn’t the answer, but he sure did got his message across loud and clear!
What’s the question? Sure seems like some believe it is the answer when it comes to ending the life of man on subway who maybe needed mental health care in actuality. Cliche statements are not proof.
perhaps evil needs to be dealt wiht in the language it understands?
Wrong person should go after shareholders
@@ManuB3581🙄
He’s the modern day John Brown
Thank you for speaking up!
Dr. Youn going off! Let's go!!!!!! DR. YOUN FOR THE PEOPLE!
Dr Youn....... So nice to see you back! Thank you for this video! And THANK YOU for being so courageous enough to be so honest! It takes more than guts. It takes integrity and honour! It is such a standard to see someone of influence applying his power to educate, inform and sharpen the wit of the people, instead of seeking to brainwash the people for personal gain, or for control of the masses! And EVER so humble, too: "I'm JUST a Doctor!". Go Dr Youn! Side note, what on earth is "unnecessary care" supposed to mean? "Unnecessary" to whom? Whose hands are our lives in, and who exactly is in control of what we get and decides what we need????
I think you’re a Hero, Dr. Youn!
So glad doctors are telling it like it is.
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Luigi as well a hero
@Vykadin not quite telling us everything though. The inflated prices hospitals charge also needs to be discussed
@@doubleandyThe other piece of the diabolical puzzle: Hospital Administrators.
history is littered with those who take on the mantle of the "bad guy" because sometimes we need the bad guy to start change. its never preferred that people have to die to enact change, but that has historically been the biggest factor that causes change
It’s a wake up call
Let's all note that the reason it got this far, was because they literally refused to react to all the millions of interactions before.
Noone should have to go as far as murder for these abusers to be called out. This negligence is HIGHLY on the side of all the law makers, executive forces AND society as a whole being WAY too tolerant of abusers and WAY too tolerant of "being rich" as a whole. Not "having savings", not "bein well off". No, we're talking ppl who earn more than any Labour of their own can get them, while they bleed out those in need and those cleaning up for them and actually doing all the work
@@KxNOxUTADon't disagree with you, but "labour"? Are you from the U.S.?
@@KxNOxUTA I saw a comment elsewhere "One reason people insist that you use the "proper channels" to change things is because they have control of the proper channels and they're confident it won't work."
violent revolution is inevitable when the peaceful options fail.
I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner. Maybe we never heard about the unsuccesful ones.
To answer the question in the title of the video: yes, Luigi is a hero. There, I said it.
At this point.. probably.
He's YOUR god, but not mines. My gods not a murderer.
@@suhtangwong I said “hero.” Never once did I mention God.
@@suhtangwong didnt capital g god kill like a million egyptians
FREE LUIGI. A HERO WHO WAS ACTIING IN *SELF DEFENSE* OF AN OPPRESSED AND ABUSED PUBLIC
What Luigi did was the most heroic thing I have witnessed on American soil in the past decade!
As a former employee, currently in a lawsuit regarding harassment and discrimination, I applaud you for steering clear from this company.
Thank you for being voice of people that are suffering silently
The pebble that started the avalanche.
Gandalf reference?
Doubtful. The politicians would actually have to do something, not just give soundbites on TV. Doubtful that they will because they take too much money from the healthcare & pharma companies.
I do think Luigi is a hero. These people running the country and these companies are disgusting and the reason why people are suffering and dying every day. Hes already put this conversation on the forefront and hopefully it continues.
He’s a hero. We’ve had enough! UHC denied my doctor’s prescription for a $65 pain patch while I waited for a hip replacement surgery.
He's a killer!
@@MartharadicallysavedbyJesuswho? You mean the company that kills thousands per year?
He is a murder. Not right to kill someone
Not a hero to me.
@@MartharadicallysavedbyJesus and?
As a medical worker I see this all the time. It seems that companies like UHC are only interested in profits and not the care of the patients.
Doctors should have more say in the medicine they can provide their patients.
I totally agree!
I agree! It’s exhausting fighting these insurance companies for procedures ordered for patients. Specially having to do peer to peer reviews with the same outcomes.
As an Italian it reminds me a lot of the mafia and i think this definition is suitable for this
You rarely take sides like this and it shows this issue is important. Thanks for using your platform like this, it will push the dialogue along. Hopefully other physicians will follow suit. There is a huge community of youtube Dr's with a lot of reach, they should use it. This took some courage to do!
He is a hero, patriot and a free man. He did what others need to do. Take back what was stolen from us.
Spot on Dr Youn! People forget we fought a revolution over taxation without representation. We're being 'taxed' for overly expensive Healthcare with no voice. I see a connection that no one is talking about.
MD eye witness accounts are very needed at this time, as is that of patients. Thank you for this.
Luigi IS a hero. When the system makes nonviolent change impossible, violent change is inevitable. Luigi was brave enough to take a stand.
i cant even imagin what was going on in head in that moment whene he was finally there in new york the ceo walking right in front of him making a choice that would change history so serial
Murdering someone isn't right, but the CEO had plenty of blood and on his hands. He made his money from inflicting suffering on others.
Nonviolent change is possible. But you guys don't vote for it.
Wrong. It's never the way. The cause (or revolution as some say) always betrays itself and the slope with which righteousness and vistinhood gets steeper and steeper. It has always ended in more suffering.
Seriously, Dr. Yoon you are dead wrong! The people have no other choice. Saying that Luigi is not a hero?!?! Same as choosing to kill hundreds of thousands to save one life in the trolley experiment. No the political system and it judicial system does not function for ordinary people. This post serves no value to the public except to expose whose side you are on Dr Yoon!
Thank you for covering this with such honesty ❤
He's 100 percent a hero and in the course of things will probably have saved millions of potential lives including young children and elderly citizens.
He didn't save any lives. UHC will continue to go along with their shady practices.
Lol he did literally nothing except throw away his own life and probably just got someone even worse a promotion you would think for being such a smart guy and this and that he would have tried to go the sane route with it seeing as how it seemed he had the ability to
luigi started a revolution against greedy corporations
Hell yeah
🎉🎉❤🎉🎉
Dr Youn…. You said “hell” and I’m like omg… my jaw dropped lol! I appreciate your content and insight!
Dr Youn Thank You for your support and for speaking out for all of us!! God bless you 🙏🏼🤗❤
Dr Youn, thank you for speaking out as a physician on this important issue. I work at an acute care hospital and my job is to appeal insurance denials and the amount of money hospitals lose is very scary. Doctors need facilities to bring their patients to. I hope we the people continue to push back and major changes are made!
Violence is never the answer? Tell that to practically every freedom fighter throughout history.
He said almost never, not never.
Currently reading "The Great Leveler" which explains how violence has been the answer for eons.
So the CEO is gone but the policies remain the same. Another cheater will rise to take his place and the sh.it goes on.
Yea. I'm sure the founding of America was based on peace and protests. 😂
Yes, the Founding Fathers were so wrong.
I think the media demanding we all panic and feel sad about the death of the CEO is what unleashed the anger and the support for Luigi.
Yeah I saw multi millionaire reporters on good morning America trying to tell people how to feel and saying ‘we are a nation of law and order’ … for whom?? So patronizing!
Yep!
@@Goldenretriever-k8m They keep calling Thompson a husband and a father for sympathy but they never mention he was separated. It's cynically dishonest.
UHC's fb page turned off their reaction count and comment section on their post regarding the CEO's death. It's mostly laugh reacts.
No, the media could be completely against Thompson and the same nutjobs that support Luigi will still support him.
Thanks!
The only time in my life I was ever denied care in my 67 years, was by United health care. It’s been going on for many years. I hope this horrible tragedy serves as a wake up call for all of these insurance companies, CEOs, and shareholders, who profit off of that needed care that is denied for the people that are paying the premiums!
No a hero but a reflection of what injustice is happening in the healthcare world in general. Enough is enough.
Exactly
He’s a hero to me. And I don’t care what people think. It’s my own opinion. iDGAF and you’re also entitled to your own opinion.
Well said
Hes a hero imo
Hero
Luigi has my full support!
Mine too. 👍
Grow up.
Mine too!!!
@@CCMezcal 🪞
Sorry to see you disagree with this very intelligent and reasonable doctor.
Not murder. Justice. For the first time someone has given a voice to millions of victims
I love Dr. Youn. He is a truly great doctor.
What’s more insane is being a UHC (and other major insurance provider) and UNABLE to afford my own health coverage!! 😵💫
I have fourth stage mastic breast cancer that is in the liver and traveled to the bones and broke my lower back and two ribs. United healthcare all the sudden dropped me for no reason. I couldn’t get my scans done or go to my oncologist. I went through a court appeal. They denied me after endless months of being on the phone a ton of stress, which is not good for cancer. Finally, I reapplied for the third time and just now got it. I started chemo again. It is not right for insurance companies to tell the doctors what to do for their patients and what medicines they can have. We have got to do something about this.
I’m a Registered Respiratory Therapist and work in home-care now after 40 yrs of working in a hospital. I take care of patients that is on Ventilators at home due to high CO2 levels. UHC wants the “life support” equipment removed from the home and the patient put on a BiPap unit which is for Sleep Apnea instead. They want to see if the patient will need to be readmitted to the hospital without the equipment. SMH……. I refuse to remove the equipment.
Insurance should be more like a credit union. Where the “shareholders” are the patients who pay into the insurance.
Like cooperatives..
Thats universal healthcare.
You're a HERO for addressing this robbery. It can change overnight, but we have to unite and end this hostage situation.🇺🇲
I'm Australian, I've never been to the USA and have no family there, and I have heard horrible accounts of what the health insurance industry in the USA does to people. I've heard of people suffering for years, being denied coverage and going broke or even unaliving themselves, waiting too long to get treatment and not making it, and that's just the first examples that come to mind.
What I've heard from the other side of the world is no doubt a drop in the ocean of suffering people in the USA are living with. I feel sorry for the CEO's family, but my first thought when I heard about the shooting was, "I wonder what horrible thing that company did to the shooter."
UHC did nothing to Mangione, he was never a subscriber!
@@a.e.7988not true at all. His mother was and she succumbed to her health problems that were not covered through her UNITED health care plan. She died because united health care killed her. He got his vengeance.
So yeah, they did do something to him.
@@sarahn3394 His mother isn't dead. There are two manifestos and the one about his mother's health issues may be a fake, that's what I've read anyway.
I feel sorry for all the UHC victims.. and there's far too many of those to feel sorry for his family even if they weren't seperated.
You're a real Doctor, someone who actually cares for patients. Massive respect to you Dr.Youn ❤.
6:58. I did hear the word “almost”
Dude still needs to make money on TH-cam, but we can see where he stands
Thank you Dr.Youn for siding with the American people. You are very brave and your honesty and solidarity will not be forgotten!
You’re one of the two doctors on YT platform that I actually trust and will take advice on. Very accurate content always, thanks!! ♥️
Who’s the other?
As a person who has had cancer at a young age and I have to take many meds
Having united healthcare playing god with insurance is despicable
Luigi mangione is a hero
And I’m standing by my word
Thank you for uploading this. I hope to see more people from the medical/pharmaceutical fields speak out against these parasitic, unnecessary, and quite frankly, criminal insurance companies.
Americans deserve universal, single-payer healthcare, and we need to end the national embarrassment that is our predatory healthcare system
I had never thought I would support a ' killer ' but here we go ' WELL DONE Luigi Mangione! '
When the politics and justice system fail us, vigilantism becomes very tempting
Agreed. I'll make a moral exception here.
except he ruined an ongoing court case about corruption that the ceo was set to testify in.
@lebowskisrug by actually delivering justice unlike the "justice system" would've done
@ this dude didn’t cause he diseases. i get he’s not a good person but this was too far and did absolutely nothing. he could have actually been brought to justice. instead the cycle is just going to continue.
You earned a subscriber by speaking what most doctors are afraid to say. ❤
Thank you so much for this video! This is an incredibly important topic that needs to remain in the national conversation
I was forced to record EVERY phone call with UHC because they would routinely "lose" prior authorizations, incl those with confirmation numbers provided by UHC themselves. My doctor would have to waste his time and have a 3 way phone conference w/myself, doc, and UHC before they would admit it exists.
I’m so glad you did this video. I think more of us need to hear from doctors and healthcare providers about their experiences working with insurance companies.
Thank you for speaking out, Dr. Youn!!!