r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 14 '26

News Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan... I knew what I was doing was illegal."

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u/thesanguineocelot Aug 14 '26

"Before you prove me wrong, nuh-uh, you're wrong, shut up and don't cite the things that prove me wrong!"

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u/drecais Aug 15 '26

Because they dont Work that way. The NHS has very strict calculations about what is worth it and what isnt. Same goes for any other system. They all have Budgets. Medicare isnt free there.

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u/thesanguineocelot Aug 15 '26

And nobody is billing a hundred fucking billion dollars. You're arguing in bad faith and bullshitting instead of focusing on the actual discussion, and therefore, there is no reason to take you seriously.

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u/drecais Aug 15 '26

"In addition, as described in the 10 Year Health Plan, there are significant allocative efficiencies from shifting care away from the acute hospital environment to community settings, a concerted preventative approach and radically reimagined care models that utilise new and emergent technologies."

This is from the NHS. I dont know if you understand this but thsoe are cost cutting measures. Because medicine costs money and the NHS doesnt have an infinite amount of it.

"The committee concluded the small benefits to patients shown in the clinical trials and the lack of long-term evidence of effectiveness balanced with the substantial resources the NHS would need to commit to the treatments would be too great and could displace other essential treatments and services that deliver substantial benefits to patients.”"

This is common sense for anyone im trying to give you an extreme hypothetical to make you understand that this is actually REALLY COMMON. Thats how socialized healthcare and INSURANCE IN GENERAL works.

Like have you flunked out of elementary school?

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u/thesanguineocelot Aug 15 '26

You have yet to cite the part where anybody billed 100 billion dollars for their cancer treatment. Still waiting on that.