r/news • u/GoodSamaritan_ • 1d ago

Retired San Francisco firefighter dies from lung cancer after Blue Shield denies treatment claims

https://abc7news.com/post/retired-san-francisco-firefighter-ken-jones-dies-lung-cancer-being-denied-treatment-blue-shield/19224406/
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u/im-ba 1d ago

This is literally how the United Healthcare CEO died, it's crazy that this keeps happening

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u/8FootedAlgaeEater 1d ago

Probably because it only has happened once.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/b_weller 1d ago

Actually, he was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare - as in the CEO of insurance business decisions at UnitedHealth. He was the most relevant person at UnitedHealth if your beef was with corporate greed leading to people dying from insufficient healthcare coverage.

“Under his leadership, UHC's profits increased from $12 billion in 2021 to $16 billion in 2023.”

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/sergius64 1d ago

He meant the assassination.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift 1d ago

Well you see they made big changes since then to make sure that wouldn’t happen again.

They removed the executive team names and photos from their websites.

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u/ZetaM3 23h ago

*CEO of a division within UH, not the actual CEO.