Summary
Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.
Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.
Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.
At risk of being berrated by fediverse purists, ive actually been having the best discussions around this on bluesky of all places.
Reddit has had entertaining, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable discussions in this event. It’s nice to see.
I’ll confess I still go to reddit but I’ve purged all news and politics from my account there and if anything I’m trying to distance myself more from these things without not being informed. I’m not succeeding yet, but im trying XD