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I got news for them, it isn’t just insurance ceos that we want to cap. My personal list is huge and grows regularly. Some more categories as examples: banksta ceos ("too big to fail ") and telecommunications ceos with their universally shitty customer service.

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It isn’t healthcare, though that is a dumpster fire on its own. We HATE insurance companies. They are not “healthcare”. Use the right words or you end up like MAGA morons using things like commie and woke for “thing I don’t like”.

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While I empathize with your comment, I found a certain irony as I was just reading another News discussion where someone mentioned that Democrats often call themselves leftists.

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I call it “American health extortion”.

The gangster who will smash up your store if you don’t pay for “insurance” is actually offering “extortion” , because he’s creating the problem he’s supposedly insuring against. In America, the insanely high cost of medical care, compared to any other developed country, is being created (by lobbying legislators, backroom price negotiations, etc) and maintained by the companies selling the “insurance” against it.

It’s extortion, not insurance. At least call it what it is.

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I wish there was no cause for insurance at all. Cremation should be free and a component of end of life care. The fact that dental and vision aren’t a part of Healthcare is actually absurd. Auto insurance should be inexpensive and all about property.

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7 points

Simmering? You think it’s simmering? I’m surprised there’s still water boiling in the pot, most of it evaporated into Steam already.

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Its at least a rolling boil

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Simmering here meaning molten slag that was once a pan.

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67 points

My brothers in Christ of the journalism world, nothing was “revealed”. It’s just Luigi did what everyone who ever had a claim denied wants to do. This is not news.

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Honestly? I’ll take the coverage however we can get it. I am a frequent NPR listener, and some of their more niche programs are covering this with sincerity. Let’s keep the conversation going.

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The public response makes this news, honestly. And if you aren’t online and seeing it, the anger might surprise you. Murders aren’t usually celebrated.

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