That surgery would cost you nothing or maybe 40 dollar in Scandinavia. We pay 5-10 dollar for an asthma inhaler in Norway. In the US? 800 dollar for a month worth of use.. The "healthcare"system in the US is a scam...
The blame is on all of us citizens though! Not paying attention to who does what in D.C. and not voting out the ones out that vote on bills against our interests. Our "healthcare" system is our fault! I like comedian Lewis Black's idea of us chain locking the outside of the supreme court and informing them that no one comes out until they pass some legislation "for the people." Reversing citizens united would be step damn one! Medicare for all step two! Raising the minimum wage and tying it to cost of living increases step three. We can debate the rest after we lock the doors and they do, at least, that much!
I remember when people weren't even given the option and could never get out of debt! No we can buy it and we still never get out of debt because of it.
I have been watching this for 3 days. It’s the most United I have seen of middle to low income Americans. Not one comment I have seen of thousands that had sympathy for him. Never thought I would see this type of unity. Now we need to stop letting the 1% manipulate us into voting against are own interests. We need to stop letting them divide us on fake issues.
The only "division" around this situation is between the rich CEOs who are only concerned about their own well-being, and EVERYONE ELSE who suffers because those aforementioned people are only concerned with their own well-being. Even though this is the natural conclusion to the class warfare that the CEOs have been waging on us for as long as any of us can remember.
Where were these people when they elected a fraudulent billionaire who wants to slash Medicare, and do away with the affordable care act ( Obama Care ). Hell, yes, we are divided.
His mansion was paid for with denied claims. His kid's private schools are paid for with denied claims. Their vacation home is paid for with denied claims. Do I feel any sympathy...sorry that claim has been denied.
This guy was heading to a shareholder meeting, where they discuss (brag) about how much profit they earned in the past year and their plan to make even more in the next year. I'm shocked it took this long for something like this to happen.
Not condoning any kind of violence or murder but this is one case / example of how evil corporations have become, our lives mean NOTHING to them. They pray to the almighty dollar. Period.
The country isn’t divided over this. I think we’ve all come together over this. The divide lies in the extreme income inequality that exists, the 1% vs the rest of us.
"He had a family." So did the mom who couldn't afford chemo... So did the father who needed a heart transplant.... So did the aunt who lost her life giving birth.... So did the uncle who's child had leukemia and was denied pain medication.... So did the grandfather in debt because he sold his house to cover the cost of his grandsons kindey treatments We all have family who have suffered... my sister needed a heart transplant and the insurance company denied her three times!! She was on the top of the heart transplant list and was denied! They are playing with peoples lives.. his death won't even be a dent to his family they won't lose one penny due to his death..they are wealthy and they are trying to humanize this man fuck that..did he even take a second outta his day to cre about the people his company denied for his golden parachute? Did his wife care? Nope
The Fed min wage is $7.50/ hr or $15,600 per year, and they wonder why there is so much crime???? This guy made $4,396 per hour!!! I don't feel bad for him at all.
38 years ago this month, I was forced to make the decision for DNR DO NOT RESUSCITATE for my 36 year old wife and mother of our two sons ages 7 and 11. Twenty-four hours after making the decision, my wife passed away while in a coma. All due to being denied chemo due to a pre-existing condition we were not aware of until we arrived at the emergency room. Breast cancer. The ony other country to use pre Existing Conditions and allowing people to die to save a buck was 1930s Germany after the Nazis took over the government. We need a Nuremberg style trials in this country and prosecute these ghouls running our health care system for profits and allowing American citizens to die to make a profit. It took years to recover from PTSD watching my soul mate to die needlessly. It took years of counciling and setting down my feelings on paper. My sons a decade after their mothers death found my journal and suggested the journal by made into a book. I will never forgive these ghouls and the ghouls in Congress bought and paid for by insurance companies that allow polite genocide to take place in this country for profits.
For your wife, and for all the people who will know your pain if you don't, please make that book happen. You don't have to do it alone, people work with editors, co writers, assistants etc to produce books all the time. Her story is important. Your sons will support you through the process. Please, give it serious thought. You deserve catharsis. Bless you and yours.
@@calvertwilliamson4721 this has been the MO all along from the right wing get everybody to fight each other while they take over in the background We are literally fighting over most of the same issues we were fighting over 35 years ago. Health care, gun laws, immigration…
@@joen4088 It is the most fucking disgraceful grift in the civilized world. What the hell is wrong with USA government that they endorse this criminal cartel ?
I don't really see any divisions on this issue. Most comments are people saying that this is what happens when you're pushed to far by corporate greed and overpaid Ceo's
He had a family. They will be fine. They won’t need to work a day in their lives. They won’t be denied health care. I care about them as much as cared about him. Null.
I do believe that the insurance industry has been put on notice.. They better back off. This is just the first.. people are becoming so numb to the lack of humanity from the billionaire companies and idiots that run them. Now our Loved ones are dying.. What do they expect?
The money the insurance companies are trying to save is the money that their customers pay into. But they use the money to pay their salaries and shareholders.
I'm pretty sure "divided" is the shocked 1% and the 99% who left laughing emojis on UHC's Facebook page. I also don't condone murder, but my reaction (after "whose kid died after being denied coverage") was "sympathy is out of network."
And the fact that they are actively attempting to make it even worse. When you don't have anything to live for and no future to look forward to, you do really messed up things.
That’s kind of my thought. It says a nation divided on this, but I’ve literally not seen a single person on the other side of this. Pretty much everyone is fine with it.
Divided? The CEO garnered as much sympathy as Jeffrey Dahmer. Other than his own company and some paid off politicians, not much in the way of positive posts for him.
Divides the nation? Not really. The majority of the nation is on one side, and the rich people and politicians are on the other. That's the only divide I see. They're afraid. And they're right to be afraid.
I have horror stories dealing with insurance companies. Currently they are denying my migraine meds. I need these meds. I've been on them for 2 years. All of a sudden no explanation I am denied. Ever have a 10 day migraine? I am si sick of this system.
We have a congress who refuses to give the USA citizens Medicare covering the whole body. Last I checked over 70% of Americans want a government run healthcare. Congress needs to act in the best interest of the American people and deliver a nonprofit comprehensive universal healthcare .
people have begged and begged for years for a better system only to have those with the money and power build the system to benefit themselves. They have a choice. Apparently people are only willing to be beaten down so much.
really- than why is trump president????- racism blocked change for all of the people- Maga wants preexisting conditions- voted against- SSI, OBAMACARE- WATCH THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Its wild that we pay hundreds of dollars a month for insurance only to have them tell us we can't get what we pay them for. MAKE👏🏾IT👏🏾MAKE👏🏾SENSE👏🏾!!!!
How is this dividing the nation? Everyone of us, the 99% of us, knows their MO is as criminal as "your money or your life." They way I see these events is, it's a tragedy. All of it. It doesn't bring me joy because things should not be this way.
Any psychiatrist will quickly point out that the FIRST reaction is the most important reaction to show where that persons mind is. This states clearly that they are ONLY interested in their bottom line.
Visited Denmark and Sweden few months ago. People said, yeah , we pay almost 50% in taxes, but we have no medical debt or premiums, no tuition bills, a good safety net for hard times and not much crime. 🤷♀️
The system is designed for us all to fail, and no amount of voting or peacefully protesting will resolve that. What other course of action do we have that will cause change? This person is demonstrating what that last option is. Yes, we do need to at least try any other way than violence, but it is needed for any real change to happen when the state has the monopoly on violence. Revolution is never blood-less.
LOL. You got me. I only clicked on this video cause I saw the title. The only people divided on this are between the haves and the have nots. Hell, even many of the haves don't care about that dude either.
His company went ahead and had the meeting this guy was supposed to be there for and announced the prospect for a smooth transition. They didn't even care.
Canadian model for healthcare seems like the best model for the US to use because even though they pay higher taxes, they get decent care and the medical bills are not a issue. Thanks for sharing your story Rick.
Just imagine what would happen if everyone with healthcare insurance cancelled their policy tomorrow. That would be a passive revolution that would be heard instantly.
I don't think the Nation is divided on this one. Seems only the CEOs of Insurance Corporations and maybe the investors are the only ones sad about this. And they certainly ain't half of the country.
@@r.f.hopkins8163 They stepped over the MF and started their meeting on time. They've already replaced him too. I don't think they're all that broke up either.
Not sure I agree with your headline “Devides the Nation” It seem many from both sides of the political spectrum are not feeling remorse over this killing.
There's no generational divide, it's a divide between the rich and greedy and the poor and needy.
Spot on
As a non American I am shocked it’s taken so long for someone to turn those guns on the elite
It's almost like there is a reason the elites want to disarm the people.
That surgery would cost you nothing or maybe 40 dollar in Scandinavia. We pay 5-10 dollar for an asthma inhaler in Norway. In the US? 800 dollar for a month worth of use.. The "healthcare"system in the US is a scam...
It's more of a "death-care" than a "health-care".
@@lasts-m4jthe older I get, the clearer it becomes. Some things shouldn't be for profit.
I don't think Americans are divided on this. We seem to be all on one side of this.
Divide the nation? This may be the thing that unites us.
I think you’re right! We all see the corporate greed, but we want to discuss red/blue politics. This is a rich vs poor fight, not a R vs D fight.
Devides the nation ? This has brought us together like nothing else . Its a holiday miracle .
This gives the others a lot to contemplate .
What if his son is Bruce Wayne!
@@AuntJoeyhe'd need many therapy sessions. Oh sorry, insurance won't cover it
Health insurance should be illegal. Healthcare yes, insurance no
Nation is not divided, only the corporate media and everybody else.
No one is crying for this mass murderer. Now, who's next in line?
I remember when you paid nothing after insurance was billed. This country is is a disgrace.
The blame is on all of us citizens though! Not paying attention to who does what in D.C. and not voting out the ones out that vote on bills against our interests. Our "healthcare" system is our fault! I like comedian Lewis Black's idea of us chain locking the outside of the supreme court and informing them that no one comes out until they pass some legislation "for the people." Reversing citizens united would be step damn one! Medicare for all step two! Raising the minimum wage and tying it to cost of living increases step three. We can debate the rest after we lock the doors and they do, at least, that much!
I remember when people weren't even given the option and could never get out of debt! No we can buy it and we still never get out of debt because of it.
I have always said. I don’t want someone with a business degree making medical decisions for me and my family 😡
Divides? We’re more United than ever
The irony of this event bringing the nation TOGETHER is palpable, actually.
We are not divided on this.
I have been watching this for 3 days. It’s the most United I have seen of middle to low income Americans. Not one comment I have seen of thousands that had sympathy for him. Never thought I would see this type of unity. Now we need to stop letting the 1% manipulate us into voting against are own interests. We need to stop letting them divide us on fake issues.
The only "division" around this situation is between the rich CEOs who are only concerned about their own well-being, and EVERYONE ELSE who suffers because those aforementioned people are only concerned with their own well-being.
Even though this is the natural conclusion to the class warfare that the CEOs have been waging on us for as long as any of us can remember.
This has completely divided the nation! 99% to 1%. We will never be the same again!
Divides the country? I haven’t seen so much solidarity over anything in years!
Where were these people when they elected a fraudulent billionaire who wants to slash Medicare, and do away with the affordable care act ( Obama Care ). Hell, yes, we are divided.
@@MikeBrown-ex9nh And Social Security.
Kumbaya moment. Not so fast
He lost his life by denying others theirs...that is ironic
"For"
@LeoBaker-ir3vo I appreciate the grammatical correction! "He lost his *for* denying others theirs!"
His mansion was paid for with denied claims. His kid's private schools are paid for with denied claims. Their vacation home is paid for with denied claims. Do I feel any sympathy...sorry that claim has been denied.
This event has done more to unite this country than any event in recent history. I dont think there is any divide here.
The gop is all about corporate greed. Did u hear trump's promise to those wealthy donors? Yes republicans are big mad
This will be the new norm going forward. The rich are out of control.
This guy was heading to a shareholder meeting, where they discuss (brag) about how much profit they earned in the past year and their plan to make even more in the next year. I'm shocked it took this long for something like this to happen.
I think we’re all united (pun intended) on this issue. It’s time these crooks had some accountability.
Not condoning any kind of violence or murder but this is one case / example of how evil corporations have become, our lives mean NOTHING to them. They pray to the almighty dollar. Period.
The country isn’t divided over this. I think we’ve all come together over this. The divide lies in the extreme income inequality that exists, the 1% vs the rest of us.
The thing is what Brian Thompson did with his company is 100% legal BUT 100% immoral.
Period.
Nope. He was under investigation for fraud. So not 100% legal.
"He had a family" So did his victims.
Thanks, man. You're right; it's hard to feel sympathy when something bad happens to someone who has his boot on our necks.
He made his bonuses on hurting people, risking their lives and causing their deaths.
DIVIDES THE NATION more like UNITES the nation.
If the list of suspects in your murder is in the tens of thousands, it wasn't a murder.
"He had a family."
So did the mom who couldn't afford chemo...
So did the father who needed a heart transplant....
So did the aunt who lost her life giving birth....
So did the uncle who's child had leukemia and was denied pain medication....
So did the grandfather in debt because he sold his house to cover the cost of his grandsons kindey treatments
We all have family who have suffered... my sister needed a heart transplant and the insurance company denied her three times!! She was on the top of the heart transplant list and was denied! They are playing with peoples lives.. his death won't even be a dent to his family they won't lose one penny due to his death..they are wealthy and they are trying to humanize this man fuck that..did he even take a second outta his day to cre about the people his company denied for his golden parachute? Did his wife care? Nope
On this we are NOT divided!
Desperate people do desperate things and Americans are now feeling very desperate about their future and lives.
The Fed min wage is $7.50/ hr or $15,600 per year, and they wonder why there is so much crime???? This guy made $4,396 per hour!!! I don't feel bad for him at all.
Honestly, if you're gonna live like that, killing people for-profit, what do you expect to happen??
I don't think the nation is divided on this one. Any more so than the division between elites and the rest of us already.
Is the nation divided on this? Cuz this looks like the least divided I’ve seen us in a long time.
Social media is only about 18 years old, so I would say it's the least divided I've EVER seen.
Nation isnt divided. The huge majority are rightfully delighted
Well, it seems to pretty clearly be unifying the country much more than dividing it
I’m worried more about all the people callously sentenced to early deaths by healthcare execs so they can pad their bank accounts.
38 years ago this month, I was forced to make the decision for DNR DO NOT RESUSCITATE for my 36 year old wife and mother of our two sons ages 7 and 11. Twenty-four hours after making the decision, my wife passed away while in a coma. All due to being denied chemo due to a pre-existing condition we were not aware of until we arrived at the emergency room. Breast cancer. The ony other country to use pre Existing Conditions and allowing people to die to save a buck was 1930s Germany after the Nazis took over the government. We need a Nuremberg style trials in this country and prosecute these ghouls running our health care system for profits and allowing American citizens to die to make a profit. It took years to recover from PTSD watching my soul mate to die needlessly. It took years of counciling and setting down my feelings on paper. My sons a decade after their mothers death found my journal and suggested the journal by made into a book. I will never forgive these ghouls and the ghouls in Congress bought and paid for by insurance companies that allow polite genocide to take place in this country for profits.
For your wife, and for all the people who will know your pain if you don't, please make that book happen. You don't have to do it alone, people work with editors, co writers, assistants etc to produce books all the time. Her story is important. Your sons will support you through the process. Please, give it serious thought. You deserve catharsis. Bless you and yours.
It would be better for us to fight together. Unfortunately, Trump’s victory has forced us to fight against one another despite our common goal.
@@calvertwilliamson4721 this has been the MO all along from the right wing get everybody to fight each other while they take over in the background
We are literally fighting over most of the same issues we were fighting over 35 years ago. Health care, gun laws, immigration…
The fact that this country has for profit health insurance and prisons is bonkers.
@@joen4088 And our lawmakers are shareholders in the for profit prison system. Empty cells are lost revenue.
@@joen4088 It is the most fucking disgraceful grift in the civilized world. What the hell is wrong with USA government that they endorse this criminal cartel ?
If a nationa cannot feed and care for its citizenry, it is a poor nation no matter how much money it has.
Will not. Cannot went away with the horse and plow.
Medicare for all would see Thomson alive today isn’t that ironic
I don't really see any divisions on this issue. Most comments are people saying that this is what happens when you're pushed to far by corporate greed and overpaid Ceo's
Yes, the 99% have finally had enough of the 1%.
Buckle up Buttercup. With this new administration the 1% is going to put screws to us again and people voted for it.
They voted fake 1% in big numbers
Not by the way America voted. 😢
Yet they voted for the 1%😂
Over on Reddit both conservative amd liberal threads are all...f this guy. This death is uniting Americans, lol.
He had a family. They will be fine. They won’t need to work a day in their lives. They won’t be denied health care. I care about them as much as cared about him. Null.
All this has revealed is that, in fact, we're all a lot less divided than most of us thought.
It wouldn't have happened if we had universal healthcare.
I do believe that the insurance industry has been put on notice.. They better back off. This is just the first.. people are becoming so numb to the lack of humanity from the billionaire companies and idiots that run them. Now our Loved ones are dying.. What do they expect?
"he had a family" yeah so what EVERYONE has a family
Serial killers too. Naz!s had too.
The money the insurance companies are trying to save is the money that their customers pay into. But they use the money to pay their salaries and shareholders.
Divided? I haven't seen one comment person commeting in any positive way about the shot CEO. If anything this is one thing Americans seems to agree
Medicare for All. A simple solution, and widely popular.
The sooner it's implemented, the better for the entire country.
I'm pretty sure "divided" is the shocked 1% and the 99% who left laughing emojis on UHC's Facebook page. I also don't condone murder, but my reaction (after "whose kid died after being denied coverage") was "sympathy is out of network."
The tipping point on many issues, including this one, may be closer than everyone thinks. People are sick & tired of being sick & tired.
NO- THE TIPPING POINT WAS TRUMP'S - ELECTION 2024
And the fact that they are actively attempting to make it even worse. When you don't have anything to live for and no future to look forward to, you do really messed up things.
I think everyone left and right are United in hating the guy who died.
That’s kind of my thought. It says a nation divided on this, but I’ve literally not seen a single person on the other side of this. Pretty much everyone is fine with it.
More CEO’s should take note
💯
Or future cabinet members that are thinking of fking w/ our entightlelments
Divided? The CEO garnered as much sympathy as Jeffrey Dahmer. Other than his own company and some paid off politicians, not much in the way of positive posts for him.
Divides the nation? Not really. The majority of the nation is on one side, and the rich people and politicians are on the other. That's the only divide I see. They're afraid. And they're right to be afraid.
I have horror stories dealing with insurance companies. Currently they are denying my migraine meds. I need these meds. I've been on them for 2 years. All of a sudden no explanation I am denied. Ever have a 10 day migraine? I am si sick of this system.
We have a congress who refuses to give the USA citizens Medicare covering the whole body. Last I checked over 70% of Americans want a government run healthcare. Congress needs to act in the best interest of the American people and deliver a nonprofit comprehensive universal healthcare .
But the congress are paid not to. It's the same with gun control. I call it corruption
Divides the nation? Are you paying attention to the people?
I don’t think that the national is divided at all. In fact there seems to be a general consensus.
We've been warning them for decades
If anything I think this has united us in our hatred for the system
I dont see any division in the nation's reactions. 😂
It's not just you. Divided? Not at all.
people have begged and begged for years for a better system only to have those with the money and power build the system to benefit themselves. They have a choice. Apparently people are only willing to be beaten down so much.
yes but how can you change the system now? Corporations and PAC supported politicians do not care about you.
Divide? I haven't seen anyone showing sympathy for this CEO... except by media elites.
Divides the Nation?……..Everything I’ve read has no empathy for the wealthy insurance extortionist.
Divides the nation??? This is the most unified I have ever seen it! 😮
😂
Lets face it. If he was a benevolent CEO he would have stood out. But also he would have been cast out by his peers of cackling hyenas.
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Apparently the country’s sympathy for this man and his family has been deemed out of network.
Well played!
Divides the nation? All I see and hear is people of both sides coming together behind this
really- than why is trump president????- racism blocked change for all of the people- Maga wants preexisting conditions- voted against- SSI, OBAMACARE- WATCH THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Its wild that we pay hundreds of dollars a month for insurance only to have them tell us we can't get what we pay them for.
MAKE👏🏾IT👏🏾MAKE👏🏾SENSE👏🏾!!!!
In my opinion of what I've been reading it more is uniting the county ❗
I hope he never gets caught
How is this dividing the nation? Everyone of us, the 99% of us, knows their MO is as criminal as "your money or your life."
They way I see these events is, it's a tragedy. All of it. It doesn't bring me joy because things should not be this way.
And what is the discussion now? Better security for CEOs.... not better decisions by CEOs. WTF?
Any psychiatrist will quickly point out that the FIRST reaction is the most important reaction to show where that persons mind is. This states clearly that they are ONLY interested in their bottom line.
What a fracking cruel and heartless system the US healthcare system is!
“I’m not saying I agree, I’m saying I understand”
- Chris Rock
That part
Is this the first official casualty of late term capitalism? I wonder how many more before humanism comes before corporate profits.
According to the comment section on most videos covering this story...the country is not divided.
I thank you for telling us your story...may you hold you space until they hear us
Visited Denmark and Sweden few months ago. People said, yeah , we pay almost 50% in taxes, but we have no medical debt or premiums, no tuition bills, a good safety net for hard times and not much crime. 🤷♀️
They have worse immigration though.
@@GiantFan-w4f and still with that they have a better standard of living so what's your point
@@GiantFan-w4f. What does immigration have to do with this topic 🤡?
Weird, I see it uniting the country!
The system is designed for us all to fail, and no amount of voting or peacefully protesting will resolve that. What other course of action do we have that will cause change? This person is demonstrating what that last option is. Yes, we do need to at least try any other way than violence, but it is needed for any real change to happen when the state has the monopoly on violence. Revolution is never blood-less.
The nation is most united since 20years
From what I’ve read, there’s no divide.
It’s not divisive it’s bringing us together! You must have your head up your posterior!
LOL. You got me. I only clicked on this video cause I saw the title. The only people divided on this are between the haves and the have nots. Hell, even many of the haves don't care about that dude either.
His company went ahead and had the meeting this guy was supposed to be there for and announced the prospect for a smooth transition. They didn't even care.
According to the comments I’ve read online all day - this hasn’t caused a great divide. In fact, I haven’t seen Americans so united since 9/11/2001.
Canadian model for healthcare seems like the best model for the US to use because even though they pay higher taxes, they get decent care and the medical bills are not a issue. Thanks for sharing your story Rick.
More like it's bringing people together I don't see the division
Just imagine what would happen if everyone with healthcare insurance cancelled their policy tomorrow. That would be a passive revolution that would be heard instantly.
I don't think the Nation is divided on this one. Seems only the CEOs of Insurance Corporations and maybe the investors are the only ones sad about this. And they certainly ain't half of the country.
@@r.f.hopkins8163 They stepped over the MF and started their meeting on time. They've already replaced him too. I don't think they're all that broke up either.
No f's given for this guy. Full stop.
Just one more reason why I'm not a big fan of our version of capitalism.... corruption....
Not sure I agree with your headline “Devides the Nation”
It seem many from both sides of the political spectrum are not feeling remorse over this killing.
Maybe rick also jumped the gun because...the left is always more concerned with speedness over accurateness
it is self defense