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UnitedHealthcare Is Struggling To Recover From Luigi Mangione
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Are you Winnie the Pooh? Because this is blustery as fuck.
I work in health insurance, and I just can't bear the thought that you and I might never be friends.
But looking for a job is hard, and honestly this one is really good for me. It suits my narrow skillset, and it gives me a great work-life balance, which is the main thing I'm looking for while my kids are young. I quit my more demanding oil job to take this one so I could be there for them.
But if you have some kind of plan for how I could reform the entire industry by quitting my job at the bottom rung of a middling insurance company, I'll gladly do it. I could always go back to working in finance.
Otherwise this is all just thoughtless, impotent bluster, untempered by life experience.
In real life, most of the people who work at insurance companies are doing their best to keep the system running, because people do depend on it despite its flaws, and I don't have any more power to change it than you do.
Shake hands with the devil, don't complain when you get burned.
That might be the edgiest thing anyone has ever said to me. After you wrote it did you immediately walk away from an explosion without looking back?
Your reaction is telling. Instead of considering my comment, you attack and redirect instead. Perhaps a bit of guilt, maybe some fear of self-reflection?
Instead of considering your badass catchphrase?
Ok, I'll take a moment to consider it.
Yeah, I think it's a little over the top.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Exactly. Your awesome one-liner was so powerful that it will literally keep me awake all night if I don't find a way to cope.
Thanks for understanding.
You fit just fine into the health insurance industry, alright. Do you use that smarmy sarcasm when you're denying patients their coverage?
I work with spreadsheets that help companies pick insurance plans for their employees. Like one spreadsheet tells them about new treatments they may want to add coverage on. Another one compares their employees' current needs against available plans, so they can make sure that they're not leaving anyone high and dry if they switch plans. I don't use a lot of sarcasm.
I'd follow up with a witty rejoinder, but I don't know what line of work you're in. I'm guessing you write awesome 1980s-style action movies? Or maybe a guitarist/lyricist for a rock band?
IT, health care. I've seen the stats on the insurance rejections and the patients in collections, so pardon my bitterness towards you and yours.