slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comslaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square215linkfedilink
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·18 days agoAnd yet it is often by law that people have to have insurance that pays them nothing when the time comes. It is nothing short of robbery.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agoI wouldn’t use the word “robbery”. I’d use the word “murder”.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoIt’s both, really. They take your money and provide nothing in return while you die.
And yet it is often by law that people have to have insurance that pays them nothing when the time comes.
It is nothing short of robbery.
I wouldn’t use the word “robbery”.
I’d use the word “murder”.
It’s both, really. They take your money and provide nothing in return while you die.