slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down113 cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up11.22Karrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square215linkfedilink cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareArmchairAce1944linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month 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-up6·1 month agoI wouldn’t use the word “robbery”. I’d use the word “murder”.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.