Chris Cuomo on Why Americans Are So Angry About Healthcare

[@chriscuomo]

Do you think health insurance companies prioritize profits over patient care?

[@DiBrown2024]

Absolutely.

[@stefania.padalino]

Yes!

[@sarahphillips8987]

Yes, it's literally the core business plan for all of them.

[@shel-f7c]

Perhaps read through the comments?

[@londontipton7780]

Yes

[@catherinebaker7112]

Health care should not be a for profit business. That is the problem.

[@anthonymeans7439]

💯💯💯

[@nerdybucky]

Chris is just as out of touch as the rest of the media, unable to grasp why so many of us support Luigi. He’s a millionaire who can afford perfect dental care and has enjoyed excellent healthcare his entire life. But when someone like Luigi-a wealthy kid-chooses to side with the poor and go rogue, they have no idea how to handle it. Mario Cuomo, Chris's own father, would probably be appalled by his stance-which is so ironic, considering all the Super Mario Luigi memes going on.

[@SharonLanthier]

@@catherinebaker7112 Also important is that we don't have healthcare. We have sickcare, owned and operated by $$$hungry sociopaths who worsen and prolong illness and kill insureds to increase their profits. Worse, we have politicians who refuse to represent/protect us from these vampires, because they love the blood money they receive from these f-ing vampires. Yes, I wrote the obvious, but felt the need to do it anyway. Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year!!

[@fghhgdgdggskkk]

There's nothing wrong with it being a for profit business but it still should also be provided for by the state universally. The problem is actually just blatant theft. In the UK there is the NHS of course but there are also private healthcare insurers that actually function as insurers and don't kill people by stealing their money and then abandoning them.

[@rajkacampagiorni9525]

But it is ! It is all about profit !

[@muddywaters538]

I disagree with what you said. Every penny that ceo ever made was blood money and he was walking down the street like he owned the whole world

[@Lisa-r6u1w]

Too cheap to hire a security detail because he didn't see any danger that's not people to him just $$$ there for the taking .

[@Alison-ku5ko]

Yup. Guy was so high in psychopathy he slept in his mansion nightly.

[@vblackwell3347]

​@@Lisa-r6u1w Hell. He got over 10 mil in BONUS $ & was too cheap to hire security. I guess we can expect the ins rates to increase now, in part to cover THAT added expense.

[@basook6116]

Unitedhealthcare CEO job is to make mass amount of profits, that's all. And he answers to share holders ; it can be politicians, rich people, ect...

[@Phills69]

@@basook6116 Nah hold up. I’m not tryna hear shareholders and politicians. Anyone with a Robinhood account could be a shareholder. And politicians are the #1 most overused shield these corporate guys use to deflect blame. I’m sick of that. Don’t for one second let the executive and billionaire class people deflect the consequences to politicians. Especially since they openly tamper with our politics by making massive donations to put their thumb on the political scales.

[@MarianneKunitz7777]

Chris I just cannot relate to a man who earns 10 million per year. I can't relate to a person who puts corporate profit over human life. I'm a very empathetic person but this type of greed is not anything I can relate to at all.

[@robertagabor9128]

maybe it isn't just United Health Insurance could be a lot of different kinds of insurance companies that are not honest with those paying premiums month after month after month.

[@Divanks]

You are not alone!

[@soulfireonfire6423]

@@robertagabor9128 Forbes did a write up. United at the top of the “ denial bar graph,” was given its own color because their denials were grossly higher than any other . One might say well they have more customers so their denials will be more. Well they are also collecting more premium from having “ more,” customers!

[@clicheguevara5282]

Chris earns millions per year too..... See the issue here? They defend their own.

[@freddyfriend5462]

Their profit is limited by ACA.

[@Thehandsomeliberal]

OMG! HE DIDNT JUST PICK THE RIGHT INDUSTRY. HE ALSO PICKED THE RIGHT COMPANY WITHIN THAT INDUSTRY. NOTICE HOW VIRTUALLY NO ONE IS SPEAKING POSITIVELY ABOUT UNITED HEALTH?

[@Alison-ku5ko]

Yup!

[@Alison-ku5ko]

I’m so sad I now have to unfollow. It was nice while it lasted. 😭

[@m.janeroberts8640]

And so he picked exactly the right CEO.

[@ChristinaNewport-i5g]

They made my life hell this year. Almost died. Couldn't even get my insulin. A friend helped me or I'd be dead.....

[@Muslim_Momma]

@@ChristinaNewport-i5gThat’s awful. So sorry.

[@phillipblair9511]

It's not an industry, it's a racket.

[@coryclark8986]

Wew!! TRUTH!!!!

[@sammyr.1284]

That part!!! I’ve been asking, how is it not a Ponzi scheme?? How?

[@hedgiegal3340]

Brian Thompson was under investigation for insider trading, let's not forget that.

[@wellnative1]

He sold 15 million in personal company shares before word got out that the company was under DOJ investigation. Now there is a class action lawsuit agains United for insider trading. Loving father and white collar criminal. Two things can be true at the same time, right Chris???

[@Lisa-r6u1w]

Let's talk about how greedy Brian Thompson was the salary ,the bonuses , and yet that wasn't enough he still needed to use insider info to dump stock before news got out they were being investigated for monopoly tactics and still with the fact he could write security detail off on his taxes too cheap to hire one . Let's talk about him

[@incognito595]

LETS GET DETAILS OF *THAT* IN THE HEADLINES, EVERYDAY!!!!! IN EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD, LIKE THE LUIGI STORY!

[@FlameHAZE2010]

Exactly not only was he a killer, he was also a crook.

[@incognito595]

@@hedgiegal3340 YUP. DOJ INVESTIGATION.

[@neverendingstudent]

We need to not let this go. We need to not get distracted from the CORE ISSUE. For-profit health insurance is based on a fundamental conflict of interest. The more healthcare that is denied, the more profit these companies make. THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING regarding this event. $450 BILLION dollars PER YEAR. ~68,000 deaths attributable to delayed, withheld, and lacking care PER YEAR. These private for-profit healthcare corporations are selling years of our life expectancy for as much money as they can extract from us. We pay more per capita for healthcare than any other nation on earth, yet we are consistently worse than 40th in life expectancy. Private, for-profit health insurance NEEDS TO END.

[@m.janeroberts8640]

YES!

[@sarahphillips8987]

If not end entirely, give us a viable non-for profit option/competitor to give our insurance dollars to instead. But there is a reason the health insurance industry made sure the public option would never be on the table in ACA discussions behind closed doors.

[@musicismagic3001]

@@sarahphillips8987Please, do tell. The ACA was the best and first REAL step to Universal Healthcare.

[@paddleduck5328]

💯

[@incognito595]

@@neverendingstudent REPREHENSIBLE and DESPICABLE.

[@dskalzzz4988]

Chris says this act will actually keep anything from changing, but unfortunately, without this act no one would even be talking about this issue. Life is viewed as cheap in this country unless you are a person of means.

[@incognito595]

SO TRUE. I NEVER KNEW ANY OF THIS BEFORE LUIGI!

[@m.janeroberts8640]

I hope the conversation keeps going until it registers on legislators and we actually get change.

[@antoinettecolon4177]

Oh, it's not just the health insurance companies exploiting Americans. There are so many other systems and companies ripping us of and making us ill. Healthcare, housing, toxic foods, poor quality products, daily expenses, inappropriate government spending, etc....

[@thiefofa1073]

Sadly this is true. He definitely saved lives after the act (e.g. when that other company started to accept anesthesia claims for hospital surgeries etc) amongst bringing this topic to light.

[@incognito595]

INTENTIONAL EVERY BIT OF IT.DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU HIVE UP, SO THEY CAN POCKET YOUR PREMIUMS AND LET YOU SUFFER. DESPICABLE. REPREHENSIBLE. DISGUSTING.

[@Condappastrength]

People have been protesting and nothing happens so this happens…

[@the-jasmines]

In Fact a serial killer was murder - he system isn't broken, it's exactly as intended. They are a monopoly and they can do whatever they want to you. For the sake of the patients, our doctors, nurses and American taxpayers, it is time to break up the UnitedHealth monopoly.

[@erictaus]

🎯

[@clicheguevara5282]

"Those who make peaceful protest impossible make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK (Also just common sense tbh)

[@shel-f7c]

Exactly it! People- almost all Americans have hated their health"care" insurance companies and have been protesting it for years. They make bank off it, so we'd never see change if something like this didn't happen. Luigi is basically going to jail for the rest of his life but change will happen- and he will be the catalyst.

[@hollyadams7643]

One CEO gets shot & now the rest of CEOs are scared to go back to the office. Imagine how our children feel going back to school.

[@moonmissy]

You called it!!! Something is very wrong with America.

[@rajkacampagiorni9525]

All this is been happening for so long and our government don't care.

[@art2736]

Health Care should never been made a commodity. There are no excuses

[@nicklll4477]

yet, healthcare is not enumerated in the constitutional amendments. If you want to make it happen, address it to Congress.

[@m.janeroberts8640]

Totally agree.

[@JodyLuvsHumanity777]

👏👍💯

[@vblackwell3347]

​@@nicklll4477 Aetixle 36 (3) emphasizes the obligation to protect the health of the nation.

[@basook6116]

not in USA

[@rea5690]

You make the CEO out to be a saint, he was making millions in bonuses and he knew exactly what he was doing

[@cedricdallaire3324]

yep Cuomo is defending mass murderers big L

[@wellnative1]

This year, Thompson and other company heads sold millions of dollars worth of personal shares before it became public that the company is under DOJ investigation. Now the company has a class action lawsuit against it because of this insider underhandedness. Greed at the expense of real lives. No he sure wasn't a saint. Media, report this every time you call him a loving father.

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

BRAVO

[@incognito595]

@@rea5690 FOR SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

[@mariamiller1987]

100 percent right.

[@MisteyReich]

Chris needs to just say what is Really Happening to us.. it's a CLASS issue.. the wealthy people are deciding who in the "working class, middle class and poor families are going to get to LIVE..they have all the money to pay for lifesaving treatments.. but they don't want us to have the same access as them..

[@NairaRenault]

Blaming the insurance industry is wrong: the fish rots from the head. Not only the prescription medicine cost but also the provider's compensation cost should be lowered. If a doctor's hour pay would be $40 (instead of $400), or a blood sampling would cost $15 (instead of $150), many would not even need health insurance. Besides, we would demolish the wrong MD-mentality that becoming a doctor means becoming rich. Doctors would choose that profession based on their humanity and passion, not revenue, and that would also increase the quality of care and decrease the FRAUD (fake self-referrals or fake patient-screening-time reports to the CMS for reimbursement) because risking for small money would be silly.

[@paddleduck5328]

@@NairaRenaultmaybe that would work in Europe but I’d urge you to compare the costs of schooling for USA physicians. Our private insurance model is our biggest systemic problem here.

[@micahmendoza6318]

You’re wrong Chris And part of being American is being enraged for your fellow countrymen when they are being taken advantage of EVEN IF IT DOESNT EFFECT YOURSELF. Can you even imagine that Chris? Stop thinking so individually- your take is what’s wrong with our society- saying that young people are wrong to be enraged when many aren’t hit with the consequences of healthcare. It’s called solidarity and concern for our fellow neighbors and being sick of the corruption and greed all around us

[@m.janeroberts8640]

YES!

[@tinachristensen8484]

Amen!!

[@elliegee8506]

Well said

[@incognito595]

@@micahmendoza6318 IT'S CALLED EMPATHY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE EMPATHY, YOU ARE A NARCISSIST.

[@StoneyHoliday]

He wouldn't understand that. He was born with a silver spoon in a corrupt political family. He only knows the concept of taking with impunity. For what he did, his career should be over, yet here he is being rewarded with attention. It gives him fuel to make stupid points like this.

[@Myr3390]

the problem isn't just the healthcare system. Its the system of endless profits at the cost of everything.

[@Arguments_only]

legalized corruption in politics. Corporations bribe politicians who do their bidding. Dystopia.

[@gregh2322]

And those profits are funneled back to political candidates as donations so they can remain in power. It's a vicious circle.

[@m.janeroberts8640]

Yes. Bribery of legislators is legal in this country. That's a thing that should not be. Our legislators represent only the interests of those who pay them. To hell with us, their constituents, the public. This country has the largest income inequality of any country in the world. It's past pitchfork time.

[@TeyaAgusta]

I live in Canada and I have worked in the insurance industry (travel, supplemental health, and life). I think health insurance companies in the US should be not-for-profit. Everyone should be paying into it. The industry should be regulated and it should not have shareholders. Public health should not be about maximizing profits. It should be about improving the health of as many people as possible in the most humane way.

[@nicklll4477]

Then healthcare should be put into a constitutional amendment. Otherwise, its not the govts job to regulate nor impose such one.

[@robertagabor9128]

Maybe now thins will begin to change. People pay their premiums month after month thinking they are in good hands and when trouble arises, they find that they are not being helped.

[@madamecurious]

@@TeyaAgusta , I totally agree with you!! And it’s the government that can do it. Bernie Sanders has a great plan. But Americans don’t understand it, and so they vote against their best interests and everything stays as it is.

[@nicklll4477]

@@madamecurious govt can do it but should the govt do it? Unless amended in the US Constitution, then its up for the states to do so.

[@nicklll4477]

@@robertagabor9128 Things will never change unless people divest or not sign up at all to pay premiums and the insurance industries will realize it otherwise.

[@Arguments_only]

And without Luigi this wouldnt have ever become a topic in media and health insurance wouldnt have fallen under heavy criticism in mainstream media.

[@mickleberra691]

In order to sabotage Luigi's freedom's & the wildly successful bipartisan movement, his "well-connected family" in lockstep with Corporate CEOs/Executives, hired "infiltraitor Karen Friedman".

[@noraffendi5232]

Try.

[@bizzy6845]

Look at the last election it was all about border security

[@muziktrkr]

The people who work in call centers for medical billing, are the same people who were working in telemarketing, except they took a medical coding class and not under pressure to make quotas.

[@dewster4623]

​@@mickleberra691You're funny. Evidence or STFU.

[@jeanlasek584]

Chris, why not suggest that the only solution for America is MEDICARE FOR ALL! Yes, ins companies would get hurt for change. Say it, do not be afraid.

[@philipchurch8772]

He's not afraid, he's party to the vampire orgy of blood money. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." The news media serves the corporate owner class and that includes Cuomo. The political class is terminally beholden to the corporate owner class.

[@sqc1726]

100B in Medicare fraud now!!

[@theowl3756]

Let's face the obvious facts: The role of a top Doctor is to save lives, and role of a top insurance CEO is to take away people's savings. The average salary of a Doctor in the U.S is $363,000. And the salary of the top U.S.CEO (The President) is $400,000. But a glorified insurance clerk like Thomson who was not a Doctor or a Nurse, and could not treat patients, was getting $10,000,000 a year+ Bonuses ...!!! The insurance companies are allowed by Law to come up with scams to collect premiums, and come up with even bigger scams to deny paying for the healthcare. This has been allowed by Law because the Lawmakers are getting Bribes (Campaign Contributions) from Insurance Companies and from the Big Pharma. So, the questions people should be asking are: 1) Why the Lawmakers are allowed to get Bribes (Campaign Contributions) from Insurance Companies and from the Big Pharma? 2) Why the Supreme Court has ruled that giving Bribes (Campaign Contributions) is Freedom of Speech?

[@rea5690]

Well said!!!!!!!!

[@evamdozzi5772]

Yes!! 100% right!

[@ketlee922]

😢 why can’t we all see this and come together. Instead they divided us and they keep winning.

[@the-jasmines]

AND you haven't even seen the income from the other CEO's - it's ridiculous and absurd.

[@christinakuczora4862]

Yes, the U.S. needs regulations on the insurance industry, banking industry etc. Yes, we have capitalism but we still need regulation to keep things fair and not an outright money grab.

[@carlrobinson2283]

What about politicians who receive money from the insurance companies? That’s the reason why they can do this to people.

[@the-jasmines]

In Fact a serial killer was murder - The system isn't broken, its exactly as intended. They are a monopoly and they can do whatever they want to you. For the sake of the patients, our doctors, nurses and American taxpayers, it is time to break up the UnitedHealth monopoly.

[@Timetaker1000]

BINGO! and that's why they were so quiet when this happened. They are apart of the Team.

[@mariaoropallo2386]

We want the list- how much money are politicians getting from health insurances?

[@robertgraham8717]

Bingo!!

[@CliffRichey-nk2gr]

@@mariaoropallo2386 Millions donated so they can spend the money on getting reelected.

[@SnarkalinaSnarksallday]

In many instances, the insurance company is judge, jury and EXECUTIONER with their tactics as they literally deny until people have no choice but to give up and throw in the towel on things like cancer and other terminal diseases. Their stance is not about quality of life but where they can cut the bottom dollar where we are concerned to line the pockets of shareholders and upper management's pockets. Many of us pay premiums for years and hardly use our insurance until a catastrophe or crisis and then get run through the ringer. IT'S CRAP!

[@incognito595]

"FOR PROFIT" AND "HEALTHCARE" SHOULD NEVER APPEAR IN THE SAME SENTENCE. EVER.

[@simonebentley1489]

Oh wait... weren't you just scolding people for cheering? I guess you finally read your comment section. 🙄

[@georgewashington3555]

right and then continues to ... do the same for the first how many minutes..

[@yoramenraps1011]

The answer is MEDICARE FOR ALL!!!

[@bigd3266]

Exactly

[@enriquemenendez1810]

Correct , will simplify the billing by having one Insurance to bill , one set of rules not 200

[@21silvermoon]

I have Medicare but they have high premiums too.

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

Trump was going to repeal replace Obeecare ON DAY ONE! Right. He did nothing. Yet MAGAts have blinders on towards it.

[@freddyfriend5462]

It is rationed too

[@cheeks2696]

It’s interesting that this conversation is important now. I’ve been involved in this industry since 1985. Suddenly because of this murder you all are conversing. For profit healthcare is just wrong, period…

[@ritamarshall2774]

I pray that I never get sick in America.

[@NewsStripper]

I rather get sick in America than in a foreign country. But I pray I steer my own health necessities since many care providers are incompetent.

[@Ibn_Jummuah]

I am from foreign country living in the United States for 15 years now. 10 of that in the US Army. I recently completed my military contract. And Went to see a doctor for a checkup. He prescribed two pain medication for my both knees. Injuries I sustained from the military that VA denied me care. This doctor in Manhattan NY referred me to pick up my medication from CVS Pharmacy in upper west side Manhattan, I was told my insurance doesn’t cover those medications. I have to pay out of pocket .I was like what are you kidding me? This was few days ago. Yes I have been sick every year from birth with Malaria ( mosquito bites) for over two decades in a poor African country I never died never feared of dying until now that I lived in the poorest wealthiest country in the world.

[@smilingsun581]

I think companies like UHC are thinking they'll wait out the storm and eventually this story will drop out of the news cycle. That's what they're hoping.

[@AB-rh5yq]

They’re probably right about that though, unfortunately.

[@evamdozzi5772]

Don't let it.

[@johnnysalter7072]

They are probably correct.

[@blueclover9918]

That's exactly what they're DOING

[@RichardVernadeau]

No, this story will not go away because revealing the truth about health insurance has widespread support from mainstream Americans and Luigi Mangione's trial will be the most followed and scrutinized trial since OJ Simpson. Plus social media will not let this go away either.

[@paula98033]

Dear Chris, As a 74-year-old retired female engineer, I need to express my deep frustration with our healthcare system. My situation illustrates the challenges many seniors face: I receive $2,233 in Social Security, but after the $349 Medicare Part B deduction, I'm left with just $1,829 monthly. This must cover my mortgage, property taxes, more than five medications, and other essential expenses. Regarding Luigi's actions - I believe they stemmed from a place of intelligence and justice, not foolishness. He gave voice to what many Americans feel about our broken healthcare system. Why don't we have universal healthcare like other nations? The answer, I believe, lies in the influence of powerful interests over our political system. My faith in the system has eroded, but I believe change is possible. We should put universal healthcare on the ballot and let the people decide. Luigi acted with compassion and intelligence, standing up for those victimized by a corrupt system. He advocated for vulnerable people who struggle within our current healthcare structure. May justice prevail

[@paulm6481]

Cumo says revenge is no way to make change. But hey you and others were not talking about this issue. For you it is conceptual. So you understand it and are smart, but because you don’t face it you don’t talk about it or this should be issue number 1 in American politics.

[@cedricdallaire3324]

he's defending the rich scumbags period he's all for money and has no morals

[@CliffRichey-nk2gr]

Isn't that how the US was born?

[@theowl3756]

Please note that we already have Public Transportation, Public Roads, Public Schools, Public parks, and Fire and Police departments. But anyone talking about public health and the need for Comprehensive Healthcare for all U.S. citizens, is immediately accused of being Communist or Socialist...!!! ...LOL.. Public health and Comprehensive Healthcare for all U.S. citizens is indeed as important, if not more important, than all other public services combined. So, it is absurd to use the words like "Communist" or "Socialist" to dismiss the need for Comprehensive Healthcare for all U.S. Citizens.

[@Javas_Dream]

Roads, parks, fire, police, etc are taken care of by the local towns/cities and not the federal government. Unfortunately we can’t trust our government to oversee a Universal Healthcare system (financially & Administratively) look at what’s happening with SS/Medicare & our country is $35 trillion dollars in debt. Maybe a not for profit healthcare system would be a good start.

[@the-jasmines]

EXACTLY! Should be HealthCARE not WealthCARE.

[@ninaromm5491]

@theowl3756 . Hi Owl - great to see you're keeping making your point. 🎉 WISE MOVE ❤

[@nicklll4477]

the difference is that the ones you mentioned are that states handle most of the programs but the fed govt should only do what is allowed in the constitutional amendments. Healthcare, insurance, housing, education and etc should be handled effectively by the states.

[@theowl3756]

@@nicklll4477 The real issue is for all U.S. citizens to have comprehensive healthcare. It makes no difference if it is the State or the Federal Government providing it. If you believe the State should provide it, OK..! no problem. Just remember some States are richer than others and contribute much more tax revenue to the Federal Government. So, by asking the States to provide comprehensive healthcare, you will end up with poor states not having healthcare.!...Is that what you want???

[@jillfeatherman5523]

People’s healthcare should not be an industry that is beholden to making a profit for shareholders instead of actually keeping ppl healthy.

[@Condappastrength]

The CEO being a good guy to the people in his circle doesn’t mean anything. But Luigi is caught and he’ll have his day in court. What will the government do? I Guarantee nothing. Because those government officials pockets will be hurt if they change anything.

[@rickdeez09]

The verdict in Luigi’s case will be very interesting.

[@JohnT-j4e]

@@rickdeez09 The verdict will be rigged to benefit the millionaires...just like Donald Trump cases being dismissed by SCOTUS...Luigi should get immunity like Trump

[@georgewashington3555]

Ceo being called a great guy in his tight circle is like Interviews we had about Jeffrey Epstein being a great guy and bachelor .

[@AZSportsCardRips]

I’d love to see JURY NULLIFICATION for Luigi’s case. He killed one person but how many Americans have died or suffered so the Insurance company’s shareholders can get rich?

[@MelissaPlessinger]

Chris, my ex-husband financially wiped me out. I live in my car with my cat Jack. Right now, I am out of work, however, when I do get work, they pay me between $15.00 and $20.00 an hour (roughly.) I cannot figure out how to get myself out of this mess. I set up a GoFundMe account over a year ago and no one has put anything into it. I live in Henderson, NV however, I happen to be from Altoona, PA and my home was in State College PA before moving to Green Valley, Henderson. My heart goes out for Luigi, and the CEO Brian and his kids, as well as all of the people who have died from health care denials. Melissa Plessinger

[@hopeowens35]

You can blame the media and social media for getting folks riled up. The news media industry is what needs to change. And, if it wasn't for this terrible situation, light would NEVER have been brought to the dark corners of this industry, so the "event" served its purpose whether one agrees with it or not.

[@incognito595]

@@hopeowens35 YES.

[@gatesurfer]

Your comment is completely contradictory. ‘Blame’ the media and social media. Yet who is bringing the LIGHT that you approve of? The newsmedia and social media.

[@paddleduck5328]

👂

[@mdelrroose1414]

Insurance companies want to keep all of this at a personal level, bc it is easy to deal with a person who is sick with no energy to fight back, but a group…… much more difficult to continue to deceive.

[@karlkessler6017]

"What are you going to do in this moment?" Chris, advocate for Medicare for All. That's what. Anything else is being part of the problem.

[@Gloria68]

Then it's taxes for all.

[@venusrising6554]

Is this what you want... "UK has some of the longest wait times for hospital care among high-income countries. In 2023, 11% of people in the UK waited a year or more for a specialist appointment, and 19% waited a year or more for non-emergency surgery."

[@Gloria68]

Go back to doctors who had sympathy. In NYC!! we had doctors with no office staff, charged zero or 20 or 40 per visit, did group visit, housecalls, emergency house calls, phone calls, walk ins, etc. And were superb in their work because everyone loved them and they were great with early detection. That was medical assistance. Medical practice became big business not a craft.

[@karlkessler6017]

@@venusrising6554 We already have it in a lot of rural communities, and get hit with the bill on top of that. Look, the world is becoming impoverished because it isn't investing in the things that make life better for everyone - energy, education, housing, and yes, health care. Our political system caters to immediate wins only, so understandably, the outcome is a cardboard facade.

[@Gloria68]

@karlkessler6017 no, I decide if I get insurance or not

[@dgmuze]

Chris, a self made man who is successful BECAUSE he is in the business of denying services that have been paid for does not make him a stand up guy. You wouldn’t be talking about healthcare in general if it weren’t for Luigi.

[@frankmacias007]

💯 agree. Chris only saying this because he probably knew the guy. Stand up guy only to the people that are making millions with him. Didn't this stand up guy modified the billing algorithm to deny more and get more profits. That stand up guy

[@theGefilteFist]

Similarly not approving every claimdoesn’t mean a company is in the business of denying them.

[@m.janeroberts8640]

@@frankmacias007 He's flat on his face now.

[@Phills69]

@@dgmuze the “self made man” has more bodies on his resume than any gangster I can think of other than the big cartels in Central and South America! Lmao. Come on Chris…

[@georgewashington3555]

People Interviews in circles of Jeffrey epstein called him a great guy also.

[@sirtom14]

And yet Americans keep voting against their own interests by electing candidates who maintain the status quo on healthcare.

[@asup89]

We tried to elect Bernie twice but the DNC didn't listen to the people and used Superdelegate to put in Clinton and then Biden. So the people tried but the Democratic Party put in candidates that defend the status quo.

[@bcssylf]

@@asup89 bernie was unwinnable

[@Muslim_Momma]

They keep us distracted with culture wars.

[@keithspencer3497]

Why do you think Democrats will change this. You need to look up the top donors of both parties and you'll be very disturbed. The Democrat party tanked Bernie Sanders run.. bc both parties are filled with prostitutes taking $ from health insurance companies.

[@bizzy6845]

All these candidates are paid for we get changed on the margins because even if we do elected the right president our legislative branch will then kill bills

[@DarinW-gx3mm]

Chris, you’re telling most people what they already know. Can you just advocate for Medicare for all?

[@thecommongood3914]

wasn't this guy all hating on LM and baffled by the response until the tide started to turn in the people's favour??

[@denniskelly2177]

This CEO didn't sound like a straight shooter when he was suspected of being part of insider trader. This didn't make his murder right but lets not make him seem like a person who cared about the patient over makiing profits.

[@iemy2949]

The wrong guy? He was the guy who led the largest health insurance company with the largest denial rate.

[@ChessieKitten]

There is no excuse for murder!

[@iemy2949]

@ Agreed. No excuse for Thompson & UHC’s murder for profit scheme.

[@wellnative1]

He also sold millions of his personal shares before it became public that the company is under DOJ investigation. How convenient the media pundits leave this fact out as they call him a loving father. Tired of this B.S. corporate white washing.

[@tednorton5150]

@@ChessieKitten Okay kitten we just let our OWNERS keep murdering US . Sweetie.

[@vice2versa]

​@@ChessieKitten wrong, theres a PERFECT excuse for this. You just dont want to accept it.

[@johnl1120]

Thank you for covering this Chris. I have seen a huge change in healthcare. I have united healthcare and I pay out of pocket for Iron infusions and diabetes medications for the tune of $1300 a month. As a teacher this is extremely difficult. Things will only get worse under the next administration.

[@Longlong-p6u]

It is NOT about left or right! it is about human dignity. What is the purpose of having insurance if the money only makes the healthcare industry wealthier and you get nothing? This is NOT the right business model for all societies. Left and right support Luigi Mangione in this case. Voted! vigilante 2024 is Luigi Mangione.

[@rosalinaamaya1989]

Luigi is about justice ❤❤❤

[@m.janeroberts8640]

YES.

[@therolandx]

The rot goes deep. My mother died of cancer and was hospitalized often. Her doctor would often bring by other doctors with him and it was mostly a Hi I'm doctor.... I made a point of looking at the billing and noticed these "Hi" doctors that walked into the room did nothing and filed claims for care that would be in the hundreds of dollars. Never spoke to my mother's doctor again after her death. The extension of her path to death became a true nightmare for her and the family.

[@wellnative1]

Sorry for your loss and the horrific circumstances surrounding her loss.

[@Lisa-r6u1w]

I'm sorry you were put thru that I've received letters from the insurance stating they paid or denied a claim and the bill was for something I know wasn't my bill I can't say anything because if I do then I'll get stuck I do call the DR or hospital to say it's not mine but I still worry cause it's crazy .

[@Phills69]

@@therolandx Thats terrible man. We need to call out these Insurance companies for the Cartels they really are and the other bad behavior their existence encourages. We all need to say “Hi” back to them in the political arena. Mid terms are coming and we need to elect people who are aggressively hostile towards corporate America. Mainly health insurance corporate America for starters.

[@HermanMunster420]

DENY DEFEND DEPOSE

[@Starsman112]

My doctor told me that I had to get a screening procedure due to reaching the target age (cancer screening), It was just a screening.... the hospital billed my insurance almost $15,000! for a screening procedure. My medical insurance from my employer paid out almost $7,000 under a negotiated contracted rate with the hospital. While I didn't pay out a single penny from this, I find the whole charges and billing completely outrageous.

[@IAMShan-y2v]

That’s crazy

[@cirella1064]

Chris, why cant govt just pass legislation that says if someone is prescribed a treatment whether it be surgery or prescription drugs then insurance has to cover it, since insurance has one job....to pay for the life saving surgery or prescription drugs.....Why cant that be a law? And also cap their pricing so they dont price gouge people or reject them. OR, take the money out of our ridiculous military budget? Why cant we do that? Why do people have to suffer and die over this? Life vs Money in an oligarchy....who usually wins in this comparisson? MONEY of course. It shows the true colors of this country and it scares us Chris, that we can be next. If you are middle class first you are the caregiver trying to balance out work and your second job a 24 hour nurse with NO DAYS OFF. You get to see your father, mother, daughter, son, deteriorate. THEN on top of that, your parent or loved one passes away and you find out you are sick from caregiving because if you are a caregiver your probably of getting sick increases by 40% (fact check me), now you are being denied life saving care and have to fight with insurance companies to save your own life while your family watches you deteriorate. Fun times being working class in America....now add in, inflation, no paid time off from work, no mandatory paid vacation days or working in a job that is ruining your mental health but you cant leave unless you find another job with good insurance? Now youre rotting from both ends and most insurance doesnt cover mental health. If you're middle class an get sick, you are screwed. You will most likely die younger than you should in the USA. That's your fate. That is why no one gives a F about Brian Thompson. He lived a better quality life than most of us ever will in all of our life times. He had fiscal security. He knew he and his family would never have to suffer the fate that many of his customers and their families have.

[@wastingmylifeaway4898]

The military budget really isn't that crazy. It's not our highest government expenditure (that's healthcare, without even having blanket socialized healthcare). When accounting for purchasing power disparity and the shell game accounting the Chinese do, foreign policy analysts and economists have been saying for *years* that the US barely spends more on its military than China. China is our biggest geopolitical adversary. We quite literally cannot spend less on defense than we do. What we can do is ensure our military is actually efficiently using the money we give them. But reducing the budget? An actual non-starter.

[@theGefilteFist]

Why even have insurance? Why doesn’t the government just tell doctors to give their patients the proper procedures?

[@nicklll4477]

@@theGefilteFist Its not the govts job to take control on something not warranted nor enumerated in the constitutional amendments.

[@NewsMediaOutletsSuck]

Campaign contributions. UHC gave Kamala Harris $477K and Trump $144K in 2024. They are all on the take. And we suffer because of it.

[@theGefilteFist]

@@nicklll4477 right, it’s also the answer to the question I was responding to

[@rea5690]

It’s like we live in a third World country. I’m terrified of getting cancer or some other debilitating disease because it would take me down. It would take everything I have. I think it’s criminal. I think it’s unjust and thank you for supporting us as we fight against such corrupt greed

[@Muslim_Momma]

You would be better off in a Third World country. They have doctors there too, and you would be able to afford care. It might not be the best possible care in the world, but at least it would be available to you. We can have amazing doctors and hospitals here, yet we can’t utilize them because they are out of most people’s financial reach.

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

1 reason I left the USA is cuz of the hcare. It's obscene how it is.

[@thomaschinyani4847]

You make it sound like it’s appropriate in “third world” countries….?

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

I have news for you. A dentist in New Jersey told me I needed emergency/extraction.. infection.. $1200. I was going to Panama a week later. I held off. Dentist in Panama said small cavity $53. I had him do it. I was leary. That was 12 years ago. The tooth is fine. 1st world USA? Right

[@rea5690]

@@Muslim_Momma true

[@emanriquez685]

The healthcare insurance companies need to be regulated urgently, they cannot and should not put profits over ill patients care…healthcare is not a commodity and ill human beings should be treated with empathy and with utmost respect

[@mdelrroose1414]

More so when they are sick.

[@mrmotozen]

And if you want a 2nd opinion? The insurance company will only pay for it if your 2nd opinion is provided by someone in the same doctors office that gave you the original diagnosis and plan of care. The chances of one doctor disagreeing with their partner are nil.

[@minniemaklingham4255]

Whe a prisoner tells you to let another prisoner free instead of himself . that’s respect ✊🏽

[@tednorton5150]

AMEN brother.

[@melouco3346]

And with this statement, you dropped the mic!!!

[@tlatsipinker]

This! All of this! There's honour amongst thieves.

[@eddym5532]

Understand this..."What good is it to accumulate wealth if you lose your soul".

[@m.janeroberts8640]

I think that's why corporate CEO's in general appear soulless.

[@SupermadEntertainment]

And that’s most CEOs for you, they lose their bloody souls!

[@JodyLuvsHumanity777]

👏👍💯

[@marcelcicort9671]

And to think that 70% of this nation is Christian and YET they utterly ignore Jesus who was the biggest anti Profiteur!!!!!! Shameful

[@paddleduck5328]

Right

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

TOO LATE TO BACK DOWN!! YOU WERE SIDING WITH CEO'S

[@ChessieKitten]

Too late for you to back down from supporting murder!

[@FirstyPaul]

He got the message let’s forgive him.

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

@FirstyPaul HELL NO

[@vice2versa]

​@@FirstyPaul no hes still acting as if violence didnt just open the bag on this whole insurance scam. Its annoying and intellectually dishonest. We wouldn't have even been talking about it if not for this.

[@melouco3346]

I believe we should take him back. He erred who doesnt.

[@normancoreyBuildingTrains]

We would be better off canceling the insurance policies and when you need money to pay hospital bills have a go fund me . If everyone helped each other instead of relying on greedy companies we could put them out of business. Sounds crazy but we have nothing to lose.

[@ta_nimal2023]

Interesting. Like a Coop or a crowdsource thing.

[@jakeforrest]

Almost the way a welfare state works. “If everyone helped each other”

[@chouathao2122]

pay a premium every month and still have to pay hospital bills. such a scam.

[@cedricdallaire3324]

OR....you just do what the other countries do like us in Canada and just have healthcare as a basic right ....lol simple...but Cuomo and his vampire friends don't want that to happen.

[@nicklll4477]

@@chouathao2122 no such thing as a "premium" but basics.

[@madamecurious]

People complain about the healthcare system, but then they keep voting against their best interests. We could have had BERNIE SANDERS and everybody would have been much happier and less worried about financial hardships.

[@coolestinternetperson]

Only wealthy country that doesn’t have universal healthcare. We’re so fucking dumb

[@venusrising6554]

Ask Canadians why they save & come to the US for services.

[@robertsabre49]

If Bernie had been elected and went against big pharma, he would have had the literal crosshairs on him.

[@Gloria68]

No, I pay enough. No more taxes.

[@johnharmon536]

​@@venusrising6554Except they don't do that.

[@jinglejazz7537]

I'm Canadian. I have never paid one thin dime in healthcare costs outside of my taxes, no monthly premiums, no copay or deductable, that's called extra billing and its ILLEGAL in Canada, Never seen or paid a doctors bill. Care is excellent. I've had major heart surgery, car accident injuries, all meds are paid for, after care is excellent. You just give them your alberta healthcare number or drivers license number, and your in and out. You'll never see a bill. Why do canadians have it, because its simply the right thing to do. I don't know how americans deal with this setup. Paying high monthly premiums on top of employer contributions, then having to pay a portion when they use it, then being denied coverage by a private insurance systems. THIS IS SO WRONG. I knew there were cracks forming in the private healthcare armour, now this is going to blow it wide open. MAKE IT HAPPEN. A universal healthcare system made in America. Like every other country in the world.

[@robertbalestrero9124]

Doctors salaries have been flat but patients costs have gone up . Gee I wonder where the money went?!

[@mexicanstreetcorn3239]

The CEO’s at hospitals make millions. Nurses make scraps and are managing all the care.

[@cathy1672]

Finally Chris you are on the right track here, still a long way to go, but on the right track. Until you get to the final understanding that healthcare is a human right, you will still continue to rationalize and make excuses. America need to get there too, healthcare is not a Jewlery or car industry, where you can go without. It is a human right, and everyone should demand it.

[@KarlaO1986]

It's not irony. He could've turned a blind eye but he didn't. He willingly and knowingly threw his life away to stand on business.

[@SB-mr2nk]

My hero!

[@clicheguevara5282]

...which is precisely why people think of him as a hero.

[@Dogeina]

You make a lot of good points. My mom's end of life experience was also very difficult and costly. Business and bureaucracy don't work because the delays and denials can be monetized against the most vulnerable people. Medicare is run so much more efficiently. I am all for capitalism but seeing how the value of UHC stock and golden parachutes have soared over the past decade sickens me. Health insurance shouldn't be for profit in my opinion

[@MRT408]

He made profits from denying claims, that doesn't make him a good person, regardless of what a few people say about him. He as a CEO is still responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Health insurance industries has got to go. Universal healthcare is the most logical solution.

[@mdelrroose1414]

Chris is sugarcoating the CEO involvement on the whole insurance scam. CEOs dictate the guidelines, the rules and methods of operations.

[@desnaentertainment]

I am a doctor have been a patient and practiced for 45 years, and I have changed. How the the healthcare system has become from greedy to gridier, and it is now worst in probably most of the civilize and Western country .

[@gordonlumbert9861]

I don't know what its like these days but when I was young it sounded like healthcare workers saw the insurance companies as opponents to good patient outcomes starting in the 80s. I am surprised it took so long for something like this to happen. When you take lots of money and don't like to pay (causing major financial crises) plus loved one are permanently damaged or dead... This sort of thing isn't surprising. The surprise is the rarity. Part of the problem for hospitals is that they must take patients who cannot pay. Talking reasonable sources (insurance company staff and Account on a hospital board) public healthcare pays 10% to 40% of cost... where do folks think the excess expense comes from... There are lots of closed hospitals in the USA since 1980. Some counties no longer have hospitals.

[@21silvermoon]

I read last week a 35 year old woman had a heart attack and taken to the emergency hospital. A 52,000 + hospital bill!! Her insurance denied paying the hospital bill because she wasn't taken to the hospital that the insurance would pay which was farther away from her home. She fought back and the insurance company paid 90% of her bill. Tell me thats not crazy.

[@tinshlong]

Thank you Chris for trying to understand and looking into the inequality

[@cedricdallaire3324]

he's a scumbag

[@tednorton5150]

whatever. He's dancing the seven veils and he'll bait and switch you just like all of them. I don't recommend watching any of these clowns and especially not exclusively.

[@tangoangel2782]

Free him.

[@rea5690]

Thank you for seeing the other side of things

[@ReubenAStern]

Luigi had back surgery that didn't go well and apparently it can be extremely painful, cause rage issues and brain fog. Which explains a lot.

[@zwhitehead403]

Our feeling of enmity even though we haven't felt the "bite" comes from the same place our feeling of enmity stems from in regard to the housing market. We (I'm 32) were promised the "American dream" and we've grown up to find out that if we weren't born into wealth and privilege, it's nothing more than just that, a dream. Because of a vast need for dividends, shareholder profits, CEO bonuses, high ROI on portfolios for the top 10%, etc. They'll keep squeezing us, degrading service and quality in all sectors. Just for those sweet sweet returns. And at what cost? I'd argue, the American youth's future. So yeah, we have a feeling of general enmity. Better yet, we're mad as fuck. Because we're all waking up to the reality of our future and it differs massively from what we were promised if we busted our asses. And please, spare me the lazy millennial speech. I'm a highly trained commercial/industrial electrician, I get paid much better than most of my peers, Ive worked every summer since I was 13 and hit the jobsites at 19. I take 1 week off a year and work 50-60 hours a week. I am not lazy, shareholder profits are just outrunning me.

[@danielsonak5613]

All we have to do is stop working for these corporate greedy company's We hurt for a short amount of time. Then it will change. The key is (We).

[@teresalmassie]

Chris, thank you for being candid and breaking down the facts regarding the health care industry. Unfortunately, we need to preserve life in lieu of a greater evil of prematurely terminating life too soon. Unfortunately, health care has not been effectively addressed on a national level by Congress, which then can impact the private health care industry and insurers.

[@phillipblair9511]

Joseph Stalin was a self made man too, and? No offense to any Stalinists here, all do respect, I think Stalinism was a nightmare.

[@corinnehernandez4549]

If United Healthcare is so bad employees should demand their employer shop for a better policy with a different Healthcare Insurance Company.

[@synthwavecat1109]

Insurance companies are so sick that a friend of mine didn't know if she would get a life saving surgery until 4 hours before the scheduled surgery. She appealed for months and she even prepared for the surgery just in case and hoped for the best. 4 hours before the surgery is when she got approved. Probably they were hoping she didn't do the prep since 4 hours before it is crazy. Thankfully she did and she got it but something needs to change, this has gotten out of control. Even for me they suddenly started requiring prior authorization for medication I have been taking for over decade, suddenly not covered, just like that.

[@DewireGonchoff221]

*You work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires*

[@BailesPosey]

wow this awesome 👏 I'm 47 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@DewireGonchoff221]

It's Guenevere Ann Toste doing, she's changed my life.

[@DebeaumontCadiz]

I do know Ms Guenevere Ann ., I also have even become successful....

[@CordoneDavoren274]

After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.

[@afiktion]

Good day all👍🏻 from Australia 🇦🇺. I have read a lot of posts that people are very happy with the financial guidance she is giving them ! What way can I get to her exactly ?

[@minniemaklingham4255]

Leave the UHC Robinhood alone !

[@ta_nimal2023]

🎉🎉 "Two things can be true at once." You got it right Chris Cuomo. This is how the Press serves our Republic. Kudos. Moderate adults must enter the conversation. Otherwise you relegate complex problems to radicalized youth which solves nothing. STAY ON THE BUSINESS. Its complex and its not as fun as virtue signals or exploring the identity of the victim and the suspect. But STAY ON THE BUSINESS. Its complicated. Blaming individuals wont fix this. Complex problems require adult conversations. Our republic requires an educated citizenry. Thank you for stepping up to help us understand and sort this out. 16:20 STAY ON TRUMP "The big disruptor" to chip away at this. Rfk and Trump met with Pharma recently about prices. Its a start But Americans are suffering for decades. We are often one medical event away from missing rent payments. We skip treatments altogether and suffer. The care itself is subpar. So much to unpack. Thank you. ❤🎉

[@patricequinn7733]

Saint Thompson was being investigated for insider trading. Also,we don't know if Luigi's back pain and surgery were factors in his anger-or if he had anger issues with his family.the implication made by Chris C seems to be that if LUigi "benefited" from living in a wealthy family than there's no reason for him to be angry at the health care system. All in all it looks like Chris is trying to have it both ways-1)doing a softball criticism of the Health Insurance Industry and being sort of,kinda sympathetic re anger toward it while casting aspersions on the anger and criticism of the Industry.

[@sunalouw348]

Change will happen BECAUSE of one "stupid" guy.

[@Somewhereintime7]

Thats why the majority of us in Canada who never want to be part of u.s, we have excellent health care for all, that and theres too many weirdos with guns there.

[@sct4040]

I am disinvesting from Healthcare mutual fund. Luigi is a hero!!!!!

[@aarondoubet5451]

Rich corporate captured mass media and their personalities are complicit, reporting on "news" their shareholders want to see and report from biased positions that support the political views of their shareholders and corporate oligarchs.

[@skygrace3008]

I love your brother, I wish he was still Governor. Wow he just messed up, Your father was the best governor I ever seen. Free Luigi

[@janethuegerich6579]

Luigi Mangione is NOT a scumbag. I am shocked you said that Chris. Shame on you.

[@stewoolf6342]

Insurance only works when a tiny percentage are entitled to make claims. When 99% are doing so, medical insurance is an oxymoron idea !!!

[@norahc.]

It also helps when everyone else is/was required to participate in the industry regardless if they want to or not

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

​@@norahc. True. Trump dropped the mandate to pay into it. Which means. Less money coming in. And when 1 of those nonpayers gets sick they still go to the hospital.. & can never pay.. so everyone else's rates go up.

[@Milaperadotti]

We can’t forget Wall Street ,big banks,hedge funds are all a huge part of stockholders in these health insurance companies. They’re also making millions off of people.

[@luciano5137]

What health care ?

[@AdrienneConte]

Not if you are a poor senior citizen, and have no employer. I pay out of pocket and the cost of health insurance is crazy. I worked over fifty years. I have a little savings. The social security increases are a joke. Only when we received 8.9 percent was I not in a deficit. I'm a breast cancer survivor and have a huge underlying condition. If you have a savings over $2,000. you can't get a cheaper insurance. The older you get the higher the premiums go up

[@emanriquez685]

Thank you Chris for an honest reporting…Americans need honest reporting and are tired of “fake news”

[@susanfletcher3929]

1:10 “How he’s regarded by other people in the industry”? Who cares how he’s regarded by other morally inept CEOs!

[@Phills69]

Chris… Don’t pronounce this kid’s last name like a mericano… You can accent his last name properly.

[@Loving1999december]

You're persuasive Chris. I can see you learnt the art of persuasion. The art: First agree with the majority of people's grievances, show that you understand them completely, then condemn the wrong things that's being done to them, and then, finally----support the wrongdoers, the greedy, corporate mass murders. Free Luigi

[@matematleta492]

Good grief. 30 minutes of commercials. Talk about corporate greed.

[@sandrabentley8111]

You can move the line along and not watch them.

[@tinatinker1103]

Add blockers do work

[@al19809]

I can't wait for Luigi to not be found guilty.

[@onionrovirosa]

You don’t get it

[@APBpa]

Not the right person? Who knows for sure, but definitely right industry and company. UnitedHealth Group 15.7% market shares $215B revenue and yes that B stands for billions Elevance Health (Anthem) 9.7% $133B Kaiser Permanente 9.2% $126B Even amongst its peers, United Health with a 6% lead over the second most, makes them stand out. Their most profitable years being during Brian Thompson's tenure since 2021. I'm not saying the man deserved to be murdered in cold blood like that, but when the stories (and there are many) highlighting the atrocious practices (AI generated denials, a policy put in place by Thompson) they put in place even at the cost of lives, the very lives who pay them for service, you can understand why this could possibly be a reason. If we want this to be an isolated incident, perhaps we best understand some of the root causes.

[@Loving1999december]

Free Luigi

[@suchaturi]

I appreciate your honest assessment of the insurance industry and our approach to health care overall. This discussion is long, long overdue and change has to come.