slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down111
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 · 2 months agomessage-square215linkfedilink
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months 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-up6·2 months agoI wouldn’t use the word “robbery”. I’d use the word “murder”.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.