A Boring Dystopia

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TIL: UnitedHealthcare Caught Paying Off Nursing Homes to Let Seniors Die Because Hospital Transfers were “Too Expensive” (medium.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because people were afraid to have the government determined when it is financially infeasible to keep someone alive so they let the free market do it instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People thinking that are monsters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Or idiots.

The idea was presented in a way to make people afraid to the point where they wouldn't think about what the alternative was.