slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square161linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.02Karrow-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 · 23 hours agomessage-square161linkfedilink
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·14 hours 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-up5·11 hours agoI wouldn’t use the word “robbery”. I’d use the word “murder”.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours 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.