Moderators Delete Reddit Thread as Doctors Torch Dead UnitedHealthcare CEO
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“When other’s human lives are deemed worthless, it is not surprising to have others view your life of no value as well,” wrote one medical doctor, whose identity the Daily Beast confirmed.

Summary

Reddit’s r/medicine moderators deleted a thread where doctors and users harshly criticized murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Comments, including satirical rejections of insurance claims for gunshot wounds, targeted UHC’s reputation for denying care to boost profits.

Despite the removal, similar discussions continue, with medical professionals condemning UHC’s business practices under Thompson’s leadership, which a Senate report recently criticized for denying post-acute care.

Thompson, shot in what appears to be a targeted attack, led a company notorious for its high claim denial rates, fueling ongoing debates about corporate ethics in healthcare.

  • dan@upvote.au
    152·
    17 days ago

    here on Lemmy

    Is there really a “here on Lemmy” though? The main point of Lemmy is that it’s decentralized, so if you don’t like how a moderator on one server moderates, you can use a different one.

    Unfortunately there’s too many very large instances, which isn’t ideal for a decentralized service since you end up with some of the downsides of a centralized one.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
      35·
      17 days ago

      Well we also need some way to have the same community merged from many instances.

      Right now there’s like 20 news lemmys and its hard to start a new one that’s not run by a clueless asshole

      • .Donuts@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 days ago

        its hard to start a new one that’s not run by a clueless asshole

        Did you just tell on yourself?

      • dan@upvote.au
        1·
        16 days ago

        Right now there’s like 20 news lemmys

        Isn’t that a feature rather than a bug? Each one is on a different server with different admins and different moderation rules.

        If you make it so only one can exist and they’re all merged together, you’re back to a centralized system, which is what Lemmy is aiming to avoid.

        • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          16 days ago

          No, there’s a hybrid where links get posted to one of them get mirrored to all the others, comments get merged, and mod actions only affect the users on their own instance

          Then we get all the benefits of federation and very large userbase, but we dont have to worry when one mod abuses their power.