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Say some dude do some rough calculations that the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was responsible for about 1.13 millions deaths each year. That's like Holocaust numbers. Nazi Germany killed 6 million Jews in 6 years. That's less a year than this CEO.
Reddit comment that says: "Preface that this is very rough napkin math. If we wanted to try to get a little accurate: According to an index from West Health in 2022, 14% of people had a friend or family member who passed away due to not being able to afford a neccesary medical expense, nationally in the last 12 months. We are going to assume that 14% of those who were unable to afford healthcare treatments died annually. According to West Health, 44% of insured americans struggle to pay for healthcare. Lets assume that being denied a claim will prevent them from getting a needed medical treatment. UHC denies 36% of claims. The average member submits 10 claims a year. Im going to simplify this figure down to 1 member submits 1 claim annually. UHC has 51 million members. 44% of them struggle to pay for their healthcare; that is 22.44 million members who, if a claim is denied, will not be able to afford treatment. of that 22.44 million members, 36% of their claims are denied annually. That means 8.09 million members will not recieve the healthcare they need. Of that 8.09 million members, 14% will die due to not receiving the needed medical treatment. That is 1.13 million people annually. The UHC CEO was in that position since 2021. He's been at UHC for decades, but lets assume that the deaths he is responsible for occurred after taking the helm. For the 4 years that he was in that position, he'd be responsible for denying claims that led to approximately 4.52 million people. Now, all these figures are to be taken with a grain of salt, and make a fair few assumptions. But Id argue that its not THAT far off from reality. Its certainly in the hundreds of thousands."
December 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM