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Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’ (nypost.com)

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 73 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

What's ironic is that the big opposition from the GOP to ObamaCare was this ludicrous idea of "Death Panels" weighing human life against budgets.

And yet, when the panels are a dictatorial insurance algorithm, where is that classic 2009-2010 outrage?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 45 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Every accusation is a confession with Republicans

[–] rwtwm@feddit.uk 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You probably already know but, those arguments aren't why the GOP were outraged. It's what they thought would be most likely to get the public outraged.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

"the public" seems dumb as fuck.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That no longer matters as they are not the ones in charge anymore...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

That's not true, and a dangerous cop out

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, you can blame the GOP for defunding education as well.

(I have exactly zero love for the Zionazi-owned Dems either but I'm not aware of them ever defunding education)

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago

Or discriminating against gays, or cutting food stamps, or invading Greenland, or storing nuclear secrets in bathrooms, or...

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

The public is way less intelligent than "dumb as fuck" hopefully we can get there on the way to marginally dumb. But I doubt it

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

The panels are often just an automated script that always replies with Denied the first time too, since people sometimes dont fight it.