Still, Amazon's Gupta said that despite problems with the U.S. healthcare system, actions like Thompson's murder cannot be normalized.

"Last week was horrifically shocking," he said. "Are there going to be copycats? That is unacceptable.

  • Rom [he/him]
    ·
    edit-2
    7 days ago

    Are there going to be copycats? That is unacceptable.

    They are going to continue to ignore people's very legitimate grievances then act all shocked-pikachu when people continue to be pissed off about getting denied the healthcare that they have been legally obligated to pay hundreds of dollars a month for.

      • nohaybanda [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        7 days ago

        That was obama-drone’s signature piece of legislation.

        The us is a deeply unserious country

        • blunder [he/him]
          ·
          7 days ago

          iirc the original bill was, "there will be a public option, and if you don't sign up for it you get fined." But then they killed the public option so it just became "if you don't purchase insurance from a private company you get fined by the public"

      • miz [any, any]
        ·
        edit-2
        7 days ago

        people were starting to get wise and just not paying for insurance so in exchange for getting rid of "preexisting conditions" which was always utter bullshit they got a massive subsidy via mandatory consumption of their product