Fuego. One of your best yet. NYC has fallen. If only you knew how bad things really were, but most crimes get memory holed. 58k illegals with criminal records now live in the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do".
Dafna, Bragg, Adams, Hochul, and Mayorkas have blood in their hands. Yet most New Yorkers w…
Fuego. One of your best yet. NYC has fallen. If only you knew how bad things really were, but most crimes get memory holed. 58k illegals with criminal records now live in the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do".
Dafna, Bragg, Adams, Hochul, and Mayorkas have blood in their hands. Yet most New Yorkers will continue to vote blue no matter who and a dozen of them may send Penny to prison. You cannot reason with a demoralized person.
Here is just a sampling of crimes committed over the past month while Penny has been on trial:
- United Healthcare CEO assassinated, killer still on the loose 48 hours later
- 17 year old illegal stabbed to death in financial district by other illegals last night, suspects still on the loose
- 3 stabbed to death in broad daylight by mentally ill homeless man a few weeks ago, he had 8(!) previous arrests
Exactly. At the same time, i belive it was last week, that crazy homeless dude that pushed an elderly man onto the NYC subway tracks, resulting in that mans death, has had his sentence reduced recently and will be released on some arcane law that's never been used, by the very same corrupt prosecutor that is trying to lynch Penny for doing the right thing.
That's exactly what they want us to feel while at the same time hopeless that we can't do anything about it - like an impotent caged animal.
It is to silence dissidents and prevent those who would normally do what's the obvious right thing to do, in a healthy society, from doing so.
They must label anyone who does the right thing, as a "dissident/disruptor" in order to isolate and subject them to social tyranny by their peers.
In this way the "peers" (general public - society as a whole) that the dissident is trying to protect become the ones who enforce their own demise devised by those in power to meet those ends.
Call someone the "n" word or the British word for a cigarette on the subway and watch all the dependent children in blue cities step up and become adults and do something about it. They'll get brave - when it's an attack on their value system, mean, insulting words called "hate speech." When it's an attack on the personal safety and security of people not identifying with the "n" word or the British word for a cigarette they'll stay children.
Maybe it’s misplaced optimism on my end but if I am correct the worm is turning. The zeitgeist is much different today than it was with even Kyle Rittenhouse. Sure they can trot out the Antifa type groups, but I am not seeing the organic anger necessary to really get the forest burning. I also suspect some of the sentinel types who have sat on the sidelines for a LONG time will be ready to ante up now.
Can the organic anger be manufactured again? That is the million dollar question. The next most important one is do Americans finally fight back? The burn loot and murder mindset might want to tread lightly. I suggest waiting another 45 days or so. 😉
It seems half-hearted this time compared to 2016 and 2020.
It all had to happen. And only someone as "shameless" as Trump could've let the enemy destroy themselves out of hatred for the peasants who built this country.
I thought it was just me who looked at the prosecutor and decided it was actually a man. He should definitely not be in charge of anyone’s life. Derangement of this nature needs to be called out and not allowed in civil society. Lord, help us, please.
Those that serve the institution get the promotions/sinecures, those that serve the mission of the institution get persecuted.
This is eventually the end result of all institutions throughout history. And that's why The Founders put checks and balances, as well as blind justice as cornerstones in our constitution precisely for all the reasons Gato points out in this phenomenonal article.
We have entered dangerous territory when institutions metamorphosize into guilds.. When this happens you can expect a maladapted lawless society, run roughshod by institutions, perverted by those in the high towers of the guilds they've created to take advantage of a population terrified to push back against the institutions that are foundationally there to protect We The People.
Institutions attract bureaucrats like wooden houses attract termites. No matter how hard you try, eventually they find a way in, and slowly the structural integrity is eaten away. Trump is trying to "tent" parts of the government like the DOJ and FBI, with Kash Patel as the "Exterminator", but I wonder how many of our institutions are just too far gone to be repaired. It might be easier to condemn and demolish certain institutions now and rebuild something new, rather than wait for these old ones to collapse.
I'd rather tear them down. Why throw good money after bad trying to sustain collapsing institutions? If they are dismantled, some enterprising people in the private sector will come up with a way to fill the need.
Yea, but We the People have to make their voices heard as well. Nobody wants to be the underdog or the single voice. Look at Scott Presler - he had enough one day and started an uproar about somebody doing something. And, by God, he did it. IMO we all need to take a page out of Scott’s book. I believe he has his eyes on New Jersey next. Anyone w the time and treasure to help him would - I imagine - be greatly welcomed.
Suddenly Mayor Adams is on board with the new administration. How about that!
Suddenly Governor Hochul is (somewhat) aligned with the new administration. How about that!
Perhaps federal authorities will be called upon to do the heavy lifting and to bear the brunt (and costs) of all the litigation attendant on any attempt to contain the dissolution that has accompanied open borders coupled with police de-funding and no-bail releases.
That may help state and local authorities to contain some of the already staggering costs of supporting newly arrived persons as well as both well-seasoned and apprentice criminals.
And if anything goes wrong, it will be the incoming administration's fault.
@AJoy- I live in a county (Niagara) that does NOT allow the housing of illegal immigrants. We have immingrants for farm working but they have legitimate working papers and do the work others won't do. I say to those who claim we need illegals to do the dirty work "Take those abusing welfare and put THEM to work. If they sabotage the jobs, they are ineligible to get further assistance."
Maybe it's because with Trump in office, NYC will no longer be getting Federal funds to take care of these migrants. What will happen when the payments to the hotels housing many of these migrants stops? I doubt the owners will let them remain for free. The streets will be flooded with homeless migrants, and Adams is trying to get ahead of the problem he knows is coming.
And the 9 th Circuit Court has overruled King County Executive Dow Constantine & will force him to allow Boeing Field to be used to deport illegals in support of Fed laws. A big win for sanity in a crazy sanctuary state.
Every major city has fallen. Instead of coddling an ATM thief who kills its victim find him guilty and put him in prison and on a reform track. Add treatment for mental illness etc. Let’s send a few Jordan Neely’s to the prosecutor’s office or home, then and only then after she, their, them is threatened will something change. Bravo Gato.
I fear you're right. It's sorta like the blatant lawfare to punish political adversaries. Perhaps the only way to stop it is for these corrupt officials to be on the receiving end of "legal" lawfare conducted to achieve justice.
They are trying to destroy the publics courage by having tyranny usurp equality, precisely because it is the very heart of liberty (and a peaceful society)
This unjust power ends up terrifying the public and eventually terminates with a degenerated society where the odious methods of servitude manifests itself in abject sycophancy and blind submission as the only way to ensure their safety...or their own relative preference over the general public.
When the only vehicle to ensure safety is to keep your mouth shut and flatter unjust power the population becomes de facto slaves.
That's why our elite are claiming that it is a violation of their right to free speech if they can not censor us. This is exactly what the Biden administration is claiming in the Missouri vs. The US government case (and also Alex Berensons case).
It is all an effort to make us feel like we're living in fear so that we don't notice they are motivated by the most powerful fear of all:
Exactly right! I've been absolutely appalled at the enabler of unspeakable acts that our "judicial" system has recently become. However, while the full-blown level of this societal suicide is somewhat new, the roots of it go far back, imho.
I was only 16-20 years of age, in Florida, back in the late 70s, when some man who had done a more heinous act than I wish to describe, but must for you see my point- raping a very young girl, then cutting off both her arms & leaving her to die- this man was released from prison! I remember thinking then, Dear God, letting someone out who did such a thing is a horror walking & sure to be disastrous.
And, yes,
I heard about it because he had killed someone this time & he was up for the death penalty, I think. The original victim had by some miracle survived so they couldn't ask for capital punishment the first time around & this was the debate, if I remember correctly.
But for me the insanity lay in not protecting the general public from a monster, which this sociopathy clearly was.
To me, yet again, it comes down to this- our Government, in all 3 branches has completely forgotten it's job & who they work for.
The only solution is that we, the People, the law abiding, sane, self-supporting & reasonably educated in what works & what does not, remind them!
Vote harder people. Call & write & email more often, & raise hell. The utter insanity has gone, far, far, far, too FAR!
And, btw, I'm a woman, a child of the 60s, a feminist, an environmentalist, anti-war, (unless attacked,) yet a republican & pro self- responsibility, smaller government & pro law enforcement too.
For me all of the above are needed in modern society, but the behavior of many of the "woke" women today are making me wonder if many females just weren't ready for "prime time" yet?
A lot of women I've known who get in positions with some power, even a little bit, use it to "even the score" on all manner of personal disappointments, choices, and failures.
Instead of engaging those on their own, learning from them, changing viewpoints and behavior, they use the power they've assembled to target and punish anyone who looks like the man or men they're mad at.
If there's one thing this kind of female isn't ready for, it's the objectivity required in something like this Republic's system of law as formulated. But they were not the first bloc to assemble around getting even and strengthening their in-group/tribe. This is why that in-group/tribe pushed feminism: to re-engineer society by alienating women from their families. This is why all the women in my family (very early GenX I am, born in my parents' 40s) voted against the Equal Rights Amendment. They were strong, hard working women, like you they were environmentalists, anti-war, and all of them had blue collar jobs (sheet metal, welding, ship fitting, etc.) and also kept house and raised the kids. But they recognized the concerted effort to put enmity between men and women, and they rejected it.
Need to take a hard look at everything related to “prosecutors”, right now. Start with the concept of “prosecutorial discretion” . . This is way too much power for most individuals to have, especially political / ideological people. Right now these people can unilaterally negate and reinterpret existing laws, and there are few quick checks and balances, and because of politics, they are seldom used.
In retrospect, what the Soros gang did was a brilliant, and very cost-effective attack on American citizens; and here we sit, years later, acting impotent. Who would you prefer controlling your community, Soros, or the mafia?
Things have gotten so bad in NYC that even people there are no longer "voting blue no matter who". Trump won both more total votes and a greater share of the vote in every borough in 2024 vs 2020.
Two female friends have been recently attacked on the subway. One was punched in the face for no reason. The other was just picked up, and body slammed on the platform. Both were white.
UHG murderer should be punished to fullest extent of the law — yes, punish anarchy — but also *someone* needed to stop the UHG CEO for gross violations of the social contract. How many have died or suffered because of an industry-smashing 32% claim denial rate? How many are bankrupted after UHG hospitals bought the insurance companies so they could charge anything they liked, raising premiums from $10k average in 2010 to $30k average today? This dude is also a murderer.
Are "health" "insurance" companies required to approve/pay out 100% of whatever Pharma tells its white-coated sales force ("doctors") to prescribe/charge?
What reponsibility do "health" "insurance" companies have in putting a brake on Pharma and its white-coated sales force?
I'd please like to see where you're getting that "$30K average today" on premiums. My United Health premiums in '21 were a fraction of that, and they covered top notch care for a health disaster that nailed me that year, and then home health follow up that supported me in making a I'd say 97% recovery. In fact United Health was so much better than any previous plan I/we had (including BC/BS, Kaiser Permanente, and a few others), we couldn't believe it.
I'm asking in honest curiosity. We were devastated when my late darling's employer plan went from UH to Providence, UH was that impressive in dealing with us. I am haunted by the thought that if we had still had UH when my darling's crisis hit, it might not have resulted in death.
>> Are "health" "insurance" companies required to approve/pay out 100% of whatever Pharma tells its white-coated sales force ("doctors") to prescribe/charge?
Yes, actually... and it's because of companies like UHC and CVS. The ACA kept private insurers but didn't address mergers. The 15% cap on profits incentivized hospital groups like UHC to buy insurance companies so they could charge anything they wanted, and take 15% on that. So yes, literally what you said is true, and IMO, ACA and corporate health giants like UHC share blame here--
>> I'd please like to see where you're getting that "$30K average today" on premiums
Same article as above, which links to a 2022 report. I was hazy on some details, it's $32k average healthcare costs for a family, up triple from ~$11k in 2004.
>> What percentage should the claim denial rate be?
IDK not in health insurance but probably less than double the industry average would be a good start:
Fuego. One of your best yet. NYC has fallen. If only you knew how bad things really were, but most crimes get memory holed. 58k illegals with criminal records now live in the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there's nothing you can't do".
Dafna, Bragg, Adams, Hochul, and Mayorkas have blood in their hands. Yet most New Yorkers will continue to vote blue no matter who and a dozen of them may send Penny to prison. You cannot reason with a demoralized person.
Here is just a sampling of crimes committed over the past month while Penny has been on trial:
- United Healthcare CEO assassinated, killer still on the loose 48 hours later
- 17 year old illegal stabbed to death in financial district by other illegals last night, suspects still on the loose
- 3 stabbed to death in broad daylight by mentally ill homeless man a few weeks ago, he had 8(!) previous arrests
Exactly. At the same time, i belive it was last week, that crazy homeless dude that pushed an elderly man onto the NYC subway tracks, resulting in that mans death, has had his sentence reduced recently and will be released on some arcane law that's never been used, by the very same corrupt prosecutor that is trying to lynch Penny for doing the right thing.
Complete inversion of Penny's incident
Disgusted
That's exactly what they want us to feel while at the same time hopeless that we can't do anything about it - like an impotent caged animal.
It is to silence dissidents and prevent those who would normally do what's the obvious right thing to do, in a healthy society, from doing so.
They must label anyone who does the right thing, as a "dissident/disruptor" in order to isolate and subject them to social tyranny by their peers.
In this way the "peers" (general public - society as a whole) that the dissident is trying to protect become the ones who enforce their own demise devised by those in power to meet those ends.
See the Scamdemic.
We all need to figure out how to become dissidents and disruptors. This quagmire won’t fix itself.
We are. And did so during the plandemic.
We just need to get more people to the dance floor.
We're starting to be successful with that because our commitment to ideals and our willingness to put forth the effort to see them through.
The public doesn't quite understand, even though they know "something" is wrong", they're about to get a full-on truth enima.
"full-on truth enema"
Thanks for that graphic description, Ryan. Almost spit up my coffee!
Ew
And btw if you were a female i would take your comment in good grace.
But when a male acts like a female ...well they're just a pussy to me.
Go with God fren.
Well no fucking shit. Try having bad eyes and fat thumbs.
It always amazes me how pedants have the time to correct people who obviously know the difference.
Who would you rather have a beer with? Someone who has good ideas or someone who's perfect with grammar.
I can't believe you have the time to deal with petty shit like this.
I hate petty shit
Well actually, I don't. Piece out.
Did you mean "peace"?!...;)
We like you. That was a silly comment and you know it.
I make mistakes all the time. And certainly in a few posts I regret.
I did not realize the grammar popo were here on Substack.
Jeeez,.
No one read this kind of stuff you cry about
He deleted his comment. I think he feels bad.
We all make mistakes
that is pretty good.
I say mean things all the time. I can be very insulting too.
Blue cities get what they deserve.
When shit hits the fan & their feral populations venture out of their asylums with ideas of killing & robbing i predict it may not go well for them.
"Try that in a small town"might come to pass
Call someone the "n" word or the British word for a cigarette on the subway and watch all the dependent children in blue cities step up and become adults and do something about it. They'll get brave - when it's an attack on their value system, mean, insulting words called "hate speech." When it's an attack on the personal safety and security of people not identifying with the "n" word or the British word for a cigarette they'll stay children.
Exactly! Welcome to upside down and backwards.
yeah, saw that. knocked the guy down at an ATM.
NYC is messed up.
Maybe it’s misplaced optimism on my end but if I am correct the worm is turning. The zeitgeist is much different today than it was with even Kyle Rittenhouse. Sure they can trot out the Antifa type groups, but I am not seeing the organic anger necessary to really get the forest burning. I also suspect some of the sentinel types who have sat on the sidelines for a LONG time will be ready to ante up now.
Can the organic anger be manufactured again? That is the million dollar question. The next most important one is do Americans finally fight back? The burn loot and murder mindset might want to tread lightly. I suggest waiting another 45 days or so. 😉
It definitely has, Luke.
It seems half-hearted this time compared to 2016 and 2020.
It all had to happen. And only someone as "shameless" as Trump could've let the enemy destroy themselves out of hatred for the peasants who built this country.
Agree. Well said.
We have to draw the line somewhere.
This is depravity on a Sodom and Gomorrah level.
That didn't end so well....
I thought it was just me who looked at the prosecutor and decided it was actually a man. He should definitely not be in charge of anyone’s life. Derangement of this nature needs to be called out and not allowed in civil society. Lord, help us, please.
Until the politicians, judges, and prosecutors have real skin in the game the game will go on.
Those that serve the institution get the promotions/sinecures, those that serve the mission of the institution get persecuted.
This is eventually the end result of all institutions throughout history. And that's why The Founders put checks and balances, as well as blind justice as cornerstones in our constitution precisely for all the reasons Gato points out in this phenomenonal article.
We have entered dangerous territory when institutions metamorphosize into guilds.. When this happens you can expect a maladapted lawless society, run roughshod by institutions, perverted by those in the high towers of the guilds they've created to take advantage of a population terrified to push back against the institutions that are foundationally there to protect We The People.
Institutions attract bureaucrats like wooden houses attract termites. No matter how hard you try, eventually they find a way in, and slowly the structural integrity is eaten away. Trump is trying to "tent" parts of the government like the DOJ and FBI, with Kash Patel as the "Exterminator", but I wonder how many of our institutions are just too far gone to be repaired. It might be easier to condemn and demolish certain institutions now and rebuild something new, rather than wait for these old ones to collapse.
Right.
The only thing I expect from our government is law and order and to protect our sovereignty in the worst case scenario.
The rest of it could be left dilapidated for nature to reclaim, for all i care.
I'd rather tear them down. Why throw good money after bad trying to sustain collapsing institutions? If they are dismantled, some enterprising people in the private sector will come up with a way to fill the need.
That's what I'm saying. If DC were in Florida I'd say let the jungle reclaim it.
but but but what about the funnnnnding for NPR that the poor and disadvantaged take so much advantage of?
just kidding. I read the Democrats X page now and then, their statements are hideous, and leftie responses join right in, haha
as for NPR they already beg for money several times per year.
or they could open a donations account, or cut some salaries 🎯
well said
Yea, but We the People have to make their voices heard as well. Nobody wants to be the underdog or the single voice. Look at Scott Presler - he had enough one day and started an uproar about somebody doing something. And, by God, he did it. IMO we all need to take a page out of Scott’s book. I believe he has his eyes on New Jersey next. Anyone w the time and treasure to help him would - I imagine - be greatly welcomed.
I love reading your wise comments. We follow a lot of the same Substack authors. Thank you.
Thx. Likewise!
Suddenly Mayor Adams is on board with the new administration. How about that!
Suddenly Governor Hochul is (somewhat) aligned with the new administration. How about that!
Perhaps federal authorities will be called upon to do the heavy lifting and to bear the brunt (and costs) of all the litigation attendant on any attempt to contain the dissolution that has accompanied open borders coupled with police de-funding and no-bail releases.
That may help state and local authorities to contain some of the already staggering costs of supporting newly arrived persons as well as both well-seasoned and apprentice criminals.
And if anything goes wrong, it will be the incoming administration's fault.
All working like a charm.
I don’t trust hochul
@Dr. Linda- I live in NYS. We don't trust her either. At all. And she's actually from Western NY (WNY) where I live. No loyalty, I'll tell you that.
Ballot harvesting keeps Hochul in office.
She’s also keeping NY in emergency status bc of illegals and trying to destroy LI schools 🤬
@AJoy- I live in a county (Niagara) that does NOT allow the housing of illegal immigrants. We have immingrants for farm working but they have legitimate working papers and do the work others won't do. I say to those who claim we need illegals to do the dirty work "Take those abusing welfare and put THEM to work. If they sabotage the jobs, they are ineligible to get further assistance."
understatement of the year
How do you tell a politician is lying? Rhetorical
Maybe it's because with Trump in office, NYC will no longer be getting Federal funds to take care of these migrants. What will happen when the payments to the hotels housing many of these migrants stops? I doubt the owners will let them remain for free. The streets will be flooded with homeless migrants, and Adams is trying to get ahead of the problem he knows is coming.
I’ve read unconfirmed reports that some of those NYC hotels are owned by the Pakistan government? Wth?!?
Homeless migrants who are already drifting into the suburbs.
And the 9 th Circuit Court has overruled King County Executive Dow Constantine & will force him to allow Boeing Field to be used to deport illegals in support of Fed laws. A big win for sanity in a crazy sanctuary state.
I am deep behind enemy lines in that state.
Two weeks ago I picked up a relitive at seatac, there was over two hundred obvious illeagles waiting for transportation to where I don't know.
I'm sure the govenor & his lefty minions are planning something.
Every major city has fallen. Instead of coddling an ATM thief who kills its victim find him guilty and put him in prison and on a reform track. Add treatment for mental illness etc. Let’s send a few Jordan Neely’s to the prosecutor’s office or home, then and only then after she, their, them is threatened will something change. Bravo Gato.
I fear you're right. It's sorta like the blatant lawfare to punish political adversaries. Perhaps the only way to stop it is for these corrupt officials to be on the receiving end of "legal" lawfare conducted to achieve justice.
They are trying to destroy the publics courage by having tyranny usurp equality, precisely because it is the very heart of liberty (and a peaceful society)
This unjust power ends up terrifying the public and eventually terminates with a degenerated society where the odious methods of servitude manifests itself in abject sycophancy and blind submission as the only way to ensure their safety...or their own relative preference over the general public.
When the only vehicle to ensure safety is to keep your mouth shut and flatter unjust power the population becomes de facto slaves.
That's why our elite are claiming that it is a violation of their right to free speech if they can not censor us. This is exactly what the Biden administration is claiming in the Missouri vs. The US government case (and also Alex Berensons case).
It is all an effort to make us feel like we're living in fear so that we don't notice they are motivated by the most powerful fear of all:
The fear of losing POWER.
"where the odious methods of servitude manifests itself in abject sycophancy and blind submission"
Impressive Ryan. You seem to be evolving into another William F. Buckly. Them sure is some fancy words!
Them shore 'nuff is.
Ditto!! Bravo!! 👏👏👏👏
Exactly right! I've been absolutely appalled at the enabler of unspeakable acts that our "judicial" system has recently become. However, while the full-blown level of this societal suicide is somewhat new, the roots of it go far back, imho.
I was only 16-20 years of age, in Florida, back in the late 70s, when some man who had done a more heinous act than I wish to describe, but must for you see my point- raping a very young girl, then cutting off both her arms & leaving her to die- this man was released from prison! I remember thinking then, Dear God, letting someone out who did such a thing is a horror walking & sure to be disastrous.
And, yes,
I heard about it because he had killed someone this time & he was up for the death penalty, I think. The original victim had by some miracle survived so they couldn't ask for capital punishment the first time around & this was the debate, if I remember correctly.
But for me the insanity lay in not protecting the general public from a monster, which this sociopathy clearly was.
To me, yet again, it comes down to this- our Government, in all 3 branches has completely forgotten it's job & who they work for.
The only solution is that we, the People, the law abiding, sane, self-supporting & reasonably educated in what works & what does not, remind them!
Vote harder people. Call & write & email more often, & raise hell. The utter insanity has gone, far, far, far, too FAR!
And, btw, I'm a woman, a child of the 60s, a feminist, an environmentalist, anti-war, (unless attacked,) yet a republican & pro self- responsibility, smaller government & pro law enforcement too.
For me all of the above are needed in modern society, but the behavior of many of the "woke" women today are making me wonder if many females just weren't ready for "prime time" yet?
I do wonder...
A lot of women I've known who get in positions with some power, even a little bit, use it to "even the score" on all manner of personal disappointments, choices, and failures.
Instead of engaging those on their own, learning from them, changing viewpoints and behavior, they use the power they've assembled to target and punish anyone who looks like the man or men they're mad at.
If there's one thing this kind of female isn't ready for, it's the objectivity required in something like this Republic's system of law as formulated. But they were not the first bloc to assemble around getting even and strengthening their in-group/tribe. This is why that in-group/tribe pushed feminism: to re-engineer society by alienating women from their families. This is why all the women in my family (very early GenX I am, born in my parents' 40s) voted against the Equal Rights Amendment. They were strong, hard working women, like you they were environmentalists, anti-war, and all of them had blue collar jobs (sheet metal, welding, ship fitting, etc.) and also kept house and raised the kids. But they recognized the concerted effort to put enmity between men and women, and they rejected it.
Need to take a hard look at everything related to “prosecutors”, right now. Start with the concept of “prosecutorial discretion” . . This is way too much power for most individuals to have, especially political / ideological people. Right now these people can unilaterally negate and reinterpret existing laws, and there are few quick checks and balances, and because of politics, they are seldom used.
In retrospect, what the Soros gang did was a brilliant, and very cost-effective attack on American citizens; and here we sit, years later, acting impotent. Who would you prefer controlling your community, Soros, or the mafia?
Soros got so used to ripping off central banks and countries that I'm not sure there's that much of a difference.
Things have gotten so bad in NYC that even people there are no longer "voting blue no matter who". Trump won both more total votes and a greater share of the vote in every borough in 2024 vs 2020.
Two female friends have been recently attacked on the subway. One was punched in the face for no reason. The other was just picked up, and body slammed on the platform. Both were white.
I ride the subway early in the morning to go to work. This case is deeply troubling. Who will help in the event of a similar threat? God have mercy...
You can think of no group who don't suffer from the problems they have created in NYC? I can. And they run their own police force.
UHG murderer should be punished to fullest extent of the law — yes, punish anarchy — but also *someone* needed to stop the UHG CEO for gross violations of the social contract. How many have died or suffered because of an industry-smashing 32% claim denial rate? How many are bankrupted after UHG hospitals bought the insurance companies so they could charge anything they liked, raising premiums from $10k average in 2010 to $30k average today? This dude is also a murderer.
What percentage should the claim denial rate be?
Are "health" "insurance" companies required to approve/pay out 100% of whatever Pharma tells its white-coated sales force ("doctors") to prescribe/charge?
What reponsibility do "health" "insurance" companies have in putting a brake on Pharma and its white-coated sales force?
I'd please like to see where you're getting that "$30K average today" on premiums. My United Health premiums in '21 were a fraction of that, and they covered top notch care for a health disaster that nailed me that year, and then home health follow up that supported me in making a I'd say 97% recovery. In fact United Health was so much better than any previous plan I/we had (including BC/BS, Kaiser Permanente, and a few others), we couldn't believe it.
I'm asking in honest curiosity. We were devastated when my late darling's employer plan went from UH to Providence, UH was that impressive in dealing with us. I am haunted by the thought that if we had still had UH when my darling's crisis hit, it might not have resulted in death.
Great questions, all. I'll start here:
>> Are "health" "insurance" companies required to approve/pay out 100% of whatever Pharma tells its white-coated sales force ("doctors") to prescribe/charge?
Yes, actually... and it's because of companies like UHC and CVS. The ACA kept private insurers but didn't address mergers. The 15% cap on profits incentivized hospital groups like UHC to buy insurance companies so they could charge anything they wanted, and take 15% on that. So yes, literally what you said is true, and IMO, ACA and corporate health giants like UHC share blame here--
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-obamacare-created-big-medicine
>> I'd please like to see where you're getting that "$30K average today" on premiums
Same article as above, which links to a 2022 report. I was hazy on some details, it's $32k average healthcare costs for a family, up triple from ~$11k in 2004.
>> What percentage should the claim denial rate be?
IDK not in health insurance but probably less than double the industry average would be a good start:
https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/bostonglobe/3G4K7ZD2MBCGHDOHSJPXAESXGU.jpg