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🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Our colleague Julie Wernow covers health and medicine. |
| 0:08.6 | And for the last few weeks, she's been writing about the United Healthcare CEO, |
| 0:12.9 | who was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan earlier this month. |
| 0:16.6 | This is something that really seems to have struck a chord with almost everyone. |
| 0:25.0 | It is this singular moment where literally everyone is talking about the same thing. |
| 0:33.2 | The killing sparked a broader conversation about the role of insurance companies in the healthcare industry. |
| 0:38.7 | And that conversation has found its way into Julie's inbox. |
| 0:45.4 | She's been getting a ton of emails, many of them from people who are frustrated with |
| 0:49.4 | their insurance companies. |
| 0:51.9 | And one thing Julie's been surprised by was how many emails she's received from doctors. |
| 0:57.7 | Can you just walk us through some of them and like maybe quote a couple? |
| 1:01.9 | Let me pull up my very crowded inbox. |
| 1:07.4 | Just give me one second. |
| 1:10.6 | Okay, here's one that says medical insurers are out of control. |
| 1:14.7 | Regulators are worthless. |
| 1:17.6 | She read me several of them. |
| 1:18.7 | ...plans leaves countless patients and doctors outraged. |
| 1:22.4 | The brazen techniques of United Healthcare, which deny and delay approval and payment that this is |
| 1:29.1 | insurer misbehavior at its worse. |
| 1:31.9 | And it's good to know people are becoming aware of the dangers of over-prioritizing profit |
| 1:36.1 | over people. |
| 1:41.6 | Doctors the journal spoke with made it clear they disavow the shooting of the United |
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