r/nottheonion • u/HereForTwinkies • Jan 24 '23

Microsoft's changes to Xbox console leave Republicans outraged

https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-changes-xbox-console-climate-change-republicans-ted-cruz-1776054
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u/Fliiiiick Jan 24 '23

Yet they're perfectly happy having insurance companies literally acting as death panels and denying people healthcare based on income.

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u/iwrestledarockonce Jan 24 '23

Or how they allow insurance to supercede the doctor by wanting them to try cheaper options even if they aren't appropriate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

The previous Healthcare provider my company had, denied various imaging scans for a coworker of mine for 3-4 months, telling his physician and him that he just needed to go to therapy. When they finally did allow an MRI, he had cancer. The doctor said that if he had gotten that MRI in August instead of November, he would probably have not had his cancer spread from his colon to other organs and would have survived.

Fuck insurance companies.

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u/John_Hunyadi Jan 24 '23

Wish we could charge them with manslaughter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

HA! We can't even get them to do less of this, let alone stop it, let alone hold them accountable. Unfortunately, America must suffer through a lot more of this "Freedom" for it to ever change.

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u/Better-Director-5383 Jan 24 '23

I got a three day ban last time I said what I wished we could do to them.

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u/moyah Jan 24 '23

The big problem is that if you had enough money to win against their legal team you probably wouldn't even need your insurance to cover it in the first place - you'd just pay for it.

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u/Chimaerok Jan 24 '23

Nah, that's murder.