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Can't access it from his profile, interesting.

https://web.archive.org/web/20241212234420/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/opinion/thepoint#brian-thompson-luigi-mangione

As for the suggestion that Thompson’s murder should be an occasion to discuss America’s supposed rage at private health insurers, it’s worth pointing out that a 2023 survey from the nonpartisan health policy research institute KFF found that 81 percent of insured adults gave their health insurance plans a rating of “excellent” or “good.” Even a majority of those who say their health is “fair” or “poor” still broadly like their health insurance. No industry is perfect — nor is any health care model — and insurance companies make terrible calls all the time in the interest of cost savings. But the idea that those companies represent a unique evil in American life is divorced from the experience of most of their customers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

the news would be trained on them, for a month, maybe two. after that it's no longer surprising or shocking, so it gets ignored, maybe they make a yearly special.