This Can't Be the Way to Fight It
The news story of the month is the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The buzz on social media is trying to paint the picture of why. The bullet casings were inscribed with the words deny, delay, depose. That is the strategy insurance companies employ to avoid covering health costs. Many Americans are fed up with the state of healthcare in the US, and Luigi Mangione decided he wasn't going to take it anymore. The CEO of the largest insurance provider in the country was going to pay the price for everyone who was denied healthcare and died, or went bankrupt due to denial of coverage. While I never had any major health crises with medical bills that caused a financial meltdown, my finances have been unpleasantly altered by illness and injuries throughout my medical history. I understand the frustration. The bills for my broken collarbone this year caused me to deplete my savings, and I am still paying off the hospital bill for my surgery. I only started saving aga...