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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: [OT] Murder in New York Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:12:46 -0800 Organization: nil Lines: 49 Message-ID: <vjaecu$15b3k$1@dont-email.me> References: <ef0975d032abe1b350eed7329d66d0ba@www.novabbs.com> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:13:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="220ba83a3481e07fb02e7566cef44352"; logging-data="1223796"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/yNKx8BXxaIM2C0zQlCLsP" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:iZNOk2I8IPDg12zJUYs6WIY4nQE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <ef0975d032abe1b350eed7329d66d0ba@www.novabbs.com> Bytes: 2838 On 12/10/24 13:04, quadibloc wrote: > A few days ago, I had read in the news that the CEO of a major health > insurer was gunned down. This was shocking; it seemed to mean that no > one > was safe from crime. Actually it was a targeted assasination. The killer had suffered a back injury and ended up with lots of titanium screws holding his spine together. I do not know exactly the beef he had but the business of Health Insurance did not help the excutive's case with Luigi Mangione. [Snippage] > Instead, I expect more than that: specifically, since when the > government > brought in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) which allowed private > health insurers a role, so that they wouldn't go out of business as the > result of it, it certainly wasn't expecting them not to conscientiously > provide the service it was their role to provide... > The fact that _one_ health insurer took measures to avoid paying on > valid > health insurance claims should result in the immediate repeal of the > Affordable Care Act, with its replacement by a single-payer national > health > care system. > That would send a very clear lesson to any other private businesses that > might in future offered the opportunity to offer services to the public > in partnership with the government. No fooling around that would make > the > government look bad will be tolerated for one moment. > > John Savard It may not seem pernitent but at the URL below is an arguement in favor of AI Art in a long speculative fiction comic. What is AI Art <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/10/2291253/-What-is-AI-Art> The solution which is unlikely to happen with the incoming admiistration is Basic Assured Income and Universal Healthcare. bliss