Daily review 06/12/2024

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1. adam 1

   6 December 2024 at 5:50 pm

   Motive for killing a CEO, retribution.

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   • adam 1.1

     6 December 2024 at 5:57 pm

     Gotta wonder out loud if this is a message that will get through to Shane Reti.

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     • mpledger 1.1.1

       7 December 2024 at 10:20 am

       There was a graph in the video that showed the insurance company where the guy was CEO was denying 32% of claims. A near identical graph is on the Boston Globe website.

       https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/05/data/unitedhealthcare-claim-denial-rates/

       There are some legitimate denials because part of the way hospitals make a profit is to do unnecessary examinations (MRI etc) and treatments. And the poor patients are caught in the middle – healthy people get stuff they don't need and sick patients can't get treatment while they all pay megabucks for health insurance.

       Even if the insurance is paid by their employers, people still have to pay "excess" and they have to go to places where they are covered not just any hospital.

       Just having a baby in hospital costs $US10k.

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       • mpledger 1.1.1.1

         7 December 2024 at 11:50 am

         This guy talks about his health insurance costs – for him and 3 dependents (prob wife and two kids). https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/12/rage-against-the-insurance-machine

         He pays $30,846 per year for insurance of which his employer contributes $26,112 of it. That gives him an assurance that he wont pay more than $18,200 out of pocket for medical expenses i.e. the insurance may make him pay $18,200 before they start paying for care.

         So, insured medical care would mean he could be paying up to $49,064 for medical care in one year. And that's all American dollars!

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2. Dennis Frank 2

   6 December 2024 at 5:52 pm

   Now it's Starmer vs the Deep State: https://unherd.com/newsroom/keir-starmer-is-taking-on-the-deep-state/

   Starmer opened a new line of attack against the permanent state. He was also right in saying that too many in Whitehall are comfortable in the “tepid bath of managed decline”. When someone so colourless says something so vivid, it’s wise to pay attention.

   His charisma deficit isn't necessarily a problem – the UK electorate are currently toting a triad, with all 3 major parties in parity within the margin of error: https://order-order.com/2024/12/05/reform-overtakes-labour-in-poll/

   The pollster explains that they “explicitly ask about people’s likelihood to vote – before asking them which party they plan to vote for – which factors into our final headline calculation.” 2024 Labour voters are less likely to vote again. In addition only 69% of them say they’ll vote Labour next time, compared to 82% of Conservatives and 90% for Reform. https://order-order.com/2024/12/05/reform-overtakes-labour-in-poll/

   Obviously UK Labour has gotten real good at underwhelming, since intense loathing of the Conservatives still put the tories ahead marginally. Hipkins will have to tone down his charisma deficit to remain competitive, but Starmer also has a mastermind on board.

   I’ve been repeatedly told that Morgan McSweeney knows Labour can only win re-election through governing as an insurgent party and waging a permanent campaign while in office. Such an impulse explains Starmer’s targeting of Nimbys and the Civil Service not only in action, but words.

   MM's dad's dad was in the IRA (won a medal) but the lad himself arrived in London age 17 in '94, joined Labour 3 years later, and became a stellar performer.

   McSweeney’s accomplishments are objectively impressive: forming Labour Together, undermining the Corbyn leadership, taking Starmer first to the top of his party and then into government. Still, it’s unclear how all of that makes him qualified to lead the office of a prime minister pledging “national renewal”. Following McSweeney’s ascendancy, policy will now come second to communications – the demands of the latter shaping the former.

   Because political marketing is where the rubber hits the road. The journo doesn't get the maestro effect, apparently. Starmer sees MM as mastermind (why Sue Gray resigned).

   https://unherd.com/newsroom/sue-gray-has-revealed-the-hollowness-of-the-starmer-project/

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3. AB 3

   7 December 2024 at 7:37 am

   Reform ahead of Labour? If true, that happened way more quickly than I expected. And Bastani is correct that Starmer offers no solutions. So Starmer will now use McSweeney to work on offering the appearance of solutions.

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