"We guard against unnecessary care"
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The way the story goes... They didn't explicitly fuck up, some dude just though two snakes looked cooler than one and we've just been running with it for a few decades now. There is a story about how it was originally adopted by military personnel who transported medical supplies (along with messages so... it would kinda made sense) but the justification there does feel super cherry picked. Mostly, the accepted reasoning is that the caduceus is just a better design.
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United Healthcare: .... we make money first ... we just do health care on the side
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Dear God do I hate how true that is. Not sure if intentional or not, but either way I’m with you. And I think they’re working to a plan.
I had a call center job while finishing college, but I’m currently a professional software developer. The difference in coverage is crazy. Dental crowns went from 25% to 75% coverage. My annual maximum out of pocket for healthcare is so low I keep hitting it by accident and wondering why things are suddenly free.
Why? I think it’s a deliberate plan to make life pretty good for like 51% of us, so we won’t vote against the way they absolutely wreck the other 49% of us.
I hope it stops working soon.
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United Healthcare: “but is it really necessary to stay alive?”
"I DUNNO MOTHERFUCKER, IS IT?!"
- Luigi Mangione
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They know better than my doctor, despite not having my medical history or knowing my current details or having my care reviewed by someone who actually went to medical school? Interesting that this accepting of my payment and denial of my care benefits them financially, and that they have the highest denial-rate in the industry...
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allegedly
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third panel: death reappears behind him
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Microbiologist here: I was taught that part of the origin of the symbol was the way a specific worm was removed, you had a stick or rod or whatever and you made a little incision where the worm is, then slowly pull it out and wind it around the rod
One of man’s first medical procedures
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Some of us know the correct one.
And to note, when I have actually looked at medical buildings, they have the correct one.
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Same. I think they want enough of us to throw the rest under the bus as a "got mine" and keep dividing and conquering. It is so exhausting having to tell the rest of my high earning peers that the enemy is NOT people just trying to survive...
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We got your back!
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That's more fact checking than you should reasonably expect from people who base their view of 350 million people on Lemmy meme shitposts.
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Hey fellow micro! That perfectly describes guinea worm removal. Nasty little buggers.
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Should've swapped the death's head for United Healthcare in the second panel.
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I clicked on the link. Page Not Found. Did it get taken down?
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I've seen a video of the ancient method being done by a tribe... somewhere. It's been a long time. Hardcore and very cool.
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Wow I knew about the difference in the staves, but I always wondered what the snake had to do with it. Nice write up, saving this for sure!
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I think it has a lot to do with humans just being incapable of understanding large numbers. Like yes you're a bigshot surgeon and you get paid mad money. You're rich, anyone would say so right?
But what if I told you that you have more in common with a fry cook at McDonald's than you do a CEO?
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That's just the thing isn't it though? They don't do healthcare. At all. They don't DO ANYTHING but make money as a middleman. We must destroy the insurance industry with universal healthcare, if we ever get another chance.