Insurance companies aren’t the main villain of the U.S. health system
Noah Smith, Noahpinion
It’s mostly the providers overcharging you, not the middlemen.
First of all, insurance companies just don’t make that much profit. UnitedHealth Group, the company of which Brian Thompson’s UnitedHealthcare is a subsidiary, is the most valuable private health insurer in the country in terms of market capitalization, and the one with the largest market share. Its net profit margin is just 6.11%:
The 24 Seven: Globalism
Tom LoBianco, 24 Sight
1. Syria Fallou
2. Gabbard Heat
3. Prison Branding
4. The Zeitgeist
5. Dems
6. The Madigan Trial
Inside the CEO shooter standom
Taylor Lorenz, User Mag
The phrase deny, delay, depose, which has been widely interpreted as a pointed critique of insurance industry tactics, has been embraced by millions as a rallying cry. Online, conversations have shifted away from the killing itself to lionizing the assailant.
People are comparing the grainy shot of the shooter to modern-day revolutionary iconography. A look-alike contest for the gunman was held in Washington Square Park on Saturday. Others are getting tattoos of the man’s face, making fancams, and the memes are flowing.
The Red Mist of Genocide – Switching Off the Brain’s Humanity
Dr Dan Goyal
Despite the challenges in assessing the mental and cognitive state of those committing genocide in real time, there appears to be a scientific consensus about what is happening to the brain during genocide. The psychology studies are beyond the scope here, but the neuroscience concurs with the most accepted understanding of the genocidal brain. Through simulation studies, neuroscientists have worked out what parts of the brain are likely to become overactive and, crucially, what parts of the genocidal brain effectively switch off.
To carry out such levels of cruelty to strangers of a particular group, it appears as if one must effectively switch off (reduce the activity of) the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). The mPFC is part of the higher brain and is involved in social cognition, the formation of relationships, and the ability to recognise human qualities – such as thoughts and feelings – in other people. While not a ‘humanity centre’ as such (we don’t have such a thing as a humanity cortex as humanity requires many aspects of the brain), it is quite a central point in being able to achieve humanity, civility, and relationships.
