Brigham Buhler: UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination, & the Mass Monetization of Chronic Illness
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What happened to the UnitedHealthcare CEO?
This health insurance CEO is murdered on the street on Sixth Avenue in New York a couple of weeks ago. And the reaction to it is not what I expected. You know, 41% of younger people say they support the murderer. And on the one hand, you think, well, you know, clearly there's a spiritual crisis in the country. That's nihilism. There's no defending murdering a guy, any guy, in my opinion. However, it also reveals, so I'm not in any sense justifying it. I think it's appalling. But there's a lot of latent hostility toward the insurance companies. And I want to understand that more. I mean, I hate them, but I don't really know why I hate them.
Yeah. I mean, what happened is terrible. It's terrible and it's tragic. And I mean, obviously, I never condone violence and the loss of human life is a tragedy. Right. But so is the loss of 1.7 million Americans a year to chronic disease. Yes. You know, they're profiteering off the disease. They're delaying people's ability to get coverage and care. And there's a lot of money being made through these dark pathways and approaches to these insurance companies and the revenues that they generate. It's all become a profit-driven system. And when I testified in front of the Senate with Bobby Kennedy and the Maha Group, you know, my main message was, the corporate capture of our institutions and how that is the real cause of the chronic disease crisis that we're facing. And candidly, the insurance companies aren't only implicitly involved, they are probably one of the major contributors that somehow have gone unnoticed for decades.
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So the idea of healthcare started, insurance started right in Houston, Texas, in the Texas Medical Center with Baylor. Baylor Hospital began to offer insurance plans to patients to try and make it a consistent payment plan where they could have accessibility to preventative care. And that was the premise of what Baylor did.
So health insurance is a fairly new idea?
well since the 1930s but it got captured in the 80s and became uh hmos and so essentially once it was hmos it became a profit center and it changed it pivoted and so the money that's being made off of every single chronic disease and by delaying the onset of these procedures and surgeries so it's pretty nuanced all
It is. And I'm going to ask a ton of dumb questions because I'm uninformed. What's the difference between an HMO and like pre-1980s health insurance?
Could the opioid crisis have been prevented?
So prior to the 80s, your doctor knew you. They knew your family. They showed up with their little leather bag. They knew everybody in the family. They spent time with you. In the system we have today, because the insurance companies control the doctor's reimbursement rates, the clinician only spends six minutes with you on average here in the United States.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened to the UnitedHealthcare CEO?
0:28–4:14
2
Could the opioid crisis have been prevented?
4:14–10:22
3
How are chronic illnesses monetized?
10:22–11:33
4
In what ways are health insurance companies scamming you?
11:33–16:59
5
How do insurance companies profit off cancer treatments?
16:59–1:26:59
6
What role do pharmacy benefit managers play in healthcare?
1:26:59
7
How do corporate interests influence healthcare outcomes?
57:06–1:34:56
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