• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Didn’t their stock value drop by tens of billions? I would say that’s something, awareness at the very least. But it’s just a beginning. Certainly his Intent was to prevent mass murder.

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      22 hours ago

      If their stocks drop they can still use the difference in buy and sale values to deduct taxable income, meaning it will always be worth roughly 37% to the CEOs even if it becomes near worthless.

      Plus they can just buy it back and wait for a rebound if they want to. It doesnt affect their normal operation.

      They probably loaned their own stocks out to short sell and made profits.

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      I agree. I think that was his intent. I just don’t think it was successful. Even if UHC loses value (and the value it lost was actually negligible compared to its revenue even though it sounds like a lot), how many other insurance companies are out there making money hand over fist?

      I’m just wondering if, in a few years when insurance companies are still raising premiums and still denying dying people care that people are still going to act like this is all it takes.