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ID: image titled "Health Insurance CEOS and their pay:" above 8 photos of the CEO

Cigna, DAVID CORDANI $21M

WellCare, MICHAEL CARSON $23.5M

Humana, BRUCE BROUSSARD $16.3 M

CENTENE Corporation, SARAH LONDON $18.6 M

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, JOSEPH ZUBRETSKY $21.4 M

CVS Health, KAREN LYNCH $21.6 M

Elevance Health, GAIL BOUDREAUX $21.9 M

United Healthcare, BRIAN THOMPSON $10.2 M

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 63 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

i care less about their compensation than the profit their companies made denying care to a volume of humans. do we have those numbers?

[–] nova@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a direct correlation. Where do you think the money comes from?

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

This. Think about all the medical care these salaries could have provided. These people provide no value for their customers. Not a single patient received better care because of the CEO of their heath insurance provider.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 21 points 2 weeks ago

United was the #1 claim denier as a percentage

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Agreed. Otherwise you run into:

No, I don't get paid to deny coverage and let people die. I enjoy it so much I do it for free!

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mmmmm, this guy was in the news for implementing AI strategy to deny health care I believe

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that the literal origin story of the Jigsaw Killer in the Saw movies? Or something like that?