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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 88 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We need universal healthcare. What. Will. It. Take.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 74 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The removal, probably by force, of the conservatives in power.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

By all accounts this includes most Democrats.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He did say remove conservatives...

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago
[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

There are a few that seem ok but most must go

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

I’m assuming you are including establishment democrats under the “conservatives” umbrella here.

When the Romney’s Republican healthcare plan called “Obamacare” was proposed, it had the public option in it. Joe Biden immediately removed this provision for “bi-partisan compromise” - this happened before they even began negotiations over the bill.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

After we've tried literally everything else. And even then it'll just be the government paying insurers instead of paying the hospitals directly.

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 56 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How much is a hipaa violation?

[–] applepie@kbin.social 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cute of you to think any body is getting in trouble beyond a nominal fine.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

AT&T leaked my shit all over the internet, but I'm still paying them for the honor

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They'll give you 3 free months of identity monitoring. Retail rate: $3. Wholesale: $0.01. They're so thoughtful.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

This brings me up to 10 years of credit monitoring from all my other data breaches combined. Ffs

[–] applepie@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We did not sign up for the power bottom role for this clown regime but boy ohh boy that coercive power of the state and poverty will make you do things for "daddy"

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The federal government leaked mine and I had to lock my credit and change my social security number to get it to stop. Can't stop paying taxes though. That's how they getcha.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Depends on intent, motivation, and the level of negligence. Literally, there's a sliding scale.

HIPAA violations can come with jail time btw

Unless you're only a person when it comes to bribing Congress

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

How is it a breach if data was shared intentionally? This is a violation of confidentiality.

[–] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wtf, breaches aside why would a health care company be working with advert companies?

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Literally free profit for them with zero consequences?

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure they'll be hit with a fine equal to 0.01% of their profit for the year.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 3 points 6 months ago

Basically, the scene in which Mr Burns pays the fine and buys a statue of Justice

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Believe it or not, the article explains.

[–] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

Who could’ve seen this coming?

[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I know many people will shit on Kaiser for being a health insurance company, but as a person who has work through Cigna, UHC, Humana, Kaiser was the only health insurance that I felt people were being helped, had access to that help. With no hassles.

It's a fucked up system, but kaiser was one of the few I would take a slap for. Everyone else can get shit on.

[–] porksoda@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

It's the Costco of health insurance, and given the competition, that's a good thing. Literal one-stop-shop for healthcare is pretty fucking nice in the world of networks, specialists, referrals, and "coverage".

But yeah, they fucked up here.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If I'm not mistaken, Kaiser Permanente is a co-op (or maybe just non-profit? I forget), which would explain why they treat their employees like human beings.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I've long said that Kaiser is great, but should not be: the service they provide should be the baseline everyone gets, not exceptional by comparison.

Everyone deserves what they provide, or better. But it's nearly impossible to find anything in the US that's even as good as them without paying unholy amounts of money

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of current and former members of a data breach after confirming it shared patients’ information with third-party advertisers, including Google, Microsoft and X (formerly Twitter).

In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Kaiser said that it conducted an investigation that found “certain online technologies, previously installed on its websites and mobile applications, may have transmitted personal information to third-party vendors.”

Kaiser is the latest healthcare organization to confirm it shared patients’ personal information with third-party advertisers by way of online tracking code, often embedded in web pages and mobile apps and designed to collect information about users’ online activity for analytics.

Over the past year, telehealth startups Cerebral, Monument and Tempest have pulled tracking code from their apps that shared patients’ personal and health information with advertisers.

Kaiser spokesperson Diana Yee said that the organization would begin notifying 13.4 million affected current and former members and patients who accessed its websites and mobile apps.

The health giant also filed a legally required notice with the U.S. government on April 12 but made public on Thursday confirming that 13.4 million residents had information exposed.


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