• tempest@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    As much as people harp on blackrock and vanguard they hold a ton of people’s retirement funds.

    This is a vicious thing to do of course but they are protecting a lot of people’s nest egg.

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      3 months ago

      Fuck them. Oh no the insurance company is doing what it’s supposed to instead of denying everyone like they do.

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      3 months ago

      Oh please. That doesn’t make the math any more forgivable. Every investor made a choice. The fact that it’s an institutional investor and mutual funds doesn’t sever the provider of the money and their demand for returns from the ethical issues of what the companies are doing.

      Don’t fail to hold equity investors like this to account because they’re holding grandma’s retirement hostage. That’s on grandma too.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      This is a vicious thing to do

      If you get into the weeds, the issue isn’t that UHC updated their coverage policies and practices. It is that they did so without notifying shareholders first.

      Incidentally, one upshot of this lawsuit will be a long period of discovery during which UHC will attempt to prove it is fulfilling its fiduciary duty by showing off how many cruel and nefarious methods it uses to fuck over its clients. So, while you might shit on Blackrock for “viciously” exposing UHC’s internal practices to the light of day, I’ve gotta say that I am seeing nothing but positive outcomes as a result.