Denying categories of potentially life-saving treatments due to provincial laws causing hospitals to value legal considerations over medical decisions is one example.
Perhaps the phrase "statistical manslaughter" is a better description however.
If you engage in behavior with known and predictable risks, which then kills somebody, it is manslaughter. Like recklessly operating a vehicle or blindly throwing knives.
That sometimes your behavior doesn’t kill people is immaterial — manslaughter is being intentionally risky in your actions which leads to a death.
Or in the case of UnitedHealthcare, felony murder: their felony fraud in issuing false denials for their clients resulted in deaths — and deaths that result from a felony have a special charge.
> Or in the case of UnitedHealthcare, felony murder: their felony fraud in issuing false denials for their clients resulted in deaths — and deaths that result from a felony have a special charge.
Sadly, the insurers have a defense to this, and it has largely held up in court:
"We did not deny that person the healthcare that could save their life. We just declined to be the party to pay for it."
no self respecting judge would accept that claim if there was no good faith behind it, such as returning premiums paid so they can pay for it themselves.
Sure there is.
Denying categories of potentially life-saving treatments due to provincial laws causing hospitals to value legal considerations over medical decisions is one example.
Perhaps the phrase "statistical manslaughter" is a better description however.