(2/2) In Germany you only don´t get cold meds, supplements, glasses and a few other "non-essential" medications/devices/treatments for free from the mandatory health insurance.
(2/2) In Germany you only don´t get cold meds, supplements, glasses and a few other "non-essential" medications/devices/treatments for free from the mandatory health insurance.
OMG and once more I´m glad to live in "Good Old Germany", where you get the most necessary #Medicare for free from the mandatory health insurance that even homeless people or refugees can get, mine´s paid for by the district office, I´m on #SocialSecurity. 😱😱😱 (1/2)
Help me move there please?😝😝
If only... I´m on #SocialSecurity, chronic sick and disabled.
I feel you. Same at the moment but still waiting for my Soc Sec that Dump wants to cut.🤦♀️ Sending hugs!💖💖💖
This is a nightmare.
Who knew Dr. Oz was so creepy?
I did! He’s an attention whore.
Only Republicans would think this is a good idea. The companies involved will likely be telling employees "we never say 'yes' to any request. Understood?"
of course they are
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I don’t recall the details, but Goldman-Sachs had a similar deal w a large school district where they denied poor kids services they needed and got a big share of the “savings”. ‘Murica!
Sadly just under half of the voting public will give MAGA a pass on this because at least Trump is still hurting the brown, black and queer people they hate.
Problem is: 220 Million Americans don't give a shit. 75M Voted GOP, 125M were #TooLazyToVote, 20M #UnableToVote did NOTHING to influence Non-Voters or CON-VOTERS, ... three fukn times. I have trouble feeling sorry for them.
Pray you are the first person in history to stay young and healthy...forever.
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Foxes in charge of the hen house.
This is the United Health SCare model.
Dr.Oz is a quack and the whole world knows it. He’s Oprah’s biggest mistake….next to Dr. Phil. Crack pots.
Yes bits also not a first time we hear that. People knew it and still voted for that!!!
Maybe this will finally scare the senior magats into some common sense.
I only WISH !!!!! but, they’re in another “state” of DENIAL 🤦🏻♀️
They are from Egypt...
No it won't. They'll say "Trump loves us, he's doing this for our own good."
as they die from preventable diseases
When all of these monsters are in prison, I hope we are able to expand Healthcare
Quit privatization!!! We don’t want it
AI was writing denial responses for United Healthcare, you understand that, right? When patients challenged the refusal doctors rarely looked at the patient records, even with their doctors begged them for diagnostic procedures and meds.
Proofread your last sentence.
(Medical coders fix the issues that cause denials)
As a medical coder, I can't stress to you enough how dangerous an idea this is for Public Health
Sounds like death panels to me
Exactly! Older people will be denied procedures that would keep them alive.
sick
These people are cruel nasty evil people wanting to deny care to seniors and to people with disabilities Which will cause harm and most likely hasten their deaths. But, GOP doesn’t care. It isn’t their parents or their kids needing healthcare. Shame on them!
Isnt this one of the reasons why one of the CEOs at United Health got shot and killed over? Looks like Oz will manufacture more Luigi's.
Fuck
Doctors should be determining whether a person needs a procedure. Not some fucking putz at of desk and sure as fuck not AI.
Enter Palantir!
Palantir is just the latest in a long line of people violating our data rights, be it personal or medical data. The asshole that truly opened the door to this is Mark Zuckerberg. When I think back to how people laughed at me when I pointed out he was decimating CA laws protecting us, I just fume.
I divested my life of everything Meta. His name in this house is anathema but if forced to say it, Fuckerberg is far better.
And better? I wouldn't say that. If nothing else over the years he has been excellent at managing the public view other things he's doing and keeping the public in the dark.
The play on his name. Not his actions. /sigh
Ah, got you. Yes I agree on that point lol fuckerberg fits far better. And honestly it fucking nauseates me how they try to make his wife out to be some kind of fucking patron saint of charity and children. She lives with that fucking psycho and seems to do so happily.
Funny thing, I was just thinking about her an hour ago. In relation to them heartlessly closing their foundation’s tuition free school. Why did they close it? “The foundation is devoting itself to science”. Sure, they are. In a pig’s eye.
They're closing it because they're done pretending they actually give a fuck about anybody but themselves full stop
Truth!
He's an asshole. The way I look at it he's building the next Winchester mystery house over on the peninsula. The man is a fucking psychotic lunatic at this point; as far as I'm concerned there is something very wrong with him.
"Savings for me, but not for thee" - Healthcare corps to Americans
Oz and RFK jr will be killing people. Great health care system Trump!
I wanted to smash his putrid mouth breathing face in listening to him lie to those Senators today. Instead, I screamed at the tv and scared my poor dog.
That’s been their decades long dream - privatize Medicare and Social Security and eliminate all social services and policies that were initiated during the New Deal. We need to make sure that the progressive Democrats control the three branches of government going forward.
They want to go back to robber Barron days of free reign exploitation.
We are already there
Dr oz=quack
Nothing but crooks.
Testing in New Jersey. I guess because we are a low crime state we get this instead of the SS troops.
Rick Scott would definitel vote for this. He's probably getting a kickback from the AI death panel companies. He already bilked American taxpayers with the biggest Medicare fraud in history, and it earned him a Senate seat. Why would he stop his grift now?
Privatisation is theft.
Doctor Oz, Doctor Phil and make believe doctor RFK Jr. what a fucking crew.
And the Republican asshole senators bobbed their heads at his lies, they said the PedoFotus should get the Nobel, and then they doubled down and said that Medicare and Social Security are the only reasons for the high national debt.
Leave it to Dr. Oz to figure out how to make profit in a new way from a social network program that tens of millions depend on. He sold his soul to profit-making products and schemes years ago, and as a physician he should be ashamed. This is not how to Make America Healthy Again...such a hoax!
A machine should never be in charge of a decision affecting a human life because a machine can't be held accountable for the outcome. I would like "Dr" Oz to be held personally responsible for anything that happens because of this.
This is BS. Oz is a fucking quack.
An administration full of quacks.
77 millions of quacks
a regime full of quacks.
Oz is a f’ing liar & criminal. They’re all criminals that work for you know who.
Totally agree
I do not want a machine to determine if a procedure is necessary or not.
They're already doing that.
Isn't that what united Healthcare did? Reject based on AI until some spent days fighting for their rights and life?
That and set the threshold high.
Exactly!
The Independents, Moderates, etc.. needs to be on the aggressive side to attack the MAGA extremists with the Constitution laws in order to save the country from being like Hungary, North Korea, China.
Nope!!!!
“Dr” Oz is a charlatan. He’s a liar and a thief.
Has anyone checked to see if “Dr.” Oz is still licensed to practice medicine?
Palantir already mines & processes data for Medicare. Given Thiels part in Project 2025 & its anti social support/welfare position, it is possible that Palantir could be the means, by which Medicare, is intentionally undermined. medium.com/@ronaldwchap... medium.com/@ronaldwchap...
We already have privatized Medicare who's job it is to deny coverage. It's called Part C, "Medicare Advantage"...
As a medical professional I see the US on the edge of total healthcare destruction. Pay premiums get nothing for it. Die younger than expected. And this hasn’t even made the MSM news yet among the stupid Epstein and Kennedy crap. Why did those 5 states agree to this trial run? Talking to you WA.
Crazy and a huge conflict of interest.
AI for patient care...the US is in the middle of the pack of major industrialized mations because since Reagan it puts business over people. The US forgot that an economy is part of a society, meant to provide for its people, not at the expense of its people.
Luigi….he was a bad hombre
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If you are denied your medicines, procedures or your doctors, appeal!
Robot death panels aren’t the 21st century we were promised
#RepublicansHandsOffOurMedicare #RepublicansHandsOffOurMedicare
Incentivizing a company not to provide a service is so unconscionable! The companies should encourage patients to practice pro-active, or preventative health care, which in the long run could cost providers less!
AI will be “taught” to reject a large # just like the murderers do for “healthcare”. RFK says we are the most unhealthy country in the world and even though the dumbfuck was wrong we are low on the list. Maybe our system is the issue Oz and brainworm weirdo.
Soooo, those using AI that adjusts the algorithms to deny procedures will benefit monetarily, while us poor smacks get stiffed AGAIN!
I'm a Brit (so may be off) but if Nazi-Musk was able to root around in peoples data for DOGE and pass it on then maybe some people who should get coverage won't get it - because of cost.
They’re going to kill us off!
That’s probably their hope, idea, and desire
You know the old saying “Trust but verify”. When it comes to AI systems I would modify that to “Don’t trust then verify”
AI is a tool like your hammer, saw or computer. It’s there to help do a job. Programming it to love you and boost your ego is insane and a recipe for disaster. It’s not looking for a position in Trump’s Cabinet or Administration
Further removing people from positions so they can get richer and the masses poorer.
Oz is still lost on the yellow brick road!
lol theyre gonna ban trans ppl from owning guns? As they say, "From my cold dead hands, motherfucker."
no doubt some of those " savings" will find it's way into dr oz's pockets
I don't recall the details but I read awhile back that he's an investor in some company that handles this type of stuff.
This pisses me off to no end what an idiot.
Fuck that shit.
So these are the death panels Republicans warned us about? Even AI says this is a bad idea. I asked Google, “Is it safe for insurers to use AI to determine whether to deny claims?” The short answer was basically Hell No! Here’s the long answer:
The use of AI by insurers to deny claims is not safe or ethical without strict human oversight and regulation. While AI offers benefits like increased efficiency and cost reduction, its "black box" nature, potential for bias, and lack of human judgment create substantial risks for consumers. …
Lawsuits have already been filed against insurers for alleged unjust and biased AI-driven claim denials, prompting increased regulatory scrutiny. Risks and ethical concerns Algorithmic bias: AI systems are trained on historical data, which may contain systemic biases …
that can perpetuate and even amplify existing inequalities. For example, studies have found that AI models used in health insurance have shown bias against Black patients, flagging them for less intensive care than less sick white patients. …
Insurers using AI for risk assessment have faced lawsuits alleging discriminatory pricing against marginalized groups. Lack of transparency: AI models, especially complex deep learning systems, can be "black boxes" where the logic for their decisions is opaque. …
When a claim is denied based on an AI's determination, it can be nearly impossible for the policyholder to understand the rationale or effectively challenge the decision. This lack of explainability erodes consumer trust. Loss of human judgment: …
AI algorithms follow pre-set rules and data patterns that may not account for the nuances of individual circumstances. In healthcare, this can lead to an expensive but medically necessary treatment being flagged and denied based on generalized guidelines, overriding a doctor's professional judgment.
Appeals of such decisions often take weeks, which can negatively impact a patient's health. When human oversight is insufficient, patients can face denied coverage for medically necessary treatments. Errors and inaccurate denials: …
AI software can be prone to mistakes, such as misinterpreting an image of a damaged car or roof, leading to inaccurate denials. In one case, a lawsuit alleged that an AI tool used by UnitedHealthcare had a 90% error rate, leading to thousands of wrongful denials. …
Appeals of such decisions often take weeks, which can negatively impact a patient's health. Prioritizing profit over care: A fundamental conflict of interest exists when insurers use AI for cost-cutting, as it may incentivize more denials. …
What is wrong with the USA ? Your forefathers would be ashamed of what you've become
"We will pay you to deny claims". Yeah, that's obviously going to result in fair processing. Christ, I never thought such corrupt behavour would be easy for everyone to see. And some even vote for or defend it.
not even a death panel an AI death decider that hallucinates
AI gets to decide? what could possibly go wrong? Looks like skynet is here… we need to kill AI asap!
So they're making it United Healthcare?
It's a great moneymaker, take all the insurance money, computer says no when it comes to payout time. Then shrug and wait for poor people to die. What's a better money maker than getting money for promises.
Bizzaro Trump: MEDICARE BY WALL STREET? DISASTER. Dr. Oz’s robo-denial pilot pays profiteers to say NO to care—grandma loses, hedge funds win. BAN the denial-bots, expand Medicare, put patients FIRST. Say NO to privatizers. YES to people. Believe me!!!
They want to kill people. No one is gonna survive this. And the model would be exported to other unfortunate countries, It´s already happening.
You are what you do Mehmet Oz hasn't been a doctor in decades
Sounds like United Health Care.
This HAS to be stopped. We need alternative policies and fast. Our healthcare systems need massive overhaul and improvements. And more constant in-depth coverage by the press so everyone knows and understands what they are doing.
A good argument against private health insurance generally, it would seem
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This is not how Medicare works!
It’s hard enough for Medicaid & Medicare patients to find doctors to treat them because the reimbursements are so low! This grotesque decision will further reduce physicians who accept Medicare reimbursements 🥶🥶🥶
Oh no I beg to differ with you, all those idiots who are as clueless as he is a criminal that’s who!
#Luigi
No, Luigi tried to stop this insanity!
Yes, yes he did, & it frightened the shit out of them. Now it’s back to profits before people, just like the GOP & their donors like it. We Europeans look at the American healthcare system with absolute horror.
Privatizing also means a lot of sticky fingers in the pot and corruption. The vultures will be waiting to snatch up the carcass. Underlying many of their plans are a new gilded age where the rich control everything in the quest to get richer and the rest are left with nothing. We're well on the way.
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OZ, another non-qualified person, over his skis.
All of them are a circus of clowns.
Imagine being threatened by the President for wanting to expose people who raped children. *People’s Unity Project FB #RemoveTrumpNow #Resist
I cant name one that IS qualified, can you?
Sounds like the "death panels" that private insurers have. Ugh.
Reminder: Privatization of government services always costs taxpayers more, and delivers less value. Always. Dr. Oz has been in the business of making money with vapid and misleading comments since he realized the world was full of gullible losers.
So we’re going to let a fucking computer decide whether or not we need medical treatment for something?!?!
They will fail because we know their actual motive. To bilk us.
Republican Eugenics as usual
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Is this what is behind withdrawing vaccines Make even more profit?
Sick people are easier to control. They don't have the time, energy, or strength to go out and protest. They're too focused on staying alive. And...if you can kill off the elderly and infirm...you save money
POTUS is elderly and infirm Just saying
Never underestimate the right’s level of hypocrisy.
But he's rich and easily steered in the directions they want him to go. He's the rabid dog you unleash in the store before you rob the place. Once they have what they want he's a dead man too.
Trying to knock off all the old and weak. Time to remove lifetime Healthcare for Congress and any government officials that get. Let them go on Medicare too.
Yes!!!!!! Yes!!!! That alone would save a bundle and (maybe) wake them up!!!
Absolutely this. ☝️
What are we doing, America? This is an abomination of a health care system already.
So the more denial of medical procedures, the more money for the AI companies that will determine it and the health insurance companies! Wow...what a stupid idea from Dr. Oz!🙄
AI is no where near ready for these type of jobs and it’s lazy governance.
Other insurance companies will follow. 😭
Let's use AI to determine which members of the Trump regime should be removed from office based on hypocrisy, harmful sycophancy, and just plain corruption.
I can tell you that right now.
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Something, something...death panels. 😡
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Medicare for All!
Christ on a cracker 😡
THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP. NOTHING IS MORE INSANE THAN THIS. PAY THE FUCKING DOCTORS TO JUST DO THEIR JOBS. THIS WHOLE PROFIT OVER PATIENT CARE SCHEME IS KILLING US. EVERY DAY. WAKE UP AMERICA. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CORRUPT SCAM.
Wait till MAGAs can’t get approval for their basic healthcare needs. I’m enjoying the backlash so far and it’s going to get far worse.
They’ll just blame Hillary Clinton
It's like...yeah, we're going to be suffering, but at least MAGA can suffer alongside us. Shame the MAGA voters will find anyone else to blame than the ones truly responsible.
"THE DEMS DID IT!" What, you think they'll ever turn on their Orange Savior?
It has affected some & they still continue to be dumbasses & feel that old orange is still great. Once a fool, always a fool
this was always the problem with the ACA. by strengthening the insurance companies it weakened medicare. say no to liberal policies, vote progressive
No to (AI) death panels !
I guess we can start planning for shorter retirements now. It ends when you get sick.
privatize=for profit
Wow. And, fuck AI.
OZ.. W T F charlatan physician went for the big bucks, the fame ,and having his ego sucked made him turn from being a respected cardiologist to a disgusting weasel of a fucking thing not even human Thanks Oprah.. she also brought us Dr Phil.. 🖕
Oprah kinda sucks.
Kinda? she seemed to be a voice of regular people once then she swallowed her own press.
Yeah. I think she became so successful that she didn't really get middle America anymore. For example, her entire audience was SAHMs, who were disappearing. And most didn't live in the Hamptons schmoozing with Ina Garten and talking about their favourite $400 bedsheets.
🤣 exactly!
America is the great experiment.
The same way corporate healthcare is about to replace your family doctor with AI instead.
I wouldn’t focus too much on Medicare. GOP are going to break the entire medical business. Intentionally or not, public health programs have always worked as a massive subsidy to the health insurance business. The premiums that so many already struggle with are going to soar.Look what climate change
Has done to home insurance in Florida. Health insurance will be hit far worse. In a country with few vaccines, no formal reporting or screening, things will get ugly very quickly. And when they start to happen, schools and businesses won’t be allowed to exclude the non vaccinated. Insurers will
Hike rates significantly. Hospitals will be forced to give some treatment to patients without any insurance. They will sell patients debts to collections agencies to recover some of the money - and they will hike all medical costs to make up the shortfall. This will cause insurance companies to
Hike prices further to maintain their incomes. They will also start refusing to cover treatments or tests that they consider a bad investment. Hospitals will start going bust, or groups will start closing down individual unprofitable hospitals. Even if you are a soulless capitalist this would be
Considered madness. The healthcare industry is 20% of GDP. Not to mention the cost to businesses losing staff during outbreaks. The only circumstance where this assault on the system makes sense is if you are implementing a program of eugenics.
Oz has to use robots, he has no friends.
Americans voted for this. This is what they wanted.
Medicare Advantage is already a disaster and that is the pilot program FFS. People hate it. It was sold in the most dishonest way imaginable.
Fight the maladministrations evil. Never forgive and never forget the Republicans utter betrayal of the Constitution and America.
Many have already experienced issues with Medicare and UnitedHealthcare Advantage plans. Everyone else will get to enjoy denial of service now 🤷♀️
Which, @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy by that rationale means there are no MAGAts in their right mind.
Maga voters!
I love the way you're able to say things simply and clearly
So AI gets to determine my care and not my doc. So helpful. And stupid, when we acknowledge that AI hallucinates. You know, gets stuff WRONG.
Sounds like Medicare (dis)Advantage is branching out 😡
Dr OZ was a Medicare privatization spokesperson before he got this job.
Doctor is a stretch with this guy. Once they become media personalities, like Ben Cardin, it’s brilliant medical career over IMO.
Oops, make that Carson.
No worries, I knew immediately who you meant.
I am so fucking angry. The filthy rich need to pay for all this destruction.
DR OZ IS A 🦆(sound associated with ducks)!!!
GOP and ReTrumplikin douche bags…
Impeach Trump so they all go!
So now let alone does an unqualified human get to deny you, a computer program prone to error gets to deny you too
We can say for sure Luigi Mangione didn't vote for this.
This country is so broken 😒
This is so sick.
AI death panel
Dr Oz is a disgraceful festering scab that is borderline tumour on the medical establishment and don’t even get me started on the fraud Dr Phil who’s been exploiting misery for financial gain for decades. America is cooked because you have these grifting filth a platform
Remember "Dr.Oz" is NOT a real doctor. Stop listening to these daytime TV/reality TV quacks.
Here come the "death panels" they accused us of.
ANOTHER reason we need universal healthcare!!
When a system is designed where there is an economic benefit to the ones running the system for one type of outcome you can be damn sure that system will be rigged to produce maximum returns to the company running it rather than maximum benefit to deserving people in need of medical care.
AI death panels?
And how much stock does OZ own of the AI company???
Again it will not end until we the people rise with force and save our democracy from this corrupt treasonous regime!
And so it is after Republicans screamed and screamed that Democrats under the Obama care plan would have death panels, they actually create death panels
This is precisely what got Brian Thompson Murdered.
The Right invariably argue the private sector can provide services more effectively than the government. It's possible they're correct, but it's the wrong question. The correct question is 'WILL they provide services more effectively': if it's at the expense of profits, then no, they won't.
RepubliKKKans are low lifes governed entirely by greed. They always put money over everything else, as long as it doesn't adversely affect them personally. If they have their way, Medicare will resemble American Home Shield... a scam that will fight you tooth and nail to avoid paying any claim.
Who'd a thunk insurance companies do this?
On the contrary, the entire flock voted for this. Every senator who voted to confirm his nominees voted for this. They need to own it.
Medicare Advantage Companies are already doing this, they make massive profits from our tax dollars. This is just the next step. 😡
It just keeps getting worse! Yet we know that with Donald Trump as president and deranged quacks like RFK Jr and Dr. Oz in charge of our health care that the worst is yet to come! God damn the poorly educated, brainwashed cult followers who voted for Donald Trump...TWICE! God damn them all!
They will be damned when they begin to feel the pain of what is coming to their doorstep. FAFO!
Use AI to cut out as many Covered Procedures as possible. SKYNET from Terminator 3; only they are doing it with AI; not Robots, or Robotic flying machines with weapons. [[YET]] ‼️
I think I can see Dr. Doom in the making….
WTF
Skynet will be the new Death Panel
They can kill us but we can’t do the same to them?? BS! #Revoltnow
They all need Luigied
Of course, A.I. is involve.
Vote these killers out.
Wow! GREAT idea...just 10 years too fucking late ...Gee...I wonder who made all this graft and corruption so easy for the Fascist criminals?
#DeathPanels #Pro-DeathParty #GrandOldPartyOfDeath
This is an extreme conflict of interest. The AI company gets to profit from denying claims? NO ONE is ever getting a claim approved again!
The death panel will now be headed by an AI bot.
MAGA did.
I'm betting on the 'invisible hand' of the free market determining that getting fucked out of every penny at every turn isn't a viable business plan for the general populace, and they are going to hang the motherfuckers responsible up by their balls. Until they rip off. GOP, please proceed. 🍺
Can we get a class action law suit against “the great dr oz?
I understand that those of us who chose the higher-priced Medicare program over low-cost Advantage programs which already does this, will now be subjected to this. It's the worst kind of bait and switch. People will die.
A Cabal of See You Next Tuesday’s wherein EVERYTHING is a GRIFT for Power & Cash.. With healthy doses of Authoritarianism & Cruelty.. F the Entire Lot of Them❗️❗️❗️
Here we go again. Democrats put nice programs together that help the average person but republicans come in & spend their time destroying those programs. Look how fast they moved this time . First Abortion , now Trans , Gays , Women in Service, Black Successful Women are trumps targets .
Good thing I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy this month and had a mammogram last month.
Algorithms are fallible!
The government gets to decide your care and money is more important than elderly and disabled people. Ageism and eugenics in play here.
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And isn't Ai running approvals/denials what got United Healthcare in trouble, because it was denying everything?
Just another way to kill us off. More $$$ for the For Profit billionaires.
AND charge a fortune because they will use AI and that is ridiculously expensive. More money from us to line their pockets
You already have to beg for necessary care with Medicare and wait months to see a doctor. They don’t need AI, they need to care about patients.
They've been doing this for years. It's a running experiment called Medicare Advantage. And United considers $5.2 billion in profits in one quarter a "loss" in realized profit. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/h...
It shouldn’t be for profit! It should be there to give care. That’s it. Self sustaining with transparency. Profiting off not providing care is despicable.
Amen!
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Greedy bastards. Healthcare needs to be nonprofit only.
Needs to be universal single payer healthcare
My mom had United Med Adv plan.I was told that trad. Medicare was better for therapy etc Under United they make the decisions. If she could walk 5 feet with a walker then no therapy. With Medicare the doctors and therapists make the decisions whether she needs it. That’s how it should always be!!!
This is what United did!!