Alarm sounded over graffiti, flyers, online posts reacting to shooting death of health insurance company head
Police are investigating graffiti that read “Kill the CEO” that was spray-painted in white on multiple stores in Chicago over the weekend. WLS-TV reported. The vandalism occurred after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was targeted and killed in New York City last Wednesday, the agency said. “Fuck you, I don’t care if he rests in the […]
Warren: 'Visceral' response to insurance CEO's killing should be 'warning to everyone in the health care system'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says in a new interview that the “visceral” response to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should serve as a warning “to everyone in the health care system.” “People could be at risk,” he added. I have only pressed it so far. ” “The visceral reaction of people across the […]
Joe Rogan blasts ‘dirty’ healthcare insurance industry after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder
Mega-podcaster Joe Rogan has suggested that the lack of public sympathy for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is due to the “dirty business” he was involved in. Rogan, 57, spoke with director Quentin Tarantino and producer Roger Avary on Tuesday's episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” during which they talked about CEO killer […]
Dem rep gets dragged online after wildly inflating health insurance profit by $1.32T after UnitedHealthcare CEO murder – New York Post
Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna seemed to capitalize on the United Healthcare CEO assassination to inflame populist anger, but ended up slashing private health insurers' profit margins by $1.32 trillion. The water has increased. Khanna (D-Calif.) initially claimed in Monday's X speech that “the seven major private health insurance companies collected $1.39 trillion in profits in […]
CEO Shooting Suspect Ripped Health Insurance Industry in Manifesto – Rolling Stone
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, with new details emerging about the potential motive behind the assassination. Pennsylvania State Police arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, on Monday after receiving a report of a man “acting suspiciously” at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He was later charged […]
Luigi Mangione, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s suspected killer, expresses disdain for health insurance industry in manifesto
Luigi Mangione, the suspected assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is furious at the growing power of big health insurance companies and has written a handwritten manifesto warning that big health insurance companies are doing so at the expense of Americans, according to sources. He claimed that he was only concerned about “huge profits.” After […]
Khanna 'not surprised' by online vitriol after health insurance CEO murder
Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Sunday he was “surprised” by the outpouring of online criticism following the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what police described as an apparently premeditated attack. “I haven't.” “Well, first of all, it was really scary. I mean, this is a father of two children, and my condolences […]
'Delays, denials and premiums': Health insurance under scrutiny following UnitedHealthcare CEO's assassin – The Times of India
This is an AI-generated image and is for representational purposes only. The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has increased public scrutiny of health insurance companies and brought national attention to their business practices. Allegations that companies “delay, deny and defend” claims have reignited debate about the challenges patients and doctors face in navigating the […]
Insurance companies scrub execs’ info from websites after after Brian Thompson’s murder
Paranoid healthcare and insurance companies deep clean their websites, removing biographies and photos of top executives following the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson did. Immediately after Wednesday's murder, UnitedHealthcare retired its “About Us/Leadership” web page that featured Thompson's photo and biography. Now, an error message pops up instead. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's […]
UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance – The Associated Press
For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have complained that: bureaucracy they don't understand. Physicians may be in the insurance company's network one year and not the next. It's almost impossible to get someone to help you over the phone. Coverage for treatments and prescriptions is often rudely denied. this week's deadly gunfire […]