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 […]
Killing of insurance CEO exposes simmering anger at US health system – BBC.com
Getty Images Protests are underway against insurance companies accused of denying patients' claims to cover medical costs The “brazen and targeted” killing of UnitedHealthcare health insurance executive Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel this week shocked America. The reaction to the crime also exposed simmering anger against a trillion-dollar industry. “Prior permission” doesn't seem […]
Hours after health insurance CEO is fatally shot, Taylor Lorenz writes: ‘And people wonder why we want these executives dead’
Controversial and polarizing former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz declared on Wednesday, just hours after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in a targeted attack, that FOX News reported. noticed: “And people are wondering why we want these executives dead.” According to FOX News, Lorenz wrote the above words on the social media […]
Left-Wing Journalists Celebrate Murder of Health Insurance CEO Brian Thompson
Many social media users, including journalists and academics, celebrated the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, suggesting he got what he deserved. In response to Mr. “Today we mourn the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson….Wait, sorry, today we mourn the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “We mourn […]