UnitedHealth Group boss responds to killing of CEO: ‘Let’s fix’ our health care system
The head of UnitedHealthcare's parent company has responded to the murder of the insurance giant's CEO, Brian Thompson. New York Times guest essay On Friday, he mourned his death and called for efforts to improve the country's “patchwork” health insurance system. In his article, Andrew Whitty says that the health system is “not perfect” and […]
UnitedHealth Group CEO addresses Brian Thompson death, says healthcare system is 'flawed' – CNBC
Andrew Whitty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, speaks at the “Hacking America's Healthcare: How Healthcare Cyberattacks Are Changing and What's Next” presentation at the Dirk Sen Building in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2024. Testifying at a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Assessing Developments.'' Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call Inc. | Getty Images united health group […]
New Yorkers expose New York’s bloated legal system
Welcome to New York's “judicial hell.” Outdated, insane, or plaintiff-friendly Empire State laws that cost taxpayers and businesses an estimated $89 billion a year also make life a living hell for everyday New Yorkers. Among them are two sisters in Suffolk County who were forced to pay $780,000 in a lawsuit filed under a decades-old […]
‘Attack on our judicial system’
A former top adviser to President Biden slammed Hunter Biden's pardon earlier this month, calling it an “attack on our justice system.” Anita Dunn, a longtime Biden ally and former senior communications adviser, said she supported the decision to pardon the 54-year-old son, but not on the basis that the president would justify it. “I […]
Longtime Biden adviser rips ‘rationale’ of Hunter pardon: ‘Attack on our judicial system’
Anita Dunn, a longtime Biden aide and former senior adviser, criticized the president's response to pardoning his son Hunter on Wednesday, saying she disagreed with the “timing” and “rationale,” but calling it “an issue for our country.” “It's an attack on the justice system.” “If this pardon had been done at the end of the […]
Taliban Congratulates Syria Jihadists, Hopes for ‘Peaceful, Unified, and Stable System’
The Taliban, the terrorist organization that rules Afghanistan, is among the global actors celebrating the fall of the Iranian-backed Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, with Sunni jihadist group Hayat Tahrir joining forces after Assad fled the country on Sunday.・Congratulated Al-Sham (HTS). HTS, an al-Qaeda-derived militia with a repressive politics similar to the Taliban, had been […]
Reporter Presses KJP On Whether Americans ‘Are Treated Fairly’ By Healthcare System After Murder Of CEO
Associated Press reporter Josh Bork asked White House press secretary Karine on Tuesday whether Americans are being “treated fairly” in the current health care system following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.・I questioned Mr. Jean-Pierre. Thompson's murder suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, is accused of how United Healthcare and other prominent companies are “abusing” the […]
Leo Terrell Blasts Penny Trial Judge For ‘Going Along’ With Bragg’s Plan For ‘Gaming The System’
Civil rights lawyer Leo Terrell on Monday criticized Judge Maxwell Wiley for “going along” with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's plan to “game the system” in the case against former Marine Daniel Penny. A Manhattan jury has acquitted Penny of manslaughter in the May 2023 death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who strangled […]
Murder of UnitedHealthcare executive the wrong path for a nation with a broken medical care system – Chicago Sun-Times
Last Wednesday, the same day that UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York, I received a call from a pharmacist assistant at Walgreens. She said she could no longer write a prescription for a needle that would fit my insulin pen because my insurance company, Aetna, now insists that I have […]
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 […]