Summary
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has ignited outrage over the state of U.S. healthcare.
While his murder shocked many, online reactions highlighted public frustration with private insurers, citing denied care, high costs, and systemic bureaucracy.
UnitedHealthcare, a major industry player, has faced scrutiny for practices perceived as prioritizing profit over patients.
The attack, which appears premeditated, underscores rising tensions around healthcare inequality.
Experts see this as part of a broader trend toward violence over societal disputes, reflecting deep dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system.
lol … Private health care sends thousands or even millions to an early death and no one says anything or cares for a moment
One CEO gets killed and now we start asking questions about the state of private health care
This situation is proving at least some of a joke I heard somewhere once:
“If you took all the top CEOs of all the biggest corporations and gave them cancer, we would have 37 different cures in a month, tops.”
Experts see this as part of a broader trend toward violence over societal disputes, reflecting
deep dissatisfaction withanger at the blatant corruption of the American healthcare system.
FTFY
That belies the shock also generated by the brutality of Thompson’s death.
It wasn’t brutal. He died with no fear and very quickly. That’s a lot better than many of the patients his company denied coverage for can say.
The news anchors / article writer had to say that because otherwise they get fired.
As much as I share the majority’s sentiment about this situation, I think he may have died with fear. If you see the uncensored video, he turns around and faces the shooter after the first shot. That explains why they say he was shot in the chest even though he appeared to be shot from behind. I guess the first shot was to the leg and the second to the chest. It’s also possible that he died too quickly to experience fear, even though he got to face his assassin.
Wait, let’s see… I have to spend hundreds of dollars a month so when I get sick or injured, I have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront to meet a requirement to still pay a large portion of the bill. All so some mediocre guy with excessive wealth can buy another yacht. My health is a commodity to them. And I’m supposed to give ANY fucks when it all goes wrong for them? Did that dude spare even a moment to think about the people choosing a slow agonizing death to spare their family a life of medical debt? This man ran a racket that paid for his vacations with people’s lives, and now it’s come back to bite him (to death). I ain’t mad.
UnitedHealthcare, a major industry player, has faced scrutiny for practices perceived as prioritizing profit over patients.
Perceived? Of course they prioritize profit over patients. They, along with every other capitalist firm, must prioritize profit over every other consideration. Everything is secondary to maximum, ever increasing profits.
Disgusting narrative. The violence in this story was mostly committed by the CEO. Its his violence that we must be talking about
