Initially i was a bit confused over the shooting of Brian Thompson because it was being celebrated in some quarters and i wondered why the hell would anyone celebrating the cold blooded killing of
another person, then it became clear that Thompson was the CEO of United Healthcare, a US Health Insurance company, and plenty of people had beef with him.
Luigi Mangione has been arrested for the murder and it was when i saw a Post which said 'Today, we mourn the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, gunned down.... wait, I'm sorry - today we mourn the deaths of the 68,000 Americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires' that i realised what was going on.
Data shows up to 42% of claims are denied by UnitedHealth which is at a much higher rate than other US Health Care Insurers
The three bullets fired into the CEA had the words 'Deny, Defend, Depose' written on them which is a phrase which echo's the 'Delay, Deny, Defend' phrase used by lawyers and insurance industry critics to describe tactics used to avoid paying claims.
Still, seems a bit tasteless to some to expressed sympathy even if he was a bad guy and show support for the suspect because they resentment the US healthcare system and accuse firms go to great lengths to avoid paying for treatments in order to maximise profits but it does make you appreciate the Healthcare System we have in the UK which some British politicians on the right want to scrap, a replace it with an American system which we can only pray never happens.