United Healthcare CEO shot to death in front of NYC investor meeting

[neufox47]

Yeah it’s like Breaking Bad where some guy with a terminal illness and nothing to lose becomes a vigilante for society and the first target on his list is the company that denied him life saving treatment while raking in billions for its shareholders and CEO.

I’d watch it.

I’ve long thought the serial killers have pivoted to doing mass shootings. Maybe they will pivot to taking out Healthcare and oil company ceos and their attorneys.

Who would acquit if they’re on the jury? If this guy does get caught the trial might be interesting.

[chicken feathers]

I watched a movie last winter on the trainer that was exactly this: retired military guy's wife gets cancer, insurance denied the claim, he goes to kill the CEO in revenge, accompanied by his martial-arts-trained daughter. Can't remember what it was called though. I'd say life imitates art, but I'm not sure this movie qualified as art

Almost sounds like Bobcats film God Bless America.

[concretejungle]

I’ve long thought the serial killers have pivoted to doing mass shootings. Maybe they will pivot to taking out Healthcare and oil company ceos and their attorneys.

Who would acquit if they’re on the jury? If this guy does get caught the trial might be interesting.

I'd hope we have some jurors who know about jury nullification.

[yeahman]

I’ve long thought the serial killers have pivoted to doing mass shootings. Maybe they will pivot to taking out Healthcare and oil company ceos and their attorneys.

Who would acquit if they’re on the jury? If this guy does get caught the trial might be interesting.

Healthcare execs are a helluva lot more evil than oil execs in my book. Oil companies just give us what we want to continue living our consumptive lives. Health insurance companies take your money every month (and lots of it), then want to abandon you when you actually need what you pay for. Fucking HATE the health insurance system in this country.

[liv2ski]

"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich."

Quote worthy

[Cono Este]

Healthcare execs are a helluva lot more evil than oil execs in my book. Oil companies just give us what we want to continue living our consumptive lives. Health insurance companies take your money every month (and lots of it), then want to abandon you when you actually need what you pay for. Fucking HATE the health insurance system in this country.

Dude, open a doctors bill, look at what they are charging, those fucks wouldn’t give you an aspirin without insurance.

[dan_pdx]

The Guardian is reliably progressive/against the corrosive effects of late stage capitalism, but even they didn't choose to hint that "just maybe, asshole denials of coverage have consequences" in their coverage of this. A bridge too far?

[whipski]

Dude, open a doctors bill, look at what they are charging, hose fucks wouldn’t give you an aspirin without insurance.

and charge $300 I've seen that bill

[m2711c]

Notes written on the bullet casings would indicate this is a personal vendetta versus a professional hit.




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[Cono Este]

Murder,,is definetly not ok, but there are plenty of fucking scum bags out there this world won’t miss.


Karma is a bitch, and it astounds me how some think they can just fuck people over, spoil their fat wives, fake friends and stupid children with gigantic bonuses, fuck up the lift lines and then freely, and safely walk amongst us.

Pucker factor is high at the club these holidays.

[m2711c]

bless your heart

[dan_pdx]

From the NYT via the Guardian:
<i>Brian Thompson’s sister-in-law Elena Reveiz told the New York Times she was still processing the news of Thompson’s death.

“He was a good person, and I am so sad,” Reveiz said, adding that Thompson was a good father to his two children. Reveiz said she was on her way to be with their family.<i>

I mean...UHC's profit margins come from denying coverage, sometimes (often?) against the terms of the contract. She may need to reassess her opinion of his goodness.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Dude, open a doctors bill, look at what they are charging, those fucks wouldn’t give you an aspirin without insurance.

Are you talking about a doctor’s bill or the facility’s bill? There’s a huge markup on consumable items, drugs and implants/devices and that goes to pay the people providing your care with the exception of doctors. Yes a lot of it may go to overpaid administrators but the rest of us healthcare professionals aren’t getting rich. Physicians usually bill separately and it’s for a visit or procedure not drugs or consumable items.

Both facilities and physicians will give care without insurance if it’s an emergency or you’re self paid.

I’m not sure what this has to do with health insurance executives trying to maximize profits at the expense of plan participants getting the care they need.


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[petey_]

Is this a one and done? Or is this guy just starting down a list?

Maybe start a go-fund-me to help with e-bike charging?

[The Nuclear Option]

The tragedy! Who’s going to mentor those kids to grow up to be excessively paid corporate health claims deniers?

From the NYT via the Guardian:
<i>Brian Thompson’s sister-in-law Elena Reveiz told the New York Times she was still processing the news of Thompson’s death.

“He was a good person, and I am so sad,” Reveiz said, adding that Thompson was a good father to his two children. Reveiz said she was on her way to be with their family.<i>

I mean...UHC's profit margins come from denying coverage, sometimes (often?) against the terms of the contract. She may need to reassess her opinion of his goodness.

[The SnowShow]

“Rise up and take the power back, It's time the fat cats had a heart attack, You know that their time's coming to an end, We have to unify and watch our flag ascend” -Muse

[J. Barron DeJong]

These execs are all being investigated for selling off millions of dollars in stocks, then he gets executed. Criminal greed at the expense of humanity.

I saw a post speculating that there may have been fears that he was going to turn and be an informant about insider trading. Pure speculation as far as I know.

[Dantheman]

The tragedy! Who’s going to mentor those kids to grow up to be excessively paid corporate health claims deniers?

Come on man, kids having their father murdered is fucked up. Kids don't get to choose their parents.

[ex-powderbroker]

Come on man, kids having their father murdered is fucked up. Kids don't get to choose their parents.

yeah, i agree.

i don’t have to mourn the guy but congress should fix these health care laws, not vigilantes. they should also maybe try to keep guns out of dangerous peoples hands?

anyway, this dude was the fourth highest paid employee there. a big cog in a bigger and more problematic machine.

between the two attempted trump assassinations and this shit we have reached a new level of violence.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Notes written on the bullet casings would indicate this is a personal vendetta versus a professional hit.




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What’s more pro than putting in the effort to make it look like it was a random dude with a personal vendetta?

[riser4]

This is just awesome.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/healt...its/index.html

[Danno]

Is this a one and done? Or is this guy just starting down a list?

Found a pic of the guy!

[exsparky]

What’s more pro than putting in the effort to make it look like it was a random dude with a personal vendetta?

The guy wasn't a decent pro. I don't think he was a rookie pro either.

He used way too many shots, didn't wear gloves, it was too public, his aim was too clumsy and the e bike get away was too trace able.

My guess is he was a really pissed guy with inside knowledge that practiced with a suppressed pistol and sub ammo for a few months at most.

[Trackhead]

Come on man, kids having their father murdered is fucked up. Kids don't get to choose their parents.

Easy to cynically dehumanize people in these situations, but I agree, he has kids and certainly didn't deserve to die this way.

That said, insurance companies are literally in the business of dehumanizing entire populations.

[neckdeep]

United healthcare's business model is to fuck over anyone who doesn't have the leverage to fight back. They are absolutely notorious for selling ghost insurance across undersupplied markets. They use bogus lists of in network providers to create a maze to confuse patients and bamboozle state regulators. It's a deliberate shell game.

On the flip side, United Healthcare uses the ghost network to fuck over the small providers who suffer with some of the industry's worst reimbursement rates. Providers are shown the bogus network and told there's oversupply and reimbursements wont go up. Imho, UHC thrives in red states that are hostile to Obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid. They genuinely seem to be out to discredit the entire program and take advantage of the non existent oversight. UHC leadership is evil, plain and simple. They make a fat living off of lies, indifference and casual cruelty. That guy on the pavement was a vulture who was pecking the dying healthcare system to death in the hope that Medicare and Medicaid get privatized and he'll get to take a slice of that too.