UnitedHealth Exec’s Killing Trains Spotlight on Hostility Toward Health Insurers
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Dec 06, 2024
One day after the Dec. 4 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sent shock waves through the industry, new details have begun to emerge that suggest anger at health insurers as a possible motive in the crime. Seemingly in response, some insurers started taking precautionary steps, while the sector’s main trade group condemned the notion that threats against people who work in the industry are “ever acceptable.”
Multiple news outlets have reported that there were words written on bullet casings left at the scene of the shooting, which occurred outside a New York City hotel where UnitedHealth Group was set to hold its annual Investor Day conference. Accounts vary about what those words were, but most outlets reported that one of the words was “deny.” Other words on the casings included some combination of “defend,” “depose” and “delay,” according to various news reports.
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