I'd never condone or celebrate an act like this, but if we're supposed to just accept seemingly random gun violence as an unavoidable fact of life (as various politicians have proclaimed in recent years) health insurance CEOs are preferable to classrooms full of kids.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan
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#12Disgruntled employee? Patient died or suffered lifelong disability due to denied claims and delay in care? Bankruptcy due to paying out of pocket medical expenses?
all potential suspects that can wrap the world, and more.
UNH CEO reaped what he sowed. To be honest, this is unlikely to do anything in the long term. In the short term, dip in UNH stonk, but recover over next quarter.
Next cookie cutter CEO to be installed will just continue the same shit. Will probably demand 24/7 security paid for by company. Costs subsequently passed down to the unfortunate people that have to pay for their dogshit insurance policies.
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#13My bet is that it’s someone that got stiffed by UHC themself or lost someone close to them. You only have to get prematurely released from the hospital because some representative over the phone says so once for you to see this system is incredibly broken.
There's not many cases in 2024 where people get denied hospital care because of insurance.
Get stuck with massive crippling bills? Sure. Can't afford insulin? Likely. But if you are at the hospital and your coverage is denied, legally that's the hospital's problem.
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#15Just going to go out on a ledge here and guess that a loved one of the shooter died because of some insurance denial.
Very likely. It was very likely planned in advance due today being “investor day”. A person with nothing to lose at this point.
“ UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) will host its annual Investor Conference for analysts and institutional investors in New York City on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST.” [1]
[1] https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2024/2024-11-26-u...
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#16I'd never condone or celebrate an act like this, but if we're supposed to just accept seemingly random gun violence as an unavoidable fact of life (as various politicians have proclaimed in recent years) health insurance CEOs are preferable to classrooms full of kids.
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#17My bet is that it’s someone that got stiffed by UHC themself or lost someone close to them. You only have to get prematurely released from the hospital because some representative over the phone says so once for you to see this system is incredibly broken.
There's not many cases in 2024 where people get denied hospital care because of insurance. Get stuck with massive crippling bills? Sure. Can't afford insulin? Likely. But if you are at the hospital and your coverage is denied, legally that's the hospital's problem.
They won’t be overt about it, for obvious reasons. I can tell you with certainty though that they’ll do things like discharge you early, try to send you to another facility, etc even if that’s not the medically sound thing to do.
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#18https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/brian-thompson-united-heal... > A gunman, who investigators tell CNN was waiting for some time before Thompson’s arrival, opened fire from 20 feet away firing multiple times, striking Thompson. This from CNN makes it sound like it could possibly be targeted, though there are very few details at this time and sometimes these things are misreported in the immediate aftermath.
NYPD is calling it targeted. The assassin was waiting for him outside the hotel for awhile and had a bike stashed in a nearby alley to escape.
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#20Disgruntled employee? Patient died or suffered lifelong disability due to denied claims and delay in care? Bankruptcy due to paying out of pocket medical expenses? all potential suspects that can wrap the world, and more. UNH CEO reaped what he sowed. To be honest, this is unlikely to do anything in the long term. In the short term, dip in UNH stonk, but recover over next quarter. Next cookie cutter CEO to be install…
> Next cookie cutter CEO to be installed will just continue the same shit. Will probably demand 24/7 security paid for by company.
He probably already had a security detail (obviously not good). For someone at his level, his bespoke life/whatever insurance most likely requires it.