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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by vunderba »

eschneider wrote: post #35

Do a search for 'UnitedHealth uses faulty AI to deny elderly patients' and see what comes up. I'm not saying this is deserved, more that I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to just up and execute an insurance CEO.

There's a very good article published by ProPublica about the company in question. The name of the company is "EviCore" - so at least they're being relatively upfront about it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-...

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by jredwards »

pfdietz wrote: post #54
busterarm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As are the guns themselves.

Guns are illegal in NY? I think not, in the sense of a law that could withstand challenge.

It's not like it would matter. You can buy a gun in a nearby state and carry it across state lines without much trouble. Most of the guns used in Chicago come from Indiana.

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by mywittyname »

auntienomen wrote: post #28

CNBC reports that the gunman used a silencer. Wtf?

Suppressors don't just reduce the sound, but they reduce muzzle flash pretty dramatically. So it would help prevent someone from seeing the flash and knowing where the shot came from

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by onychomys »

eastbound wrote: post #62
mikeyouse wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And had been waiting outside for him for at least 20 minutes... certainly targeted.

Are there scenarios where the police could fail to investigate, knowing the reputation of the shaddy insurance?

If true crime podcasts have taught us anything, it's that police don't really need an excuse to do a shoddy investigation.

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by vundercind »

pfdietz wrote: post #54
busterarm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As are the guns themselves.

Guns are illegal in NY? I think not, in the sense of a law that could withstand challenge.

There was even a recent high-profile Supreme Court case that eliminated the historically-common (the majority opinion was simply wrong about the history, just, straight-up factually not correct) practice of sharply limiting carry of firearms in towns and cities, let alone ownership. So no, guns aren't meaningfully illegal in NYC, besides the fact that they're extremely not-illegal outside the city and it's not like they frisk anyone on the way in. Like, right now, guns are kinda the least illegal in the city that they've been in more than a century.

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by llamaimperative »

eschneider wrote: post #35

Do a search for 'UnitedHealth uses faulty AI to deny elderly patients' and see what comes up. I'm not saying this is deserved, more that I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to just up and execute an insurance CEO.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchfor...

Probably relevant

Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Manhattan

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Post by jredwards »

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #31
mikeyouse wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And had been waiting outside for him for at least 20 minutes... certainly targeted.

And maybe silenced? seems like professional hit from details so far.

I kinda doubt that. Suppressors aren't that hard to come by.
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