The health care system is on the brink of disaster because of a cyberattack

2 days, 23 hours ago

Crackdown on Private Equity in Health Care Flops in State Houses

A string of health-care bankruptcies has ignited a wave of public fury at financial dealmakers in the industry, prompting lawmakers in state houses around the country to draft tough new curbs. In Massachusetts, political condemnation of private equity and real estate firms reached a fever pitch after a May bankruptcy filing by Steward Health Care, one of the state’s largest …

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6 days, 23 hours ago

Rage has long shadowed American health care. It’s rarely produced big change.

Raw Story

Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops in Somalia, an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, and a future Oscar winner about a brilliant mathematician struggling with schizophrenia. But there was nothing new about the anger at health insurers that Thompson’s shooting unleashed online — and which suspect Luigi Mangione expressed in a …

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1 week, 1 day ago

He Was Surgeon General — And He’s Got Thoughts About the Reaction to the United Healthcare Killing

Politico

Adams, an anesthesiologist who now leads Purdue University’s health equity initiatives, spoke to POLITICO Magazine about what Thompson’s murder means for a health care system already mired in politicization and distrust. This erosion of trust hurts everyone, from the upstream public health policy maker to an ICU doctor who’s trying to provide recommended care for a patient who’s refusing it …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Untangling America’s love-hate relationship with corporate power

Live Mint

Days after the arrest of Luigi Mangione in connection with the assassination of a health-insurance executive, “wanted" posters appeared in New York City targeting healthcare and Wall Street heads. The events “caused a lot of economic and social disruption in people’s lives," said Michael R. Strain, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. “He’s not going …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Bernie Sanders says CEO murder came amid people’s anger ‘rising up’ over health insurance denials

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who has campaigned for a …

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1 week, 3 days ago

UnitedHealth cheif laments deplorable condition of US health system, 'does not work as well as it should'

Firstpost

In an essay published by the New York Times, UnitedHealth Group’s CEO, Andrew Witty, said that the slain executive cared about customers and was working towards making the system better Days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the leader of its parent company admitted that the US health system “does not work as well as it should.” In …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Michael Moore: Rage at health insurers is 'justified' — we should 'pour gasoline' on it

Raw Story

Left-leaning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore doesn't support the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — but he feels the public anger this crime brought to the surface about the health insurance industry is "1,000 percent justified," reported The Independent. Moore is well known for his 2007 documentary "Sicko," in which he explored how the U.S. health care system exploits and …

Letters to the Editor: Is Congress listening to the people’s outrage over health insurance?

LA Times

Police investigate the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in New York on Dec. 4. To the editor: Jamie Court is correct that killing the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare will not solve the problems that the craven leaders of these insurance companies created with their policies of delay and deny. However, there’s finally a public discussion on the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

UnitedHealthcare CEO killed in New York tried to improve 'patchwork' system

India Today

NEW YORK: The leader of UnitedHealth Group conceded that the patchwork U.S. health system “does not work as well as it should” but said Friday that the insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk cared about customers and was working to make it better. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was killed last week, was described as kind and brilliant …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Murdering insurance CEOs is wrong. Reforming health insurance is overdue

LA Times

It is Saturday, Dec. 14. That said, plenty of good can come from a discussion on the audacious unfairness of the kind of profit-seeking insurance practices demonstrated by UnitedHealthcare, which as columnist Robin Abcarian writes, “is infamous for high denial rates and low reimbursement levels.” She talked to a mother forced to pay $900 per month for her cancer-stricken daughter’s …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Luigi Mangione retains high-profile former prosecutor as defense lawyer

NPR

Luigi Mangione retains high-profile former prosecutor as defense lawyer toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images A prominent attorney who once served as a Manhattan chief assistant district attorney will represent Luigi Mangione as he faces murder charges in New York for the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. At the Manhattan DA's office, Friedman Agnifilo prosecuted violent crime cases, including …

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1 week, 4 days ago

In wake of killing, UnitedHealth CEO admits that 'no one would design a system like' ours

Raw Story

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in a New York Times op-ed Friday that the for-profit U.S. healthcare system "does not work as well as it should" and that "no one would design a system like the one we have," admissions that came as his industry faced a torrent of public anger following the murder of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive. Witty …

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UnitedHealthcare CEO killed in New York tried to improve ‘patchwork’ system, exec says

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The leader of UnitedHealth Group conceded that the patchwork U.S. health system “does not work as well as it should” but said Friday that the insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk cared about customers and was working to make it better. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was killed last week, was described as kind and …

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1 week, 4 days ago

'Blame the system': Here's what prompted insurance backlash after CEO shooting

Raw Story

By Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University The U.S. health care system leaves much to be desired. Many sources of health care frustration Few with any personal experience or professional expertise would describe U.S. health care as the gold standard of health care systems. With government power limited, insurers are perhaps the only force in the U.S. health care industry …

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1 week, 5 days ago

"No one would design a system like this": UHG CEO Witty says U.S. health care is "flawed"

Salon

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty is acknowledging the public’s growing resentment toward insurers just over a week after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Witty has reassured employees and condemned public reactions following Thompson’s death, but “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people’s frustrations with it,” Witty admitted. Related …

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1 week, 5 days ago

UnitedHealth Group CEO: America’s health system is poorly designed

CNN

CNN — In his first public response to the consumer outcry following the fatal shooting of one of his top executives, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday that the US health system “is not perfect” and that coverage decisions “are not well understood.” “We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Don’t target insurance CEOs. Target the medical insurance industry

LA Times

Police guard the scene outside a Hilton hotel in New York where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed Dec. 4. Many civilized nations don’t even have private medical insurance, except at the margins and mainly for the rich. When they were ready to release her, they said apologetically, “Since you are not French citizens, when you come back in three days …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Companies tighten security after healthcare CEO’s killing leads to a surge of threats

LA Times

New York police investigators examine the scene in Midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot last week. An internal New York Police Department bulletin warned this week that the online vitriol that followed the shooting could signal an immediate “elevated threat.” Police fear that the Dec. 4 shooting could “inspire a variety of extremists …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Companies tighten security after a health care CEO’s killing leads to a surge of threats

Associated Press

“Wanted” posters with the names and faces of health care executives have been popping up on the streets of New York. This combination of images provided by the New York City Police Department shows the suspect sought in the the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference, Wednesday, …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Health care workers lament they feel accused of 'working for the evil empire': report

Raw Story

Health care workers expressed frustration this week, feeling branded as part of an "evil empire" following the killing of a UnitedHealthcare executive, who was gunned down outside a New York City hotel, igniting a dayslong nationwide manhunt for the assassin. The New York Times reported Wednesday night that health care leaders have expressed frustration in the days after the assassination …

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1 week, 6 days ago

'Boiling cauldron': Experts say CEO shooting exposes deep national rage over denied claims

Raw Story

Americans' fury at the health insurance industry has continued to build in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder in New York City last week. The company was sued last year over its claim denials, with plaintiffs arguing that UnitedHealth used an artificial intelligence called "nH Predict" to automatically deny elderly patients claims, even though the AI had an …

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1 week, 6 days ago

"Wake-up call": Progressives say CEO's killing underscores public anger at "vile" health insurance

Salon

Progressive lawmakers joined their colleagues on Capitol Hill to condemn Luigi Mangione's killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but also censured insurance companies for their use of "vile" tactics designed to maximize profits — tactics that have caused many people who suffered at their hands to celebrate Thompson's death as an act of justice. “The visceral response from people across …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Americans are furious over health care. Is this an Occupy Wall Street moment?

NPR

Americans are furious over health care. Thompson led the largest U.S. health insurer, part of a massive, for-profit conglomerate that touches almost every part of how Americans access health care. "We're facing an apocalyptic moment in the human story, where hundreds of thousands of Americans are going bankrupt because of medical bills – and the executive suites of these private …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Top CEOs in US go into panic mode after killing of UnitedHealthcare top executive

India Today

In the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing in Midtown Manhattan last week, corporations across the United States are urgently re-assessing security protocols for their senior executives, as the police cautioned them of growing threats against CEOs. AMERICAN COMPANIES REASSESSING SECURITY THREATS The spike in security concerns comes after Thompson’s murder on December 4 outside a Manhattan hotel, where …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Opinion: The killing of a UnitedHealthcare executive won’t improve anyone’s insurance. This would

LA Times

Last week’s shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, Brian Thompson, reopened a national wound inflicted by the delay and denial of health coverage to countless Americans. In the 1990s, California pioneered a patients’ rights movement that gave those covered by HMOs a right to second opinions, independent medical reviews of coverage denials and guaranteed coverage of certain commonly denied procedures. …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Health insurance stocks have tumbled in days since United Healthcare CEO murder

The Independent

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CEO’s Murder Draws Disturbing Praise, Stoking Insurer Fear of Copycats

Live Mint

-- On The Daily Show on Monday evening, host Jon Stewart brought up the capture of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who had been arrested that day in connection with the killing of a health-insurance executive. Police in New York were investigating threatening “WANTED” posters spotted in Manhattan that depicted company executives and echoed the language found on …

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2 weeks ago

CEO killer suspect: golden boy who soured on U.S. health system

Raw Story

On paper, Luigi Mangione had it all: wealth, intellect, athleticism, good looks. The cold-blooded killing has laid bare the deep frustration many Americans feel toward the country's labyrinthine health care system: while many have condemned the shooting, others have praised Mangione as a hero. Police said the suspect carried a hand-written manifesto of grievances in which he slammed America's "most …

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2 weeks ago

'A Warning': Warren, Sanders Address Sympathy For UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Two of the biggest critics of the U.S. health care system condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson while calling out “vile” insurance company practices aimed at maximizing profits. “The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be …

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2 weeks ago

Fear in the C-Suite after UnitedHealthcare CEO gunned down

CNN

New York CNN — Corporations are scrambling to protect their senior executives as police warn of an elevated near-term threat against business leaders. The New York Police Department, in an intelligence report obtained by CNN Tuesday, said it believed Thompson’s killing was a “symbolic takedown” and could inspire others to act violently toward business leaders. That’s what is keeping me …

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2 weeks ago

Why shooter Luigi Mangione is finding sympathy in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing case

India Today

The killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson has brought to the surface the collective frustrations of Americans with health insurance companies in the US. Americans struggling with unaffordable healthcare have found their woes being reflected in Mangione's notes, which discussed the "parasitism" of the health insurance companies in the US. "Outside of the Altoona McDonald's where Luigi Mangione was …

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2 weeks ago

The Luigi ‘Solution’

Times of India

America’s health insurance is broken, India’s is not on solid ground. But answer isn’t vigilante justice Brian Thompson’s killing shook corporate America last week. He was CEO of America’s biggest private health insurer, and because his shooter had engraved ‘deny’, ‘defend’ and ‘depose’ on shell casings, the attack seemed motivated by rage against industry malpractices. Now that Luigi Mangione – …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing And Social Media's Reaction

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The questions surrounding the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson are going to take a while to answer definitively, even if police in Pennsylvania have now arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting. “Insurers are using prior authorization much more aggressively and frequently than ever before.” - Wendell Potter, Center for Health and Democracy …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

A CEO’s killing is unpardonable but America’s health insurers must introspect

Live Mint

When news broke that UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson had been fatally shot on a street outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, the public responded with the kind of vitriol usually reserved for America’s most polarizing politicians. It lays bare a ground truth: If there’s anything this fractured country seems to agree on, it’s that the healthcare system is tragically …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

There's anger behind the internet's reactions to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

NPR

There's anger behind the internet's reactions to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO AILSA CHANG, HOST: For almost a week, there have been more questions than answers surrounding the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. You know, UnitedHealthcare posted a announcement about Thompson's death on LinkedIn and had to disable comments because thousands and thousands and …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Letters to the Editor: America’s unjust health system finally gets a hard look after insurance CEO’s killing

LA Times

To the editor: Columnist Robin Abcarian notes that the single mother of a child with leukemia had to pay $900 a month for her child’s feeding device because her insurance company, UnitedHealthcare, denied payment for it. I am alarmed that insurance corporations, pharmaceutical manufacturers and Wall Street types will lobby Congress and the president to take away my traditional Medicare …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Reactions to the killing of insurance CEO reveal a deep anger over US healthcare

The Independent

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

UnitedHealthcare Group boss defends Brian Thompson and company track record in leaked video message to staff

Daily Mail

The CEO of the parent company that oversees UnitedHealthcare defended the insurer as a 'critical' part of the healthcare industry amid online support for the gunman who opened fire on the insurance company's CEO. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed staff members in a two-minute forty six-second long video three days after the unidentified killer fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Why internet does not want to 'solve' murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO

India Today

The brazen and targeted murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday has left corporate America in a state of shock. A senior New York City law enforcement official briefed on the investigation confirmed Thursday that shell casings found at the scene were marked with the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose,” although police later clarified that the …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

No surprise Americans are ‘rooting for’ the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer

Al Jazeera

There is a class war raging in the US, and the healthcare system is one of its most violent fronts. Other social media users scattered witty counter-condolences across various online platforms, such as “My empathy is out of network” and “I’m sorry, prior authorization is required for thoughts and prayers” – a reference to another common tactic employed by UnitedHealthcare …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Leaked video shows UnitedHealth Group chief complaining about ‘vitriolic’ media coverage of Brian Thompson shooting

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

'My prayers are out of network': How UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder exposes anger against US healthcare system

Firstpost

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down in Manhattan on Wednesday. This became an opportunity for people to vent and take out their anger against someone who just became known to them.” People believe that even the words written on ammunition found at Thompson’s shooting scene — “delay,” “deny” and “depose,” — echoed tactics insurers use to avoid …

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UnitedHealthcare CEO's shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

Associated Press

For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Anderson said they couldn’t get coverage for machines to help his wife breathe or talk — toward the end, she communicated by blinking when he showed her pictures. Share …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Killing of CEO in New York highlights anger and danger for US health insurers

ABC

As he walked a footpath in central Manhattan just before the sun rose over New York, Brian Thompson suddenly fell victim to a deadly ambush. Columbia University professor Anthony Zenkus, in an X post that's been liked more than 100,000 times, wrote: "Today, we mourn the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, gunned down … wait, I'm sorry — …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

LA Times

Members of the New York police work the scene outside the Midtown Manhattan hotel where Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday. “I am fired up again,” said Tim Anderson, describing how his wife, Mary, had to deal with UnitedHealthcare coverage denials before she died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2022. World & Nation UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

UnitedHealthcare CEO's shooting opens door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

New Indian Express

For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. This week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has unleashed a wave of public feeling — exasperation, anger, resentment, helplessness — from Americans sharing personal stories of interactions with insurance companies, often seen as faceless corporate giants. “All of a sudden, …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Cold Online Response To An Insurance Executive’s Killing

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The brazen shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has prompted an outpouring of dark online humor from health insurance industry haters. The motives of Thompson’s killer remain unknown, but police said shell casings discovered at the scene had been inscribed with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” possibly a reference to health insurance industry practices. …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Reactions to the killing of insurance CEO reveal a deep anger over US healthcare

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Murdered health insurance boss Brian Thompson backed 'malicious' AI that denied 90% of patient coverage

Daily Mail

A controversial AI program used to deny elderly people health coverage is now at the center of questions about the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Some have speculated that the motive could be tied to a 2023 lawsuit alleging that the insurer's 'malicious' AI denied 90 percent of claims to elderly patients The lawsuit claimed that UnitedHealthcare 'banks on the …

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