Unidentified Hero Guns Down United Healthcare CEO

[LurkerNoMore]

The news said the gun was made on a 3D printer.

And he couldn't print a Vendetta mask or something?

[Humble Narcissist]

Typical GetBigger:

When I first saw this pick I wondered if he is on this forum.

[beakdoctor]

When I first saw this pick I wondered if he is on this forum.

Well he looks like a fucking fruit so im sure he's a prolific poster.

[Brenda Steunbeer]

[Krankenstein]

Im not defending healthcare. Ive had relatives pass away from all sorts of ailments that they didn't have the money, education or insurance to treat. And No, it never once occured to me to murder an insurance exec.

Yes. Cold blood. Shooting an unsuspecting person in the back is cold blood.

Whether or not he was snow white is irrelevant.  Im not hearing any other motive other than the professional job he held. He was running a business.  Like all businesses his success looked at dollars and sense. Of course he's not a medical professional,  he's a businessman. You wouldn't have a plastic surgeon run a multi billion dollar corporation anymore than youd have a CEO perform open heart surgery. he was essentially murdered for the job he was doing. At his level (CEO) he wasn't approving or denying individual claims. Hes not an insurance agent. And if he was its still not going to change anything at all about healthcare in this country.

This guy could've worked for any company. If he took the same cost cutting, budgeting and economic policies at Ford Motor Co., Kroger Co. Heinz co. Unilever etc... you wouldn't think he deserved to be gunned down in an ambush.

Yeah, its unpleasant.  Insurance companies- whether auto, home or health, fuck people over every single day. That still doesn't make the coward who ambushed him from behind a hero.

Think Chris Rock's take on OJ....not saying he should have done it, but I understand.

[Krankenstein]

First I don't put much faith in the legal system these days.

But 2nd, what exactly would "the legal system"  be handling? No, I wouldn't expect "the legal system" to provide me insurance. Thats why I worked in a field for 27 years that provided insurance benefits for me and my family.

The only thing i expect the legal system to handle in this case is the objective prosecution of an assassin. Not prosecution based on negative feelings around the insurance industry. But whether or not the evidence proves who the shooter is and whether or not it was justified (which it clearly isn't)

Allegedly the CEO was into some insider trading type of shit....thats what I meant by the whole legal system thing.

[GymnJuice]

Flirting with a girl at a hostel.   What an idiot move.

"Countless bad decisions have been made due to big tits"

[funk51]

   

[LurkerNoMore]

"Countless bad decisions have been made due to big tits"

Statement of the year award.

[LurkerNoMore]

He should have bought this mask

[Sissysquats]

   

 I get what your saying, ceo compensation is outrageous in some/many cases. Lets not forget on the flip side of this are investors, many of them us citizens, that get  benefits from those profits via investments, retirements, 401 k, etc. i really don't know how to rein in the health care behemoth but i do know that for myself systems such as canada, norway
And england have suck healthcare as related to me by friends and relative who have lived there. 6 plus months for a new knee or hip replacement, six plus months to see a specialist. Fuck that shit.

[IroNat]

The CEO he killed was evil.

Mangione really screwed up though.

He's mental.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Thompson_(businessman)

From 1997 to 2004, Thompson worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a manager in the transaction advisory services group of the audit practice. He joined UnitedHealth Group in 2004 and was named the CEO of UnitedHealthcare government programs which included Medicare and retirement as well as community and state divisions in 2021. His total compensation was $9.6 million in 2021, $9.8 million in 2022, and $10.2 million in 2023.[11] Under his leadership, UnitedHealthcare's profits increased from $12 billion in 2021 to $16 billion in 2023.[12] At the time of Thompson's death, the company was the largest health insurer in the United States.[13]

The Associated Press reported that Thompson generally kept "a low public profile" but he received attention for an announcement at a investor meeting in 2023 that UnitedHealthcare was shifting to a value-based health care model of payment to health-care providers, as opposed to a fee-for-service model.[14]

Reports of increasing rates of prior authorization denials prompted investigations by ProPublica and the United States Senate, investigations which were described as a "stain" on Thompson's time of leadership by Fortune.[12] The Senate report, published by the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, focused in particular on denials for Medicare Advantage plans serving the elderly and disabled.[15] The investigation revealed that in 2019, UHC's prior authorization denial rate was 8%. He became CEO in 2021, and by 2022 the rate of denial had increased to 22.7%. For both Medicare and non-Medicare claims, UHC declines claims at a rate which is double the industry average.[12]

In 2021, Thompson was criticized in an open letter from the American Hospital Association regarding a plan from UnitedHealthcare to start denying payment for what it deemed non-critical visits to hospital emergency rooms. UnitedHealthcare responded by delaying rollout of the change.[14] Additionally, under his leadership, UnitedHealthcare began using artificial intelligence to automate claim denials, resulting in their customers either incurring significant out-of-pocket medical bills or being unable to receive needed medical treatment.[16]

In May 2024, the Hollywood, Florida Firefighters' Pension Fund sued Thompson and two UnitedHealth Group executives (CEO Andrew Witty and executive chairman Stephen J. Hemsley), alleging fraud and insider trading. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants failed to disclose an antitrust investigation into the company by the United States Department of Justice and by selling stock options before the probe was made public.[6][17][18][19] Data concerning these allegations and notice of its report to the Securities and Exchange Commission were initially published in the Minnesota Star Tribune in February 2024.[20]

[illuminati]

"Countless bad decisions have been made due to big tits"

Yep, they sure have 🤷🏻‍♂️😊

[funk51]

I get what your saying, ceo compensation is outrageous in some/many cases. Lets not forget on the flip side of this are investors, many of them us citizens, that get  benefits from those profits via investments, retirements, 401 k, etc. i really don't know how to rein in the health care behemoth but i do know that for myself systems such as canada, norway
And england have suck healthcare as related to me by friends and relative who have lived there. 6 plus months for a new knee or hip replacement, six plus months to see a specialist. Fuck that shit.

  Just another case of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and that's the way they,  the rich like it. greed rules. Meanwhile

[chaos]

I presume that Chaos is implying that people with Italian, French, or European Spanish/Portuguese heritage are not white.....

Italians are the mexicans of Europe.

[obsidian]

What do you mean, Guy has matinee idol looks , I can see a bright future for him in politics.

Sure, but he should have trimmed it to make identification harder.

And put on glasses, and grow a beard. Or use a convincing fake beard. Maybe he didn't know his photos were all over the place?

Or wear blackface with shaved off eyebrows. Should have also covered his clothing with another set in an unmonitored area as soon as possible.

[chaos]

  Just another case of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and that's the way they,  the rich like it. greed rules. Meanwhile

Who pays these fags that much to play a kids game

[LurkerNoMore]

Italians are the mexicans of Europe.

Dude, you don't know how accurate this really is.  Ugh!!!

[Coach is Back!]

Pelosi ties?

https://x.com/jdunlap1974/status/1866653211018531281?s=46

Detailed..

https://x.com/realchasegeiser/status/1866508585217257972?s=46

[Bevo]

Italians are the mexicans of Europe.

Actually southern “Italians” are, known as Sicilians. Majority of the homos of “italian decent” in the states are all Sicilians

The more “whiter” Italians look the better, which are the northern ones

[sync pulse]

Actually southern “Italians” are, known as Sicilians. Majority of the homos of “italian decent” in the states are all Sicilians

The more “whiter” Italians look the better, which are the northern ones

The "Mark of Cain" and the "Curse of Ham"?...

Guys up north around Austria are...less cursed and marked?...

[Lartinos]

I see that he happened to be recognized in public.
This is all a great “story.”

This is the supposed shooter’s Reddit account info.

https://www.reddit.com/r/self/s/LTSJ0AZoNv

[AbrahamG]

"Countless bad decisions have been made due to big tits"

I feel like I've just been quoted.  No?

[Griffith]

Italians are the mexicans of Europe.

The 'Italians' in the US are mostly Sicilians..

[AbrahamG]

The 'Italians' in the US are mostly SiciliansMulatto..