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"I suppose you could say that about it reminding you of the Day Of The Jackal but for the fact that this shooting seems idealogical The Jackal has no such scruples. He just kills anyone, for money. " It was something about his calm demeanor and escape that reminded me of him, along with the fact I've been watching the DoJ remake on Sky, one of his victims being a similar high-level businessman. | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh" That's part of what makes this so bizarre. I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. If nothing else it really outlines the difference between healthcare in the USA compared to most other parts of the world. | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh That's part of what makes this so bizarre. I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. If nothing else it really outlines the difference between healthcare in the USA compared to most other parts of the world." It also outlines the American obsession with guns. | |||
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"I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. " Hmm. Thompson is not just any old CEO. He's no figurehead. From what I read he took a bold innovative approach to his company's policies and boosted United Healthcare's rejection rate on claims from 8% to around 30%. United Health made $74 billion in revenue last quarter. He was of course hailed as a financial wizard on Wall St, and richly rewarded for it. In the US, people pay thousands a month for insurance that they're terrified to make claim on, because insurers, having taken their money for years, simply refuse to pay up on part or all of the claim. Not because it's justified, but because they can. Insurers know very well that once people start making claims, they're sick, exhausted, and probably in debilitating pain, and they probably aren't going to be fit to fight what is an act of blatant fraud. So they just keep knocking the claims back. The insurers don't want the claimants claimants to die, obviously. Not until they've squeezed all the juice out of them by bankrupting them. But sick people living a life in agony, undergoing further medical treatments that the insurers refuse to pay for, while wondering how long they have left and looking forward to a visit from the Reaper as a merciful release? That's just fine. I don't endorse any act of murder. It is wrong and should receive the appropriate punishment. But it's hard to argue that Brian Thompson, the scumbag's scumbag, is any loss to anyone, apart from the shareholders of United Healthcare and possibly his family. And he'd probably have sold them into a life of living hell too, if there was a buck in it for him. | |||
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"I don’t sympathise with the CEO at all, he skyrocketed United healthcares rate of denial claims from 9% to 34% in 5 years, and he’s indirectly involved with hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths just so they can continue making record profits (from $12bn to $16bn a year). However, of course he didn’t deserve to be killed, if anything, I blame the US government because they don’t do anything to punish these companies and execs that cause harm and deaths just so they can continue to make record profits, similarly how no one was punished for the 2009 recession "  | |||
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"I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. Hmm. Thompson is not just any old CEO. He's no figurehead. From what I read he took a bold innovative approach to his company's policies and boosted United Healthcare's rejection rate on claims from 8% to around 30%. United Health made $74 billion in revenue last quarter. He was of course hailed as a financial wizard on Wall St, and richly rewarded for it. In the US, people pay thousands a month for insurance that they're terrified to make claim on, because insurers, having taken their money for years, simply refuse to pay up on part or all of the claim. Not because it's justified, but because they can. Insurers know very well that once people start making claims, they're sick, exhausted, and probably in debilitating pain, and they probably aren't going to be fit to fight what is an act of blatant fraud. So they just keep knocking the claims back. The insurers don't want the claimants claimants to die, obviously. Not until they've squeezed all the juice out of them by bankrupting them. But sick people living a life in agony, undergoing further medical treatments that the insurers refuse to pay for, while wondering how long they have left and looking forward to a visit from the Reaper as a merciful release? That's just fine. I don't endorse any act of murder. It is wrong and should receive the appropriate punishment. But it's hard to argue that Brian Thompson, the scumbag's scumbag, is any loss to anyone, apart from the shareholders of United Healthcare and possibly his family. And he'd probably have sold them into a life of living hell too, if there was a buck in it for him. " | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh That's part of what makes this so bizarre. I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. If nothing else it really outlines the difference between healthcare in the USA compared to most other parts of the world. It also outlines the American obsession with guns. " I don't think that gun culture is the main issue here, there are hundreds of firearms incidents every day and this wasn't a mass shooting in a school. The effect this is already having is to shine a giant spotlight on the US healthcare system, and the giant profits they are making out of people's misery. United Healthcare also spend millions on lobbying and donations to both major political parties, so I can't see any great change coming soon. | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh" As his company's standard practice was to deny 90% of claims even though people paid most of their life into it. I don't know the CEO's body count through his actions as the man in charge but i bet it's greater than one. I shan't morning his passing | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh That's part of what makes this so bizarre. I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. If nothing else it really outlines the difference between healthcare in the USA compared to most other parts of the world." Yep he was just obeying orders🙄 You know the difference between this guy and Himmler? Himmler did not jist do it for the money. This guy took everything from thousands of people. Imagine the person you love the most being told they will no longer get the medication to keep them alive. People go medically bankrupt trying to keep their loved ones alive everything is taken off them to pay the bill that the insurance company should be paying. He made a fortune on human misery and suffering. | |||
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"Theyre not so worried about the assassination, they're worried it will start a trend." Gives new meaning to the phrase headhunting a CEO  | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh" Shot the guy in the back too, isn't that the height of cowardice, but he's got abs so that makes him a hero to some | |||
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"I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. Hmm. Thompson is not just any old CEO. He's no figurehead. From what I read he took a bold innovative approach to his company's policies and boosted United Healthcare's rejection rate on claims from 8% to around 30%. United Health made $74 billion in revenue last quarter. He was of course hailed as a financial wizard on Wall St, and richly rewarded for it. In the US, people pay thousands a month for insurance that they're terrified to make claim on, because insurers, having taken their money for years, simply refuse to pay up on part or all of the claim. Not because it's justified, but because they can. Insurers know very well that once people start making claims, they're sick, exhausted, and probably in debilitating pain, and they probably aren't going to be fit to fight what is an act of blatant fraud. So they just keep knocking the claims back. The insurers don't want the claimants claimants to die, obviously. Not until they've squeezed all the juice out of them by bankrupting them. But sick people living a life in agony, undergoing further medical treatments that the insurers refuse to pay for, while wondering how long they have left and looking forward to a visit from the Reaper as a merciful release? That's just fine. I don't endorse any act of murder. It is wrong and should receive the appropriate punishment. But it's hard to argue that Brian Thompson, the scumbag's scumbag, is any loss to anyone, apart from the shareholders of United Healthcare and possibly his family. And he'd probably have sold them into a life of living hell too, if there was a buck in it for him. " Wow... that's discusding! And people trying to promoge that sort of healthcard in the UK! Let's hope a few more CEO's of similar healthcare co's are looking over their shoulders! | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh As his company's standard practice was to deny 90% of claims even though people paid most of their life into it. I don't know the CEO's body count through his actions as the man in charge but i bet it's greater than one. I shan't morning his passing " | |||
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"Gotta say the on-line fawning of someone suspected of cold-blooded murder leaves me, well, um, a bit cold tbh That's part of what makes this so bizarre. I can understand why people are so pissed off with being treated so badly by the whole US healthcare and insurance industry, but shooting the CEO isn't the way to go about things. If nothing else it really outlines the difference between healthcare in the USA compared to most other parts of the world. It also outlines the American obsession with guns. " .... ... One is reminded of 'If God made man they say, Sam Colt made him equal'🤔 | |||
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