Keckley Report December 9, 2024
I never met Brian Thompson. His senseless death is first and foremost a human tragedy.
Second, it’s a business story that continues to unfold. Speculation about the shooter’s motive and whereabouts runs rampant. But media attention has seized on a larger theme: the business of health insurance and its role in U.S. healthcare. Headlines like these illustrate the storyline that has evolved in response to the killing: health insurance is part of a complicated industry where business practices are often geared to corporate profit.
- Is Murdering Healthcare CEOs Justified? – WSJ
- Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO brings resentment of the health care system to the fore StatNews
- UnitedHealth Backlash Signals Possible Shift in Washington and on Wall Street WSJ
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