KevinMD January 3, 2025
Shah-Naz H. Khan, MD

It was rich to watch the TV pundits, who excel at creating storms in a teacup, feigning shock at the public response on social media to UnitedHealthcare’s CEO being gunned down. They were aghast at the over 57,000 laugh emojis on the statement of condolence platitudes put out by UnitedHealthcare. Mr. Smercornish on CNN was properly clutching his pearls and, after some scolding, declared at least the responders on the phone to his poll question were not that crass and had voiced their concerns more responsibly. After all, the victim had a wife and two children.

The talking heads missed the plot. What about the tens of thousands who die in the U.S. every year due to health insurance shenanigans,...

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