There is no condoning the cold-blooded murder of a UnitedHealth Group executive in predawn Manhattan. Moments after Brian Thompson was shot dead, a torrent of unsympathetic posts flooded social media. Those three words became the title of a 2010 book on the subject, written by Rutgers University law professor Jay Feinman.
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Luigi Mangione was arrested on gun charges in Pennsylvania and faces a murder charge in New York for the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
So, a person of interest has been taken into custody for the slaying of United Health CEO Brian Thompson. Much speculation has been cast as the hunt was on for the gunman. Was this a pointed attack targeting the health care industry?
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The man charged with brazenly gunning down a top health insurance CEO in New York carried a handwritten manifesto of grievances against the industry, police said Tuesday, giving a possible motive for the first time. Luigi Mangione, 26, yelled and struggled with officers as he was led into court in Pennsylvania wearing an orange jumpsuit, for a hearing on…
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Behavioral health providers across Nebraska say a change intended to expand federal health insurance coverage of mental health care has instead put vulnerable patients at risk of losing services. The question for David Haring, executive director of the airport, was whether Red Way’ s failure would have a lasting negative effect on other airlines’ interest in…
Waterdrop Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2024 Unaudited Financial Results. BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2024/ PRNewswire/– Waterdrop Inc., a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact, today announced its unaudited financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
The motivation for the brazen and seemingly premeditated assassination of a health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan remains under investigation. The likeliest theory is that a hooded gunman, armed with a pistol and apparent silencer, killed 50- year-old Brian Thompson because he was chief executive of United-Healthcare, which provides health…
