Oh man… the YouTube comments.
My favorite “The gunman will be hard to find. He’s already out of network”
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Why does it seem far fetched?
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We need more information because most times we don’t think the CEO is part of making decisions on claim denials.
What would be a CEO problem though would be if there is an upward trend since he took over. If there was a tightening of the formulary, protocols and procedures leading to loss in benefits it surely would be a leadership issue as well.
It’s just, to both be denied a claim that was impactful enough to want to take revenge, and have the resources to pull off what looks like a professional job.
Maybe it was a class action contract killing.
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If it were based on some sort of claim denial, my assumption would be it was very high dollar amount and it resulted in the death of the claimant. The 2 most likely things that fit those conditions would be a very young child in the NICU or someone receiving care for a dread disease, probably cancer.
In either case, hiring a hit man seems very last resort. Call a journalist, call a Senator, file a lawsuit…
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When their denial rate is double the average and triple some other companies, you can’t help but think that the CEO is a part of the decision-making in the larger sense.
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Ditto.
I’ve heard that people coming off GLP1 drugs can be unstable and some insurance companies are cutting people off from coverage.
Regular people who order a hit on a rich insurance CEO?
Murder On The 6th Avenue E-bike?
Why? Because this happens so often that insurance execs should have expected it?
It’s hard to imagine that it wasn’t. What Fortune 100 CEO keeps a low profile?
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Might be a red herring. It’s probably not super hard to figure out her number and she probably just answered the phone without thinking about it.
I mean that’s not to say that the police should ignore the possibility that she ordered the hit. Comb through her accounts, sure.
You’re thinking like an insurance professional.
Most people just blame the top dog. Which is not entirely unreasonable… the fish rots from the head down. The peons denying claims are most likely doing what they were trained to do.
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someone so upset about a claim denial could most likely not afford a hit man
Just simple risk management till what happened is clear.
My guess. Not a pro hit. Pro wouldn’t have gone to Starbucks when there is much better coffee available in NYC. This person was limited in their knowledge of the location of the CEO and chose something that was risky despite that. Denial of coverage blamed for death of loved one, likely a child. Not just a $ thing.
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The amount of hate and glee this is generating online is unreal.
Americans really do seem to despise health insurance companies.
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Yes, and yet health insurers have insane minimum loss ratios. It’s the doctors and hospitals making all the surplus.
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The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left behind a chilling cryptic message at the scene, according to investigators.
The words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” were allegedly inscribed on live rounds and shell casing left outside the Hilton Hotel on 6th Avenue in Manhattan where Thompson was shot dead at point blank range on Wednesday morning, police sources told ABC News later that evening.
terrists!