What’s Behind the Lionization of Luigi Mangione? | Amanpour and Company

[@nitrox58]

Paying for something year after year and then to be denied when it's needed is criminal.

[@presence5426]

SHOULD be criminal. Wrong, stupid & immoral, but legal in the U.S.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

You can say that about most government services when you need them.

[@jaymarx8927]

in the same vein, they call social security an "entitlement." Give me my 6% of salary back and I will invest it and grow it much better than this black hole of the federal government is doing.

[@a.s.2426]

It’s literally not necessarily criminal. You want the law to be changed. That is fine. But we must recognize that there will never be a system public or private that will provide unlimited, unqualified coverage for all.

[@billyfink1234]

What would make it better? Tax funded healthcare in the public sector is a scam

[@sherrytaha9268]

Yes, "the American healthcare system is profoundly immoral".

[@naldanomavo405]

At this point you can drop the 'healthcare' part and it remains equally true.

[@crypticsailor]

"LUIGI ISNT THE MURDERER HERE" should be a new slogan.

[@crypticsailor]

So is European one also btw

[@mireafelder8194]

@@crypticsailor Exactly. Luigi isnt the murderer here 😔

[@MrLofter]

and profoundry murderous

[@andyharmon9329]

Jia Torentino has hit the nail directly on the head. The reason Mangione has become a hero to many people in this country is because they see him as the agent of Karmic Justice. She brilliantly summarizes the entire situation.

[@annettecaamano3536]

Healthcare should not be for profit

[@dontcallmecute826]

Remember Hillary tried to give us universal healthcare? She was absolutely destroyed by Big Money because of that. And we all bought into Big Money lies. Private insurers got emboldened, and our healthcare really gone downhill from there.

[@SelfLovinMyBlackAss]

Nor should water

[@KOKAYI69]

Let's create a non-profit healthcare system! 🎉❤😂

[@presence5426]

@@KOKAYI69 We have one: Medicare & Medicaid. It just needs to get expanded.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

Nonprofits can be just as greedy. It has been that way for decades. The problem is the bribed regulators don't regulate. Welcome to Obamacare.

[@julieb7785]

"Profoundly immoral.." Well said. Most commentators and journalists love the word "broken." It is indeed profoundly immoral.

[@the_om_project]

If it was human error we wouldn’t be this angry.

[@johnshaw8228]

They like to say broken because it implies it will be fixed. It is not broken. It is a manifestation of the same problem that has reared its filthy nasty gargoyle head for a thousand years. It is the misuse and abuses of power. In this case they are using power for profits and determining who gets HealthCare coverage who does not, who lives and who dies. If they can arrogate to themselves the power to do that, how do you say others should determine the same for them. One out of the millions came forward with the moral courage and rectitude to do that. That was Luigi mangione.The rich pigs kill thousands and they are called CEO. He executes one of those killers and they say he is a terrorist. Do you see how grossly lopsided and monomaniacal this is and how strained the perspectives are in determining these matters.

[@zazhou]

Corporate executives are profoundly greedy and power hungry.

[@AGirlofYesterday]

And it's not even broken. It's "fixed."

[@naldanomavo405]

It's not broken. It's working perfectly well, but only for the Elites. Their carnivorous cannibalistic greed seems to think there will always be someone else there to pick up the tab while they keep all the profits. American should declare bankruptcy. The only people we owe money to are the Billionaires. Screw 'em. Just stop paying our slavers. Every country is in debt to itself. Why should we pay? What have we gotten? What will be get? NOTHING. So that's what they should get right back.

[@janaka861]

Bernie Sanders has been screaming from the rafters for years about this but the last plea the commentator made was that this is a political moment and “if only some one would take this up”. The problem is that no one has been listening…

[@CPAndy-x5x]

The republicans shout "socialism!" every time universal health care is brought up. It works.

[@mckernan603]

The Dem establishment hacks were listening.. and promptly suppressed him.

[@mireafelder8194]

The problem is that the political system is rotten to the core, both parties are bought by lobbyists of big money. The Americans are living in a corporatocracy, voting is just meaningless at this point. That's why young, brilliant Ivy League grads with a Master’s degree in Computer Science like Luigi, who had the whole world ahead of them, feel so helpless they see no other solution than to sacrifice their own life.

[@Happy.Jack818]

Like or not (I’ve seen 0 “nots” on here) Luigi achieved in one action what Sanders hasn’t been able to talking for years.

[@presence5426]

People listened. Those with power just listened to the donors & lobbyists more.

[@vivianbobka5239]

Jia Tolentino is absolutely brilliant. The New Yorker article nailed it: structural violence, social murder. The lady writer doesn't dumb it down. thank you Ms. Tolentino!

[@ajkoolhand7101]

@@vivianbobka5239 I totally agree.

[@isaacabraham613]

Brilliant young woman, this writer. Whatever she says resonates with my deep and abiding outrage over blatant capitalism.

[@denniszenanywhere]

Yes, it helps that she's Canadian born to Filipino parents -- sometimes you need an outside-looking-in perspective.

[@a.s.2426]

What is “blatant capitalism”? That doesn’t make sense.

[@maxbedroom6234]

​@@denniszenanywhereher parents must be proud of her😊

[@Athena-g712]

​@@a.s.2426 before Reagan, we had capitalism. Now we have murderous, cut-throat blatant capitalism. Some call it vulture capitalism. UHC is particularly adept at the practice.

[@elainejbaskin4255]

Bravo Jia Tolentino and Amanpour and Michel Martin for this conversation- social murder/structural violence embodied in our corporate health industry.

[@davidhaynes3126]

This has been on a slow boil for years . Regular Folks are sick of millionaires making healthcare impossible.

[@johnshaw8228]

Well then it is up to the millions to make the millionaires impossible to proceed in that manner. If there are not enough people with the moral courage to do that you will have to be a doormat to be stamped on and trapped on along with your children and grandchildren, mother's fathers aunts uncles sisters and brothers. They will continue killing you for prophet and you will just have to lie down and take it. If you think there is any other way except violence to dislodge them from power you better think again. I'm not advocating it but I am saying that these are the lessons of History. That's why you're supposed to nip it in the bud when power monopolizes keep asking for more and more and more power.

[@a.s.2426]

That’s somewhat fair. However, it’s not just millionaires who make healthcare impossible. Healthcare is necessarily a business which in any form will necessarily come with limits to coverage. How should those limits be drawn?

[@billyfink1234]

​@@a.s.2426What system do you want? Who has a better one and how do you know so?

[@seankerr9158]

I just want healthcare

[@zazhou]

True statement. But it needs to begin with diabolical food corporations and lobbyists who push and market unhealthy foodstuffs knowingly. This results in an American society that is overly obese and 'bloating' the health system to the extreme. A healthier society would reduce healthcare needs by more than half the current state.

[@davidhaynes3126]

It is a sophisticated systematic fleecing of poor people.

[@presence5426]

And not only poor, but middle class too.

[@DonG-1949]

this is how the world works bud

[@santyclause8034]

Spoken like a true Luddite.

[@Renata-s4f]

@@presence5426 include "upper middle class." We need to get rid of health insurance completely. They have a great system in Cuba, England, France and Germany. People have free medical care and doctors are well compensated.

[@presence5426]

@@Renata-s4f Right. A company like United Health will try to extract money from just about anyone. You could be rich and they'd probably deny your claim regardless.

[@El_papa_de_Rambo]

I don't see division, I see full support to Mangione.

[@laulaja-7186]

A few rich people find it outrageous that the hoi polloi don't like billionaire scammers. Thus, "controversy".

[@andreaandrea6716]

Same same!!

[@sg3-h7u]

Yes!

[@Novusod]

Most people in the real world don't approve of the murderer. Talk to people face to face, not online. You will get entirely different perspective. Nobody actually supports the murderer except in online rage bait. So much of what you read online is completely fake and written by chat bots. Meanwhile in the real world the first person to recognize him immediately called the police. The Mangione fan club isn't real. A scientific poll was conducted by Emerson showed a majority of adults (68%) think the actions of the killer of the United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, are unacceptable. Seventeen percent find the actions acceptable, while 16% are unsure. Mangione supporters set up a defense fund that raised $150,000 but consider that Daniel Penny had a defense fund that raised over $3 million. Twenty times as much. Daniel Penny has 20 times the supporters of Mangione. Endorsing murder is a fringe lunatic position. His actual support is minuscule. When this goes to court he is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

[@spork8655]

Even my ~80 year old parents get it.

[@marthacastro9162]

Thanks for having this lady in this interview!❤❤❤❤❤

[@armchairpsychologist2423]

Americans have tried protests and letter writing campaigns and rallies... We have Occupied Wall Street, held campus sit-ins and walks to end police violence... none of it had any real impact. There are limits to "polite society" and a citizenry pushed to the brink, sometimes pushes back...

[@weston.weston]

Preach, preach!

[@David_Best]

My view precisely. There are limits to playing by the rules. This is the dynamic that foments revolution.

[@thebookkeeper0851]

That is exactly what Elizabeth Warren said, before retracting her comment.

[@presence5426]

Universal health care has literally been talked about since FDR in the 1930's!!! Medicare For All was part of Ted Kennedy's campaign in 1980!

[@stevemoserify]

well put

[@Jondantic]

Years of peaceful remonstrance have done nothing to change this situation. Unfortunately one act of violence has started this conversation and that is a fact

[@ernestheau9146]

On the day he was killed by Luigi Mangiole, CEO Brian Thompson was attending a conference at the Hilton Hotel in order to celebrate the record profits of United Healthcare, which made much of that money by denying health care to subscribers of that health insurance company. Thompson earned at least $10 million a year for his efforts. Is Luigi guilty of murder and terrorism? That is up to the jury to decide. But he deserves to be respected for his motive.

[@ojsbklyn]

How many did Brian Thompson kill every day?

[@andreaandrea6716]

I respect him. He has sacrificed his life in order to SPEAK FOR US. !

[@MultipleOffenses]

In his first year as CEO, UHC increased denials of claiming by nearly 3 times. If only our media would remind us of that as much as they remind us that he was a husband and father.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@MultipleOffenses You can write (email) the media outlets that do this and remind them of this. I consistently write to individuals at the NYTimes and challenge all sorts of things (like their calling what is going on in Gaza "a war" when it is, in fact, a genocide. I say "Stop sterilizing the language! We are not stupid. It's insulting." KEEP WRITING! I never (or hardly ever) hear back. But it doesn't matter. If enough people write to them to say these things, IT MATTERS, it DOES make a difference! Just a small comment CAN make a difference. YOU can make a difference!

[@nomadicroadrat]

@ernestheau9146 Thompson was a father, but he was a murderer, a serial killer, and he did so for profit.

[@DP-mu4sr]

Spectacular coverage. Thank you for doing better than the mainstream media outlets. 👏🏼

[@1Kent]

She said "the American Appetite for violence" What about Americans appetite for justice? Tens of thousands of Americans die needlessly every year as the result of these healthcare insurance companies. The government collectively twiddle their thumbs, musing "If only we could do sonething!"

[@laulaja-7186]

By calling it violence she shows a deep disrespect for the public well being. Has she no recollection of the ethical concepts taught to young English children by the Robin Hood stories?

[@mari3602]

Isn't it amazing how the masses just accept injustice and being used and abused by the corporations. Even the 1 million people killed and aided by Trumps incompetence during Covid is some how forgotten and seemingly forgiven. When will the general population find a line in the sand where enough is enough.

[@nabbunsechkie]

Hahaha i wouldn't call it lionizing. It's more like a spark of hope in the dark. This was a unifying moment while we're being divided by corporate media, social media, and the rich.

[@LadyhawksLairDotCom]

Yeah, I was playing the Ed Sullivan version of "Walk Him Up the Stairs" on repeat, singing along, watching everyone dance. What a funeral! :) It is probably fleeting, alas.

[@ghogsten]

The New Yorker & The Atlantic. Thank god for written journalism .

[@GardenerGeorge]

NOT The Atlantic !!! It is just long form of NYT / NPR Centrist propaganda . Unabashed support for Wall St And US military empire with a fig leaf of support for the “ left “ Side of social issues .

[@dylantrashmint8379]

Free Luigi Mangione

[@laulaja-7186]

I for one volunteer for the jury duty. And I promise to be completely gullible and say whatever the judge tells me to. Fingers crossed.

[@winstonsmith3070]

Luigi sacrificed his life to bring awareness to the greed and corruption of the health care industry. Sad that this was the way it had to be done. He is a modern day John Brown.

[@GingerMint215]

I think you are right. He sacrificed his life for a moral cause. Attention should be paid.

[@JustinaB-h9w]

He did this for his ego. He had the means to help people in need and didn't do anything.

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

@@JustinaB-h9w absurd and false - he had the means to pay everyone's medical bills? nope

[@robwest36]

Fuah!

[@scores718]

Very troubled by these developments. When you're only you have troubled mind.

[@dellafella22]

If a woman is abused for years and finally kills her partner in an act of self-defense, no one questions her motives. The American public has been abused by this predatory industry for decades, so the question should not be why Luigi did what he did, but rather why no one did it sooner. The fact that every CEO in America is looking over their shoulder now is as it should be, and we have Luigi to thank for that.

[@presence5426]

Some sort of do, actually. "Why didn't you just leave/go to the police/_____".

[@jeremysmith9694]

I think a lot of people would question their motive. They would certainly go to court. Was that really the best option?

[@fionawallace580]

Interesting analogy. 🤔

[@SuperCOCOPANDA]

This is the best interview I've seen discussing the Mangione case. Thanks Jia for assenting that the Health Insurance Companies are immoral and evil and that is why there is so much support for Mangione.

[@annawarner1078]

Luigi unified the country. That is the fact. We all are being screwed up by Insurance companies, not only health insurance, but also auto and home insurance.

[@17thsavior]

Amanpour show is a head above the rest. Thoughtful interviewer and excellent guests.

[@Maddie9185]

I love to listen to Michelle Martin because she always brings in great intelligent individuals to speak about important topics.

[@weston.weston]

I completely agree, the show has excellent interviews.

[@ajshaka3212]

Luigi is a modern day hero.

[@laulaja-7186]

If Saint Luigi had been arrested just a couple months earlier, Americans could all be writing him in on the presidential ballot. Better than the big-party options for sure.

[@JulietCrowson]

Flawed as everyone is ✝️

[@allcity6369]

Finally an interview that talks about why!

[@gold9ja]

Sadly this was inevitable and this anger has been breeding for decades, so it doesn’t surprise me. Luigi is a representation of people’s frustrations of the American healthcare system. I don’t condone murder but I understood the anger the pushed Luigi to do what he did. As a result I believe this is just the beginning of more incidents like this until there is real change in not only on healthcare but other issues affecting the quality of life of most Americans of middle and lower classes

[@ayeaye1363]

I really feel sorry for all average American citizens. Your people are going through unnecessary pain and suffering.

[@jlvandat69]

"t I understood the anger the pushed Luigi to do what he did"....I don't think you do. Examining this case closely, you'll find his anger had nothing to do with a broken healthcare system. Luigi had chronic back trouble that was preventing him from being "the perfect person" ......a life of entitlement and a brilliant mind had created a young man who couldn't tolerate imperfection within himself, so he became increasingly-frustrated. He never once suffered due to a broken healthcare system, but needed a scapegoat for his intense anger, which happened to be UHC. It could have been anything.....e.g., the young man who shot at DJT....same thing. The important point is that anger gets misdirected, often. Where does our anger belong? Simple.....there's one political party that has consistently fought better healthcare and better health insurance reforms, the GOP. That's the "rightful target".

[@MM-qp4pd]

The media and politicians have been proudly glorifying chaos, greed and violence for years and they pretend to wonder why this happened????

[@santyclause8034]

​@@jlvandat69 Hearsay... inadmissible.

[@David_Best]

"Weather Underground" is resonating in my head. I wonder why?

[@weston.weston]

Jia is soooooo spot on, yes!

[@mimosa9638]

Of course “Thou shall not kill” but then… Presidents cannot do anything. Senators can only complain. In the meantime Insurance company like United Health gets richer by the month, American citizens keep writing the premium check, the elderly keep filing bankruptcy, families keep agonizing on how to get medical help for their loved one… Of course I do not agree with Luigi’s act. His action is not condoned by my religious, social, and personal precept. But oh, how I do understand him. His action cannot be mine but his frustration is. Yes I so understand Luigi. Very well truly.

[@laulaja-7186]

You do not agree with Luigi's act? Then perhaps you are also opposed to the people who took out Osama bin Laden. He killed fewer people than Brian Thompson.

[@pedroportillo1585]

With Luigi, it’s a catch 22. Even if you look him up, he will become a martyr to many people since he gave some power back to all the people who have been screwed over by the healthcare system.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

The people who see themselves as “screwed over by the system” also vote Republican. So I don’t feel any sympathy for them.

[@pattonjames8060]

AARP carries so much United Healthcare advertising you'd think that AARP endorses United Healthcare as America's premiere health insurer, and by such endorsement AARP is actually complicit in the healthcare fraud perpetrated by United Healthcare.

[@MS-1917]

AARP hasn't really advocated for the essential needs of seniors since the 90s. They did advocate for prescription pricing competition but it doesn't go into effect until next year. It will likely get overturned due to the new administration.

[@austinchoi9802]

Health insurance is based on greed and not humanity. Greed is a form of hate like a murder is.

[@MYwinters1945]

Luigi Mangione? You mean the real american hero?

[@mercoid]

The REAL One!!!!!!!!☝️

[@sonyashrestha2597]

Luigi Mangione is a real hero

[@yomellamo6060]

For all those innocent people who died in brian Thompson care now can rest in peace justice has been served.

[@marioguelbenzu2348]

We are not celebrating the murder! We feel hopeful that now congress will address the insurances’ corruption.

[@Happy.Jack818]

No they will not. Trump didn’t even mention health care when addressing this situation.

[@marioguelbenzu2348]

@ I am afraid neither president care

[@laulaja-7186]

Celebrate justice.

[@rebeccaadamson5972]

Andrew Witty's article was just further proof how out of touch the company is. Work together to improve health insurance transparency? Sir that is literally YOUR JOB. You could change it in a second without any government oversight or votes.

[@johncollins862]

When I saw that article, my first reaction was it’s like putting lipstick on a pig.

[@floretta65]

profoundly immoral. finally we can talk openly about it

[@tsean1158]

American people are suffocating and suffering.

[@PhrontDoor]

Well, it's probably that Luigi didn't kill his target for money -- whereas the CEO made ALL of his money PURELY off of the death and suffering of people he deemed that he could profit from.

[@laulaja-7186]

Very important point. We all try not to think about the likes of Brian Thompson, but with every new brain cell that gets involved, his departure looks like even more of a good thing.

[@CS-sujata]

mark the fact - Rich are becoming richer and poor stay poor & helpless, & no moral accountability

[@julieb7785]

Listen to Bill Moyers chat w Paul Krugman in 2014 . We are being squashed by an oligarchy that remains largely out of view, a select mob that orders Hochul to call this an act of terrorism. On par w 911 or Boston Mararhon?

[@elizabethfretz1614]

Our health care system is violent = 💯. We have to rise up and get our government to fix it. 1/3 of coverage declined is unreal and concerning.

[@YarPirates-vy7iv]

Jia communicated her ideas fantastically! Very direct, I love it.

[@kathieharine5982]

What about housing costs? This country needs a real reset.

[@presence5426]

Voters had the chance to nominate Bernie Sanders... TWICE! They chose Clinton & Biden.

[@MS-1917]

​@@presence5426 I wanted a Sanders and Warren ticket.

[@presence5426]

@@MS-1917 Oh, me too. 2016 or 2020. So completely sad how Warren accused Bernie of sexism. They should have joined forces. Sanders/Ventura 2016 would have been wild as well.

[@Renata-s4f]

@@presence5426 Biden was the worst pic. Clinton was likewise awful.

[@S2023.]

A hospice chaplain explained this is the american system. kick grandma out of assisted living, and take all her assets in exchange for long-term care 3 yrs max.

[@sandyrosenberger2415]

Fantastic interview. Well done ladies!

[@peterdollins3610]

How many people have United Healthcare killed/murdered, deliberatly? How many Brian Thompson?

[@laulaja-7186]

Killed more than Bin Laden. Far more. And few of us have any moral qualms about Bin Laden's "extrajudicial police action" that included invading a foreign country.

[@irenewheatley8669]

Awesome interview many ways of unliving people. Greed and lack of empathy would destroy a country.

[@janaka861]

First: These ‘insurance’ companies DO NOT PROVIDE HEALTHCARE! We go to a doctor or a hospital for our care. Second: When these ‘insurance’ companies deny payment for a service THEY KNOWINGLY ATTEMPT TO SAVE MONEY! Third: These ‘insurance’ companies KNOW that some of their denials WILL LEAD TO INJURY AND DEATH. They simply don’t know which denial will do that. Fourth: When these ‘insurance’ companies deny 30% of claims the CEOs absolutely know that deaths are involved - that is PREMEDITATED MURDER. Fifth: A real insurance company is a company which contracts with citizens to provide payment for health care when it receives an appropriate claim FROM A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. A real insurance company collects from everyone who contracts with them and charges them based on an actuarial table of predicted need and takes the predicted profit. An insurance company is NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DENYING PAYMENT!! Sixth: THESE ARE NOT INSURANCE COMPANIES - THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING INSURANCE. THEY ARE FRAUDULENTLY OPERATING AS ‘INSURANCE COMPANIES’.

[@ethanddog31]

Free Luigi!

[@guitaring1]

14:19 "there are obstructive forms of protest in this country" I wish there was an organization in place that could harness this energy and get people into the streets.

[@TheDecoratus]

True….hundreds, if not thousands of people are denied of healthcare under CEO’s so they can amass fortune & wealth, live in a very affluent lifestyle at the expense of people losing their life and families suffering the pain and agony of loss. This must loudly resonate and should stop!!!

[@MsLV64]

Fabulous analysis. Thank you so much.

[@Dav-S5658]

The real question here is whether we share a common moral framework, or we don't. It is quite a different frame to defend all the horrible things that the health insurance industry has done, or to defend the actions of one man who tried to affect change the only way he saw possible. Jia has this right.

[@lindarichmond1197]

Thank you to you all for covering this painful topic so sensitively

[@damon13]

Thank you for presenting this unbiased and responsible journalism!

[@disappeared819]

FREE LUIGI 🎉

[@escargotiskuhol]

Thanks for having Jia Tolentino here. This channel shows intelligence and empathy. Eat the rich.

[@lkostova]

The only difference between health insurance companies and drug cartels is the rubber stamp of the system. Both profit from suffering and death.

[@sandramilfort9261]

I’m Canadian and health care is free. I’m praying for Luigi.

[@JustinaB-h9w]

As a Canadian and American your comment disgusts me. We did not have to resort to assassination in Canada to gain national healthcare.

[@svetadarling]

Brilliant take! Thank you.

[@americanexpat8792]

One would have to be profoundly naive to be surprised by normal people's reaction to this guy's assassination. The only thing that it is surprising is that it took this long for something like this to happen.

[@samdc915]

This needs to be seen by more people

[@georgejetson9801]

This is the best interview I've seen in a long time. Great questions asked and really makes you think

[@AGirlofYesterday]

Yes. Personally $25k in debt because of a congenital condition that is not my choice or my fault, and I am understandably angry. Think of all I could have done with that money.

[@Justagirlwhotravels]

I am not even from this country and I love the conversations this act initiated among all sections of society.

[@kathygregg1016]

Good interview! I'm a Canadian. Whew! Thank goodness!

[@h.neubert8770]

The money that goes to shareholders is funneled away from what could be healthcare

[@AlisonStarrContemporaryArtist]

Thank you so much!!! Included in this thank you is the introduction to me of the brilliant Jia Tolentino.

[@roscoe-xw6lj]

Healthcare is guilty of greed and the problem has been there and now it came to the forefront, where it should be. It is an issue that is separate to the violence. Violence is not being condoned, nor should people be guilt tripped for wanting the healthcare system to be humane.

[@harmoni4499]

Thank you so much Amanpour for inviting a great guest(Jia Tolentino) & speak for us!

[@joko09010]

The fear of getting sick and having to use the current system, despite carrying an expensive health insurance policy, is palpable. The policy is expensive, the deductible is high, the coverage is often denied, and we have NO IDEA what the total costs will be until AFTER the services are provided. It’s insane. We wouldn’t buy a refrigerator that way.

[@conradsieber7883]

The answer takes 5 seconds not 15 minutes. Healthcare CEO's get millions by denying lifesaving claims. The fact the media continues asking this idiotic question speaks volumes about their being out of touch.

[@laulaja-7186]

Perhaps Ms Amanpour has never lived in America? Perhaps she feels obligated to only present the world as seen by billionaires?

[@fastenit27]

*NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, stated: Brian Thompson "...was just doing his job."* Are people who are supporting or working for an unethical or corrupt business or organization, not responsible for perpetuating those ethics? Without Thompson as CEO (or others acting similarly), UnitedHealthcare would not have denied legitimate claims, and people's health/lives might have been spared. Shouldn't people refuse to work for unethical businesses that damage others? Are we not culpable, if we support this type of business or industry? If Bashar al-Assad, brutal dictator of Syria, didn't have soldiers or others supporting him, would he have had the power decimate hundreds of thousands of citizens? Wouldn't Cesar, Hitler, Mussolini, Putin, etc. have stood alone, with no power?

[@Renata-s4f]

Bashar Al Assad was fighting Isis the the US installed in the region. Don't believe prime time news in the USA.

[@laurafriedsam4177]

Thank you for speaking the obvious truth to all the non and under and fully insured Americans.

[@peace-or2cp]

Excellent interview, both the interviewer and interviewee were clear and were able to cover many salient points. On another note the CEO of United "Healthcare" flat out lied in writing that there was no intentionality to our current "system" of healthcare. It was very intentional. All the big "insurers" have been lobbied like mad for years to bring us to this point. Sadly, the incoming government won't do a damn thing.

[@tenton459]

Chaotic response? Anything but. It's corporate lackies who are chaotic in their response.

[@JohnShuff-c4i]

That nice Mr Mangione just shines a spot light on a major problem in the US, he should run for President of the United States.

[@laulaja-7186]

Had he only been arrested a couple months earlier, everyone could be writing him in on the ballot, whether he ran for it or not.

[@franceshorton918]

A convicted felon? Run for President? For sure ! Nowadays we have a precedent President 😂

[@JohnShuff-c4i]

@franceshorton918 Like it 😁😁😁😁

[@garyvalentini5598]

Arab Spring? ...how about American Spring...against plutocratic oligarchy

[@laulaja-7186]

Very well said.

[@vanessawu1279]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

If Luigi had written a sternly worded letter, or even a signed petition, to this CEO about his company's shady practices, nothing would have happened. Our representatives in Congress are also do-nothings. This is really their fault because they made it legal for him to do this to us by forming the laws that govern healthcare. How do we get change in this country?

[@goldmother2238]

Yes, structures can create violence .... slavery, pay disparity, lack of paid maternity leave .... the list is long

[@robincosta8973]

Former health insurance employees have declared that they were required to meet a QUOTA FOR DENIALS. That's the way a business operates. Their job is to make money for their investors. THIS IS WHY HEALTH INSURANCE SHOULD NOT BE FOR PROFIT.

[@meribelgoldwin]

What an incredible interview. ❤❤❤❤

[@nitrox58]

Healthcare is squeezing the life out of those who dare to get sick.

[@GeLl-q9g]

If the jury in New York doesn’t free him it will be the most shameful jury in history. Just awful corrupts

[@nitrox58]

First off it's murder...not terrorism.

[@Renata-s4f]

Bragg is a devious crooked prosecutor who wants to bump up the charge because normally the charge in NY could only be 2nd degree murder. So he decided to add terrorism to the charge. I am hoping he is disbarred for his role in the Trump lawfare. He also needs to work on getting his neck back.

[@bernardkealey6449]

“Economic freedom fighter”

[@laulaja-7186]

It's in self defence. And the defence of others. Involuntary manslaughter?

[@fustian]

mainstream media in america allowing a mainstream journalist to quote FEngels, and not only tolerate it but boost it as part of a helpful account of our healthcare system? thank god whatever is happening rn please let it continue

[@johnhiz6239]

For profit system that relies on the Federal Government for subsidies.

[@darrenjurme7231]

Excellent interview. Thank you.

[@ajkoolhand7101]

Spot on. And I am coming from the Middle. Not left and not right. You addressed the real issues.

[@dyskelia]

The point is that what these companies do is so heinous that it makes the murder of this man look like nothing in comparison. I think that’s how we got here.

[@antoniovaldez4774]

GOD SAVE LUIGI

[@adamloepker8057]

This could solve the problem, what do you think?: Take the monthly government stipend meant for insurance companies and put it in an HSA in the patients name, the patient can then buy insurance or outright healthcare. This forces insurance companies to offer a quality product or lose funding with no additional government spending.

[@RadicalcenterCN]

Luigi will be free.

[@JaZaarMercury]

We who are oppressed love those who fight against oppression and the oppressors.

[@lillygarfield4531]

Thou shall not kill ..... unless you're a CEO.

[@facelessman7733]

How many did that CEO kill?

[@JJSo12345]

“The American health care system…there is no reason for it to exist in the way that it does…” Actually there is a reason: For healthcare insurance companies to profit. That’s the truth. These companies ‘exist’ but they don’t ‘work’…as in, they don’t help to provide healthcare unless patients can afford gold-level plans and premiums which the majority of Americans cannot do. With companies that provide car insurance, they work, they provide repairs and/or payouts…and many claims INCLUDE medical claims. Why is the denial rate of car insurance 5-10% and the denial rate for health insurance 2-49%? This is the question that has to be answered. Should healthcare insurance companies be abolished? I think so….but unfortunately, I think that pushing for that might be unconstitutional. Sigh…. In the US, 60% of personal bankruptcies are due the medical debt. SIXTY PERCENT. The system is beyond broken…as in there is no system for the majority of US citizens.

[@lightdestiny7]

Thank you, very well said!