Doctor on Health Insurance CEO Murder | Healthcare Rage Reaches Breaking Point

[@mrmagoo9901]

I think this goes a lot deeper than health care. People are fed up across the board. Thank you for your presentation!

[@Mhantrax]

The word / concept is: Oligarchy. This is what people are enraged about, but don't understand the depth. This CEO? He is a literal nobody in the oligarchy. A literal screw holding a cog. ... ... What does that make us?

[@jukopliut]

You twist enough something is going to brake.

[@jnagarya519]

@@Mhantrax MAGA is also enraged -- for FAKE "reasons". The same happens to others.

[@actionalex3611]

@@jukopliut Anyone reacting to the fact his backpack straps changed color from light beige to dark grey...? Are they gonna make him a scapegoat...?

[@actionalex3611]

It´s not the same guy

[@wearelegion1163]

Will the greedy CEOs ever learn from this? No, they'll just get better security for themselves.

[@neurogalmd]

This is an unfortunate but likely possibility.

[@CarnaghSidhe]

@@neurogalmd I understand all the reasons why violence within society is unacceptable. They're good reasons. I still cannot shake off the feeling however that we have become too passive, and the distance between us an violent action has become too great. Moreover, this circumstance is I feel being exploited... There are predators who are too comfortable amongst us, and who have settled into a rather smug existence... I also get that we're all victims of victims... but... An American health insurance CEO? I have no sympathies for such a predator. Justice doesn't always happen in a courtroom, and the state, does not have a monopoly on justice. Not all heroes wear capes. Why wouldn't a rational adult support the actions that took place? I'm Anglo-Irish from across the Pond. My family are from Belfast in Northern Ireland. I understand The Troubles, and I understand the grotesque but necessary role violence played leading to the peace process. In forcing the peace process to take place... Northern Ireland is a better place now. As for "rage filled moments"... I am in my mid-50s, and I have BPD. All well in control for a long stretch now, life is good... I bring it up to suggest that you and I may have fundamentally different understandings of "rage filled moments", and the two of us likely look quite different during such moments. My demeanour is its calmest, during "rage filled moments". My actions are most deliberate during such moments... All very rare now, but I think it illustrates a point. Be careful when you start to draw lines between a person's actions and their emotions just based on observation. Thought I'd throw my 2 pence on the table. All the best to you and yours Doctor :)

[@CarnaghSidhe]

@@neurogalmd I really did engage with the subject in a calm and reasonable manner, and was really careful with my language... My comment still went bye-bye... Reasons for frustration on the subject.

[@frankpierco8826]

True. And it's the companies that will pay for their security team/body guards. So in order to maximize the holy Profit ...

[@joex24b]

And we'll pay more for their security.

[@Hi_Its_Z]

I'll allow this evil excuse of a man as much empathy & compassion as he would to any of the millions & millions of innocent people he made multitudes of fortunes from. He strategized to squeeze every last cent from them while doing what he did, amplifying their rates of pain and suffering, all while his insatiable greed knew no bounds. These insurance entrepreneurs are a disgusting display of disregard for human life. Insurance entrepreneurs like this are awful.

[@StephenBolger]

It’s insulting that healthcare costs so much just to have, then the additional costs. When you are then denied claims for necessary treatment, that just feels like a joke, but the greed that causes that is not funny. Overall, the healthcare system doesn’t work very well when it’s a for profit system that cuts claims to maintain profits. Healthcare should be seen as an essential service available to all people and its function should be seen as a top priority and not a privilege.

[@truelies3690]

In any other country yes, it exists and for many many decades. It doesn't exist here in USA TITANIC. It never has. It's for profit here. Sold to the highest bidder and not to be given away for free. Rest assured the denials will continue. That ain't stopping. And our own government politicians criminals traitors won't stop it.

[@marianemes72]

Hungary, Central Europe here. We had a colleague from the US, she had really bad symptoms of COVID in 2021. We told her we were calling an ambulance. She was more scared of how much she would have to pay for care than she was of the possibility of dying. Another colleague didn't want to go to the clinic with pneumonia symptoms for the same reasons. All of the above were and are free except for the prescription of the medicine. He had to pay 5 euros...(if he were a Hungarian citizen with a registered local GP, it would have been the 10-30 % of that.) I don't know about US economics or financial policies, but healthcare should never be profit based. Never.

[@sandbar3000]

Well, unfortunately, sometimes someone has to die in the insurance industry and then maybe things will turn around. I'm not sure. I'm not sure what it's going to take for the mindset to change. Because right now it is profits over healthcare and it is money, not health. So I don't know how many people in the insurance companies have to die and have to be murdered before something changes. I don't know. I'm not really sure

[@mmlvx]

I refused an ambulance ride after a traffic accident because I didn't want to spend the next 20 years paying it off. (US Pacific northwest, near Seattle)

[@nancykay4128]

Thank you for speaking out about the anger people are feeling.

[@brucedohner3825]

If only there was another approach to healthcare besides as an investor opportunity to reap millions and millions of dollars denying health care.

[@tranquil2706]

Europe has many examples that could be adapted for the US.

[@johngalt5411]

While the death of this man is chilling, It's also chilling that 32% of UHC claims are denied while the industry average is 16%. And everyone seems to have been touched by this, myself included. But no one in authority seems to want to talk about that, why?

[@cybervigilante]

Brian became CEO in 2021 when the UHC denial rate was 17% and was killed when denial rates reached 33%. Imagine all the people the CEO is responsible for killing. The gunman isn't the villain.

[@superbrian7997]

Something that I’ve realized very recently is that supervillains really do exist irl. A supervillain is a person or group with higher power and lower consciousness. We see this from the USA, UK & Israel’s awful actions in Gaza and elsewhere. And CEO Brian Thompson fit the bill for this by the “Duck Test” and so does the Health Insurance Industry. True superheroes have higher power and higher consciousness. Luigi Mangione is a highly educated young man but as for his level of enlightenment. That is up for Peer Review. But the only thing that will make our lives better is true superheroes irl. Individuals and Groups with Higher Power, Consciousness & Purpose.

[@brownsfanindayton]

The correct answer is that they are both villains

[@Mike-ld4ou]

The largest health care denier. So no pity here.

[@homolix]

well said

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

Insurance isn't health care! You being ok with this is pathetic as the act itself!

[@glennoropeza3545]

No pity from me either! Only sympathy from me is the people who have been ripped off!

[@unbreakable7633]

When a society ceases to work for the average person, expect people to take the law into their own hands. It is going to get worse, not better.

[@Msus-dd9jd]

Yes, because we all know on whose side Trump is. And it's not the average person. I said we all know that but a lot of people still haven't got that message apparently.

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

​@@Msus-dd9jd Really? Harris went BILLIONS in debt and bought a bunch of celebrities to pander to you!

[@scotthullinger4684]

Things of this sort only get WORSE specifically because of the conditions which are created by the political Left. Moreover, he could have CHOSEN any medical plan he desired, not just United Health Care, being from a wealthy family. Not too different from choosing ANY other sort of insurance. You get what you pay for.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

​@@scotthullinger4684except that you pay but they decline for one loophole or another. Insurance companies aren't renown for being run by moralistic people. The bottom line is everything and always at great cost to the insured.

[@GideonCyrus-f8t]

You choose this system every four years

[@michaelkuhn402]

Stock Ownership by Executives and Board Members in companies they control is NOT allowed in some foreign countries. I see WHY.

[@jonkinter8822]

If healthcare was privatized what would change?

[@michaelkuhn402]

@@jonkinter8822 Healthcare IS privatized. I'm on Medicare also known as Socialized Healthcare and I used to be on Privatized Healthcare and that one is a JOKE. Medicare is a fraction of what I use to pay. My 7000 deductible turned me into what is known as SELF PAY.

[@boldlygo3469]

I see my earlier comment was completely removed. How can we engage in conversation when YT removes dissenting points of view. YT is almost as disgusting as insurance companies are.

[@neurogalmd]

I’m sorry to hear your comment is not showing up. Thank you for letting me know. Sometimes comments are “held” for review so I’ll look to see if your comment is there.

[@2nd_foundation]

It happens frequently but you should modify your message, I found it is possibile to keep the concept written in another way.

[@wearelegion1163]

@@boldlygo3469 Commenting on YT requires a lot of self-censorship or your comment will disappear into the ether.

[@roxyiconoclast]

Agreed. I’ve had many comments removed or not show up , even some on non-controversial topics such as language learning. Seems worse for political topics, of course. Very frustrating.

[@boldlygo3469]

@@roxyiconoclast They hire a bunch of snot-nosed, control freaks who can't control their fragile emotions when someone says something that hurts their snowflake feelings. They still haven't grown up.

[@1006-i7e]

We had a chance to vote for Universal Healthcare. A lot of the people in these comments and all over America OPPOSSED it and called it "socialism."

[@truelies3690]

The ones that voted against it, had and have it still. So they don't care. But they are going to care when it gets taken away next year. Too little too late to vote it all back in. 😂

[@giusdb]

Yes, if the usa is terrible, it is because its inhabitants are terrible, or at least the majority of those who vote, obtusely fixated like talibans on rights of principle and not on concrete results. However, this system can also be made to work, for example by making those who delay or hinder valid requests responsible for murder and attempted murder. Or for certain companies, the first responsibility is the customers and the health of the company, only after the shareholders. But every gain involves losses, compromises, and it does not seem that those who vote in the usa have intentions other than defending their position at all costs.

[@douglashogg4848]

One of the leading opponents of Universal Healthcare is the insurance industry. They spend millions convincing the people who would benefit the most that it’s socialism. This along with their control of Congress is why a program like Medicare for all is so hard to achieve.

[@Howiefm28496]

So sad and frustrating that so American decried Universal Healthcare as socialism when they have no idea of either one😢

[@douglashogg4848]

@@1006-i7e one problem: I made a comment on how insurance companies block Medicare for All and KZbin deleted it. Corporate America.

[@kapdolkim1914]

This is a Minnesota company. And MN now has just a few big medical systems / insurers. And the few remaining collude. It has become so bad that doctors had to form a union in order to fight back. My Doc fought for and joined a union at Allina. Which is insane as Docs are usually anti-union. - The real problem is with the state and federal legislators. They take donations and give favors to the industry. So we have very weak regulatory oversight,

[@chelisue]

I’m fortunate to have been rendered totally disabled by the military. So I have no issues with coverage. But I’m the only one in my family who has this luxury. (sad that it’s a luxury). I wish everyone in the country had the same access as I have.

[@tofu_golem]

Trump is planning big cuts to the VA.

[@balancepoint71]

Guess what. They are coming after your healthcare. As a veteran you probably voted for Trump. Either way make a good sign to hold up at Walmart 😅

[@lynnehorizon5532]

Trump loves veterans.

[@jennyobyrne2731]

This is a really good summary of what his life and work values were.

[@sdzielinski]

Step 1: Single Payer health care Step 2: Abandoning the conciet that the United States has the best health care in the world. UN statistics show the USA is an outlier. Americans pay more than any other country but the public health data show that its health outcomes are inconsistent with the dollars spent. In a UN chart, the USA sits alone with no other country near it that spends so much. The only countries with outcomes as bad as the USA's spend significantly less than the USA. The instifutional complex similar to the health care system is the military. The USA loses nearly every war it fights or sponsors while spending more than its closest competitors combined. Both military procurement and health care spending are designed to funnel money to the key stakeholders, not to fund desirable and defensible outcomes. 3. Remove big money from politics.

[@douglashogg4848]

The claim that America has the best healthcare system is dubious. What does that mean. Yes it’s the best if you’re a highly placed political figure, CEO or just wealthy. But, for the average citizen it fails miserably.

[@SteveninTune]

1 free health care

[@Ghoulstille]

the reason it looks like he was trying to fix a gun jam is because the gun didn't jam, it's a bolt action handgun that has to be slid back each time you fire like a hunting riffle. It was designed for use with a suppressor which is probably why he went with it instead of a revolver or magazine pistol.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

Also it had a baffler, (outlawed It would not alarm the police via a city sound system, of gun shots.

[@mr.anderson3369]

Trump's like.."If you think the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is bad, here, hold my beer!" ..."Based on 2023 and early 2024 enrollment data, more than 45 million people are currently enrolled in Marketplace or Medicaid expansion coverage under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the highest total on record."

[@marianjayetileke9407]

Massive reforms are the way to go for these insurance companies so that they will do a good job and help the people

[@fatboydim.7037]

I'm a Brit and I know about medical bankruptcies in the US. It actually puts alot of people moving to the US off. Wealth inequality, and its the same in the UK needs to be addressed. But I can understand why somebody would hold a grudge if someone was a victim of health insurance, although I cannot condone it.

[@AndrewinAus]

Similar position from an Aussie here. You can understand the stress, frustration, reaching the absolute end of your tether without condoning the decision made by and the act undertaken by this man.

[@carlosgarza1962]

I'm sorry but justice was served. This CEO was a thief and crook

[@tantegerritje1496]

Hi Neurogal, as a Dutch resident and breast cancer survivor I would like to share some of my experiences with our healthcare. I payed 100 euros a month for my basic healthcare, and got all my scans, punctions, surgeries, aftercare, months of chemo, drugs, jabs, radiations, 2 breast reconstructions, and lipo filling payed for automatically. The hospital took care of all the administrative parts so that I did not have to fret and could rest. All the way I felt very much cared for and uplifted. Ir's now five years ago and I am healthy and thriving. I cannot imagine the stress and would doubt if I ve survived it if things would have been any different.

[@kitty667]

My grandma was just telling me about this today because the suspect was arrested in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. and the cop who arrested him, the McDonald’s, and the entire city of Altoona have been receiving death threats because people are upset that they even arrested him.

[@Pmc1744]

It is a shame this kid ruined his life over this, everybody knows what is going on and we can't do anything about it , and the CEO'S ARE MAKING MILLIONS.

[@Nick_the_Gold_Bach]

A medical professional has way too much to lose, a grieving family member probably feels he has nothing left to lose.

[@Nick_the_Gold_Bach]

_______________________________________________________________________ || || || My personal experience is not good either, neither with health and || || || ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@jamescampbell390]

Haven’t heard from our supposed govt leaders about this no press conference because the American people are raging interesting

[@sep1364-l3d]

They don't care they get the best healthcare coverage. Ask Trump now that he wants to take away OBAMACARE aka Affordable Care Act. Yet more than half the country voted this man back in office. Bet Thompson voted to get a bigger tax cut and look what that got him for being greedy. So Trump now may double think about taking ACA away especially since he had 2 failed assasination attempts. So if things are bad now with health care wait till Trump takes away Obamacare.

[@REPSDirect]

Because most are the take from healthcare and pharma.

[@randypalmer5457]

A sad fact is that Brian Thompson had thousands of our fellow citizens doing the actual dirty work.The workers are rewarded for their claim denial rate increasing. It is not just the execs on top profiting from this soul less behavior. The dirty work continues everyday.

[@BayonetBob]

That 1st comment was the best. "Preexisting condition " "claim denied"

[@AC-wq7fo]

"There's no way to stop this", says only country where this regularly happens.

[@janetrogers4738]

How many deaths was Thompson responsible for, due to his company policies and algorithms he approved or condoned?? Likely millions have suffered due to him. My sympathy is for his sons who will grow up without a dad and who will find out why people believe his dad was a vulture reaping profits off backs of dead policyholders.

[@OCISupport-yj5bd]

Enough is enough! This has reached critical mass. We need to send a message to out of touch executives and CEO'S "your company's mantra should not be Profits Over People!!

[@JD-dm4lo]

CEOs are part of the problem. But also; Billionaires and Investment companies are board members that choose the CEO. They can therefore decide what changes and profit techniques will be used to increase shareholder value. So; CEOs can be bought and sold if they don't play ball. And then there is the compensation package that includes stock options (bribery).

[@Lisa-r6u1w]

In the nineries i was having some depression not drastic but here's how it works 1 go get a referral pay the copay 2 go see a teenager pay co pay that you have explain your problem 3 pay co pay take tests 4 pay co pay finally see a mental health dr 5 admit the med gives severe headaches 6 decide id rather live with it than go through this again

[@mrpucket5736]

It could be rage ,some peoples rage is cold and calculating.

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

My Dr says he doesn't take UHC because they abuse doctors and don't pay them

[@rexwine]

I tend to believe that everything you don't really need can be left to the private market. But healthcare can be like suddenly needing to buy something very expensive with even more hangups to affording it in the process. Why wouldn't many people be upset? And it's not just a pleasure item. If competition works, then why isn't the US one of the most affordable places to get healthcare?

[@forcealchemist2603]

Universal Healthcare with collective bargaining in a similar fashion to what they've done with the Medicare price negotiations in recent years but across the board. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening anytime soon. This type of incident will probably become more common as people don't feel like they have any other recourse. Ironically, the CEO probably has more blood on his hands than the guy who took him out, so it's not surprising that people feel the way they do. A corrupt monopolist who plays games with people's lives to line his own pockets is representative of what people hate the most about this country in the current age.

[@feralhuman8790]

Hello Anna, I think it's wonderful that a medical professional is choosing to publicly and openly address the issue of the violence that IS health and medical "insurance" in america. Violence begets violence. And yet American society functions within a psychological and ideological trance with regard to what it chooses to define as violence and criminality. A "crime" is whatever the government decides it does not want you to do. "Violence" is at the same time legal and illegal, depending upon who does it, how they do it, and who is the victims and the victimizers are. A perfect example of this is "spanking", so-called "corporal punishment". A "legal owner", a mother or father, can violently assault a helpless, defenseless child with no fear of any punishment, while the very SAME act of violence, if carried out by a stranger, will result in an immediate arrest and severe legal punishment under laws of "aggravated assault", "battery upon a child", etc... You see this perverse hypocrisy in things like war, the death penalty, sport hunting, even suicide. Consider how the act of suicide is officially sanctioned as a "personal right", a "freedom", even, in stark contrast to the demonization of SOME types of murders of others. In this way society overtly ENCOURAGES troubled individuals to ideate to Self-harm and the Self-MURDER that IS, from my perspective, suicide. But back to the violence that is health/medical insurance in America. I choose to DEFINE violence as anything done by an individual or a social structure against other living, sentient beings, with a conscious realization that HARM will be experienced as a direct result of the act. Under this definition, health insurance causes immense harm to millions of people all across America. The design and operational structure itself is fatally flawed. it CANNOT AVOID causing harm on a genocidal scale. Instead of being HELPFUL, it is HARMFUL, on a foundational level. The design itself, with the "deductibles", "co-insurance", standards of "necessary care" versus "elective" care, etc..., ensure massive harm for millions, premature death for many thousands every year, lack of proper medical treatment and care for millions. Here is my personal experience. I HAVE UnitedHealthcare insurance through my full-time manual labor, $20/hr job. The deductible is $8,700.00 a year. Despite living paycheck to paycheck, I must pay $8,700.00 out of pocket for medical treatment and testing before this insurance covers anything. $140.00 is taken out of my paychecks every month, money I NEED to try to live a healthy lifestyle by being able to afford good food and the like, but this money is TAKEN from me with only the "promise" that MAYBE, if, I endure severe medical problems, I MIGHT recoup this money in insurance payments for my healthcare, even as THOUSANDS of additional dollars are forcibly taken from me because of the deductible and co-insurance "rules" of legal theft. On the issue of denial of care, another stark personal example is my vision. Despite being legally blind in one eye without glasses, and, not directly related to this blindness, slowly developing cataracts in BOTH eyes beginning in my mid-40's, health insurance consistently REFUSED to pay for cataract surgery until my cataracts "progressed" to the point where I had to quit my job for safety reasons. I'm not saying ANYTHING about the shooting here, because it is an utter perversion of mind consciousness that the shooting, a singular, isolated event, is the "trigger" that gets some people thinking and talking about the genocidal violence that IS health and medical insurance, violence that harms and "kills", we cannot use the accurate word of "murders" because of social brainwashing, MILLIONS of people on an ongoing basis each and every day. So, one individual is demonized for doing one bad thing, while an entire social structure, an entire INDUSTRY, is given a free pass to continue to inflict organized, structured, completely legal harm and death upon us all. When vigilantism becomes merely an expose of diseased social structures that universally harm us, consciousness is awakened to the duality and the hypocrisy of violence and criminality. Or so we can only HOPE. Sadly, the Orwellian brainwashing of what is moral, what is acceptable for individuals to do, versus corporations and the government, is a chasm of mind consciousness too great for the average person to fully embrace and integrate to their own philosophical understanding of the world. Take Care and Be Well, Anna!

[@Nick_the_Gold_Bach]

This is a brilliant piece, thank you for your well thought out and presented case. It deserves to be published in TIME or NewsWeek. I don't know if you regularly read either - you may recall that apart from the article title and eye-candy picture, each page has an offset "read-bait" clause quoted verbatim from the article, to get your attention. Often near the end of the article, to keep you engaged as long as possible. Well, I'd "read-bait" your article with this key phrase _______________________________________________________________________ || || || it is an utter perversion of mind consciousness that the shooting, || || a singular, isolated event, is the "trigger" that gets some people || || thinking and talking about the genocidal violence that IS health || || and medical insurance || || || --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My personal experience is not good either, neither with health insurance nor the actual health care itself. The red flag was there when I joined the scheme, they brazenly touted their member mission statement as THE BEST PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SCHEME ON THE MARKET 🚩 🔴 🤔 💼 📈 💊 🛡 ✨ 💪 🏥 📜 🔍

[@FemaleFootPainLover]

@@Nick_the_Gold_Bach Thanks for appreciating my perspective and insights. I like to express forbidden, hidden truths about life and about how society and government functions. Of course, not everyone agrees with or can recognize my perspective as being accurate and true. 😉 I don't read much mainstream media these days. Only enough to confirm that the vast majority of humanity appears to remain hopelessly trapped within a mind-web of perversely hypocritical rationalizations, and continues to mindlessly embrace the social doctrines and irrational life perspectives they are indoctrinated with from birth. From my perspective, the greatest moral failure of "healthcare" is the bizarre notion that it can or should function as a privately run "business" within the American structure of Vulture Capitalism which mandates the worship of monetary gain above all else. This very foundational failure of mind-consciousness, ensures on a genocidal scale that universal injustice, unnecessary suffering, cruelty, and the infliction of harm via medical care and treatment, will always be the status quo, the default reality experience for most EVERYONE. Including, ironically, the very rich as well as the very poor. The poor may suffer more, but the rich still suffer greatly, with the dispensation of unnecessary prescription medication, as always for monetary profit, causing just as much harm to the wealthy.

[@SuperRicky1974]

Thanks for the video. I found it really difficult to watch and experienced the inner struggle of wanting a non violent way to resolve conflict and also feeling the rage and fear of believing I’m powerless. NGL (nonviolent global liberation ) would be a great place to start in bringing reform.

[@glennoropeza3545]

I'm not a sympathizer for the dead CEO! I'm angry for the people who have been ripped-off by United Healthcare!

[@helenaleiby]

The health care system in USA needs a reform

[@stevenpiehl6199]

FREE LUIGI

[@martini1179]

I agree with you on everything except when you said that the shooting of Brian Thompson is a tragedy. In a hypothetical situation, say he was instead a Nazi commandant, and ran a concentration camp but didn't personally kill anyone, how would it be different? He would still be a large cog in a corrupt system and would be indirectly responsible for thousands or potentially tens of thousands of deaths, and he would have full knowledge of the consequences of his actions. Would you say that is hypothetical capture and trial were a tragedy? Rhetorical question.

[@novideostoday]

Not a tragedy. Nobody is sad or feels sorry for him. Funny how the only positive thing anyone can say about the guy is that he had a family. Yeah, right. As if living in separate apartments with your partner makes you a real family man 😅

[@roxyiconoclast]

Thanks!

[@neurogalmd]

Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness and support! I really appreciate it and I appreciate you!

[@sonny.v925]

Thank you for the articulate and objective video. The broken system is the number 1 reason that I want to leave this country. I love it here and although every other country has its own problems, fear for healthcare coverage and or being bankrupted by medical bills is not one of them. I'm 49 and want to retire in 5 years and paying for private healthcare (until Medicare -- I'll move back when I can get it) is absolutely ridiculously unaffordable. As many others have found out, having coverage here is no guarantee. I hope things get better but as long as healthcare is a business, I don't see things improving.

[@roxyiconoclast]

Agreed. But traditional Medicare actually is expensive due to needed add-ons, and Medicare Advantage covers surprisingly little with serious illness such as cancer. I’d suggest you research this thoroughly if Medicare even exists when you’re thinking of returning.

[@kapdolkim1914]

Yah, I am leaving the country again, too. The corruption in health care is also in so many other industries. Life is very tedious in the USA.

[@terrysteward6765]

If violence is never justified, if you had a firearm and someone was attacking you with a machete, would you use violence to save your life? That is just one example out of thousands of possibilities. My friend killed a guy in this same situation. My grandson, at age 10, killed a guy who was attacking his mother. Is that a case where violance is never justified?

[@Luvs2nap]

Chilling? More like, Telling

[@CharlieAndrijanoff]

Just one example of the anti-corporate sentiment arising from a sense of powerlessness while a small group prospers from social immiseration in every department of life. Thank you for your balanced view.

[@michael-dy8tz]

We've had it with these ceos! I got denied so many times with United health care. I hate it.

[@GregF-k7w]

Finally what we've al been waiting for, a doctors opinion 😂😂😂

[@Msus-dd9jd]

The guy left too many crumbs for the FBI unfortunately. Just a matter of time before he will be apprehended. At least his trial will keep stirring up the necessary debate in society.

[@roxyiconoclast]

Thanks for this insightful video. Sorry to say that I feel this killing was a public service - this insurance exec was in effect a serial killer. While he and his company reportedly were being investigated for their behavior by the DOJ and Senate, even if found guilty the perpetrators likely would have gotten the equivalent of a slap on the wrist. Not that I advocate vigilante justice. For one thing, any of us could become the next victim - for our ethnicity, sexual orientation, political views, or simple misidentification. We need to take political action, but this is an uphill battle given that corporations and oligarchs now can buy elections. 😖

[@beatpirate8]

He had a back surgery and i wonder if he was denied claims was on pain meds and went to a dark way and snapped. Yes why this ceo?

[@justinwilliams2838]

"The rich shall feed while the poor shall die!"

[@stevejette2329]

Shortly before a government investigation was to start, executives at UHC sold many millions dollars of shares. Insider trading. Typical.

[@monte68x]

The public is so broken up over this CEO's murder...

[@MuhammadakbarAK47]

Looks like customer feedback

[@ryanmax1772]

Those CEOs or top executives in big companies will demand and receive extra security coverages and fees into the contract as part of business costs. The companies will do that happily rather than fixing the customers' problem fairly. Thanks for the video from a doctor's point of view.

[@Rain_Waters]

In the photo showing the face, the backpack has dark straps where the shooter has lighter colored straps. Different backpacks or different people?

[@TruthTeller2024]

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW

[@ja9795]

Thanks for your effort to look at this situation from a position of balance! I remind myself many times a day to Relax Release Refocus as a means of moving with the changes that are ocurring within our species and our planet home...

[@2nd_foundation]

It seems, the greedy never stops, are they a kind of psicopaths? always difficult to detect, may be, to test the people in the school? in order to prevent abuse. Thank you.

[@erhuforever]

I think it is highly likely that shooter is wearing a very sophisticated disguise. This may explain why despite having captured a clear image of the face, the police haven't announced the name yet. Given the likelihood of disguise, it is premature right now to say with certainty whether this shooter is a man or women.

[@JeremyEllwood]

Your conspiracy theory is noted and laughed at. This isn't mission impossible. The reason he's not "caught" yet is because he's more popular than almost all politicians.

[@Unotch]

Considering the undiluted pure hate flowing in the direction of that guy makes me wonder: How the devil did he survive this long?!? EDIT: Also - the backpack seems to oddly change color. Black or white straps. The one they found is not the one he is wearing - but the one the other guy who dropped the mask had. Putting all of that together he probably hired the other guy to stay at the hostel. He just came in at the last moment, bought the water and snack to plant false evidence and then made his escape towards the park where the other guy was told to plant his backpack - so the shooter can keep his mission pack but can leave a red hering.

[@djspropertymgt3303]

Agree & I posted a similar theory

[@annwynn4827]

Doctors and nurses unite!!!!

[@boldlygo3469]

I do agree that the shooter had to have some inside information. He had to know when the event was going to take place and who would be in attendance. He had to know when the event would take place and where the victim was staying. A random person wouldn't have had a clue that the victim would be leaving his hotel at a specific time. So I agree that it was a planned "hit." Could be that the shooter thought me might move up the ladder if the victim was out of the way. Lots of information to speculate about.

[@AndrewinAus]

I will state that this is from an outsiders perspective (I'm from Australia) the very unfortunate consequence of a system where profits higher disposable income are seen to trump patient care, and by extension the growing divide between the apparent 'haves' and 'have nots' so to speak. It would appear from what I gather that you are either unable to access healthcare, especially treatments that could potentially be lifesaving. Or as an alternative the costs are so prohibitively expensive that the stress of having to deal with the accumulated debt leads to its own negative health outcomes. I can only imagine the extremely negative effects on mental health, possibly leading to depression, even suicide being seen as a viable escape option. That is to say nothing of the possible effects on interpersonal relationships, possible spousal or family violence. Or as in this case violence against someone representative of the problem. All in the name of greater profit margins and returns to investors. "First, do no harm" apparently does not extend to the corporate end of the healthcare system.

[@BrianSzymczak-d2n]

when stopping a crime is viewed as commiting a crime... you are being ruled by criminals. then again it depends on what you consider to be the crime commiter the ceo or the assasin.

[@MuhammadakbarAK47]

0:22 The largest health insurance company is State-owned company national insurance in china.

[@leerjet18]

Some reports say the word “ depose “ was on one of the bullets. Other reports say deny. Which is it?

[@LadyHeathersLair]

Delay, deny and defend was the name of the book. The casings had deny, defend and depose. Dude is definitely sending a message.

[@Ricardo-hp8gj]

Watch M. Moore's movie "Sicko".

[@KC-th8dv]

Extremely insightful analysis. I am an Army Military Police Investigator Veteran and a Retired Texas Police Officer and I do not condone any type of vigilante. That being said, I can understand why people do not have any sympathy for an individual that has caused the deaths of probably thousands of people because of greed and a thirst for power. When a system is so broken and there is no recourse in the corrupt courts. When evil is called good, and good called evil. People are reaching a breaking point. I don't have the answer except to say that there is a need for people to call out, and return to the Savior Jesus Christ.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Karma sucks

[@tedgemberling2359]

I think we need to decide as a country how much we want to pay for healthcare. What's killing us is that we're the last country in the world where it's considered okay to make an unlimited amount of money on healthcare. Companies like United Healthcare thrive off of that. I think a decision like that is inherent in the establishment of a true national healthcare system. "This is how rich a doctor can be. This is how much a hospital can charge. This is how much a pharmaceutical company can charge." Countries with national healthcare may also make a medical degree free to qualified students so doctors don't have huge debts at the beginning of their careers.

[@jocelynlevy9486]

the worse insurance based healthcare gets, the more the public agitates for Universal Healthcare(public)

[@lostsol68]

Big corporate is no good, and it should definitely not be involved in making decisions about our healthcare.

[@superbrian7997]

Sis thought Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepard went vigilante. 😭

[@jamesharvey446]

All the money the insurance companies took from patients can not buy your acceptance into heaven.

[@DarrellW_UK]

The policy of withholding treatment from patients who have life threatening conditions should not happen, regardless of whether they are insured or not. Life is sacred and financial circumstances shouldn’t matter if treatment is required urgently. The whole system is broken, Insurance companies have shareholders who expect revenue, this puts stress on the company to minimise their outgoing expenses, vis their customers pay! To me if you pay what they ask for in return for your health insurance then there should be no question about whether the claim is necessary or not particularly if a medical professional says it’s needed. My opinion, it’s most likely a hit man paid either by an action group of people whose relatives have suffered because of their claims being denied, or possibly from his wife who it appears had an axe to grind against him, the words on the bullets to act as a smokescreen to put the police off the scent.

[@stevenpiehl6199]

FREE CLAIM TO DENY THEML

[@stevejette2329]

UHC probably denied the CEO's claims for security. Ironic.

[@glgl1472]

I had Kaiser HMO and paid $1,266.92 a month plus a $3,000 out of pocket which was a ridiculous amount before I went on medicare. And I had to pay for that I have no health insurance. Luckily I could afford it many people can't. Kaiser is a not-for-profit they say but they have a for-profit side and they do basically legal money laundering. Companies like United healthcare Humana and these other for-profits spend 18 to 20% executive overhead to streamline which is another word for cut and deny care to people who really need it while their premiums go up up up up up up. Medicare has a 2% executive oversight so make it a single-payer system and just pay doctors more and pay into better health Care America is a joke when it comes to healthcare.

[@benoitlevesque9609]

Can they do BCBS Next???

[@gspeed930]

Insurance is mandated by gov't,. You have to have car insurance by law.

[@markaustin5912]

I have lost family because insurance would deny treatments 😢 This is not toward nurses our health-care system is joke. My mother has United healthcare which seems useless. Thanks for making this video. I will get hate for this i cannot condone violence though .

[@robinevans5460]

Why is everyone getting this wrong? It's delay, deny, depose, not defend.

[@ronalddaly9902]

I doubt this is a disgruntled insurance claim retaliation. This CEO swindled millions from investors. One of these pissed off investors hired a “want to be” amateur hit man. That’s my guess.

[@GalateaPolifemo]

The physicians and hospitals want to make in minutes, what many people make in months. Therefore, they are responsible too.

[@Ape76]

FREE HEALTHCARE

[@incognito595]

WE ALL KNOW WHO IS TO BLAME. ALL OF US. WE KNOW.

[@postandrail-zo5lz]

Even after having learned that this crime was committed by a meticulous Computer Science nerd, I still agree with the entirety of your video here. I was thinking this was an inside job with multiple people involved. I do not condone what happened to the CEO of United Healthcare but it is crystal clear that he was a snake. His stock sale alone reveals the kind of man he was.

[@RealMattHaney]

IMO the government should do its job which is to govern. Healthcare has inelastic demand, since people do not choose when they want it like buying a good or service. But insurance companies, PBMs, drug companies, and the rest of the for-profit system treat it like healthcare is simply a good people choose to buy or not and price payments and deny claims and charge for drugs, etc. as such. They can charge as much as they want, because people are obligated to buy if they want their health. They are seeing balance sheets and income statements and not people. They are also enormous companies with incredible financial might and ability to lobby, etc. Thus the national government is obligated to represent the people and regulate these predatory behaviors more aggressively. It could set limits on claim denials, for example, as was done with preexisting conditions. Or outlaw the PBM (or at least obligate them to be independent of other entities in the system). We also need A public option. It doesn’t have to be completely nationalized health care, but some option that is available for everyone (not just specific groups like poor and elderly). And that would liberate people from being tied to their employer and the insurance company and all of the other stakeholders. This could be funded via a low ‘health care premium’ or whatever sounds best to call it, since people are afraid of the word ‘tax,’ paid to the government instead of an insurance company (and for employers or people who want private insurance, they can still buy that), and this would likely be lower than current insurance premiums because of the number of Americans in the system. The private healthcare industry in this country is enormous and never going away, but a public option is necessary. Even adding the national government to the market can help to stabilize some predatory behaviors, because the government has enough volume of payments and having it as an option would mean other companies must make changes to compete. And that should help improve the market, as well as provide an option for anyone tired of feeling powerlessly beholden to the system and the large corporations. Healthcare freedom and freedom from ailment, as well as freedom from oppression by large corporations, should be available in the land of the free.

[@neurogalmd]

Thanks so much, Matt, for thoughtfully and constructively contributing to this conversation. I appreciate the points you have made. I hope that lawmakers will take patients’ needs more seriously and make the necessary changes to improve the system rather than succumbing to the status quo, lobbyists and political donations. I hope that the strong public reaction to this event effectively communicates the urgent need for change.

[@laurensargent9471]

Insurance companies are not accused of using these tactics. They undeniably use them.

[@KeepFocus023]

The priorities are not in favor of the common people across the board today, from healthcare to natural diasters to social security. Everyone sees and can read the reports where all our premiums and taxes are being spent. Sad.

[@shirleyhaugaard9643]

Basic health care is a human right! A country as wealthy as America should and could do better. Plenty of other countries do.

[@stevejette2329]

It seems like a professional hit. 1. Before the event, the preparation was methodical, almost complete. Few photos, knew timing, place ... 2. The shooting was calm, controlled. The adrenaline levels would make accuracy impossible. 3. The escape was very well performed. On the run for 4 days ... But now that he is in custody, maybe we will know.

[@dt3375]

So interesting stories deeper inside the situations…

[@Faith-m3w]

Healthcare system is like the school bully who will beat you up for your lunch money and leave you for dead and threatens that if you talk, then next time will be worse. So when the bully got what was comming to him, I think most of us felt that maybe there is a god after all looking out for us.

[@ERG173]

I hope this does not get solved...... The Company is using the patients' payments and lawyers (the best) to prevent them from getting the health care and the money consumed is then claimed though their tax returns ......... the individual can never win. In a no-win position there is no point in being insured.