Jubilation among some users highlights scale of Americans’ frustration over their health system
The killing on Wednesday of a top UnitedHealth Group executive unleashed a wave of commiseration, but also revelry, underscoring the frustration among Americans who view the healthcare system as broken. The most popular posts on social media site X referring to UnitedHealth following the slaying of Brian Thompson “either expressed explicit or implicit support for the killing or denigrated the victim”, according to research by New Jersey’s Rutgers University.
While the healthcare system is undeniably flawed, it does not justify the callous rejoicing over his death”. The shooting of Thompson, 50, outside a major hotel in midtown Manhattan, which authorities have called a “premeditated, targeted attack”, has sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry. Bullet casings found at the scene were inscribed with the words “deny”, “defend” and “depose” — in a possible reference to a book on insurers denying claims.
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