However, Thompson’s murder highlights genuine and widespread dissatisfaction with America’s health care system. UnitedHealthcare has the industry’s highest
It is unfortunate that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro had to state the obvious about Luigi Mangione, who apparently gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s Brian Thompson: “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this: He is no hero.” Mangione’s fans are even crowdfunding to raise money for his defense.
Imagine a world in which the response to every imagined slight and injustice was murder. It seems sadly appropriate that it was a privileged scion of a wealthy and influential family who channeled anti-tech assassin Ted Kaczynski and similarly acted as jury, judge, and executioner.
