United Healthcare CEO killed

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

14 hours ago, samhexum said:

my heart bleeds (if that were literal, I'd have to calculate whether I could afford to get it treated)

UnitedHealth Group CEO quietly telling execs company will hit financial records

Thanks for sharing.  This is certainly a bit of welcome good news for the employees of this company.  It looks like they have been offered remote work for the time being, until things calm down around their company headquarters.

Edited December 31, 2024 by Vegas_Millennial

[Luv2play]

11 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Thanks for sharing.  This is certainly a bit of welcome good news for the employees of this company.  It looks like they have been offered remote work for the time being, until things calm down around their company headquarters.

The anticipated record financials could not come at a worse time, imo, as it will highlight the profits, if not profiteering going on in the health insurance industry. It will draw attention to how this money is being made and who profits from it. 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

54 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

The anticipated record financials could not come at a worse time, imo, as it will highlight the profits, if not profiteering going on in the health insurance industry. It will draw attention to how this money is being made and who profits from it. 

Maybe it will inspire some volunteers to create a not-for-profit insurance company.  Their success will force existing companies to compete on service as well as price.  🥳 Depending on the model, the not-for-profit insurance industry may even hire away some top CEOs.  It's too bad that not-for-profit organizations, like churches, government, and schools, aren't exempt from terrorist targeted killings either 😢 

Edited December 31, 2024 by Vegas_Millennial
Keeping the topic on the assassination tragedy 😢

[pubic_assistance]

55 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

The anticipated record financials could not come at a worse time, imo, as it will highlight the profits, if not profiteering going on in the health insurance industry. It will draw attention to how this money is being made and who profits from it. 

I am reading some of the public commentary from this news article.

Doesn't look good for UHC. The vitriol couldn't be more pungent in the air.

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Maybe it will inspire some volunteers to create a not-for-profit insurance company.  Their success will force existing companies to compete on service as well as price.  🥳 Depending on the model, the not-for-profit insurance industry may even hire away some top CEOs.  It's too bad that not-for-profit organizations, like churches, government, and schools, aren't exempt from terrorist targeted killings either 😢 

The not-for-profit health care insurance model already exists in all G7 countries apart from the USA. It’s called Medicare for all. No need to reinvent the wheel. 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

10 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

The not-for-profit health care insurance model already exists in all G7 countries apart from the USA. It’s called Medicare for all. No need to reinvent the wheel. 

Then poor Luigi would have looked to kill a world leader whose government rationed his desired surgery, instead of a targeting private business man. The terrorist charge is truly fitting.

[CuriousByNature]

6 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Just because the epidemic ended doesn’t mean people are not still getting sick and dying of COVID. Some are more susceptible to dying because of age or underlying conditions. So don’t scoff at people who want to protect themselves. You don’t know what they are experiencing.

Just last week I read the obituary of an illustrious Canadian who died of complications arising from COVID. He was wealthy and in his 80’s. He would probably have been the most surprised to die that way and at this time. 
 

I have known two people who acquired COVID in the last several months. The pandemic, not epidemic, has ended but the virus lives on. 

100% agree!

One of my uncles contracted COVID at his care home in September and was hospitalized for a month.  Other than slight age-related memory loss he's in remarkable condition for his late 80s.  He had to be put in an induced coma and was placed on a ventilator for several days, so we all thought this was the end. 

Thankfully he rebounded during week 2, and it was another 2 weeks before he had the strength to walk safely and be released.  My cousin told me he had not gotten his latest booster because he was getting over the flu when it was due, so he was not as protected as he normally would have been.

COVID can still be a killer, even if it is claiming fewer victims since the development of vaccines.  

[samhexum]

23 minutes ago, CuriousByNature said:

My cousin told me he had not gotten his latest booster because he was getting over the flu when it was due, so he was not as protected as he normally would have been.

COVID can still be a killer, even if it is claiming fewer victims since the development of vaccines.  

I keep not getting around to getting the latest booster. 

[CuriousByNature]

10 minutes ago, samhexum said:

I keep not getting around to getting the latest booster. 

I had a mild case of COVID in late July and was told to wait 6 months before getting my booster, so will do so in late January

[mike carey]

OK gents, we're done talking about Covid.

Please stick to the topic of the thread.

 

[+ mds1]

4 minutes ago, samhexum said:

taking the garbage out thrice.

Miami is nice, so I’ll say it thrice…LOL. I got your reference there. 😉

[pubic_assistance]

15 hours ago, CuriousByNature said:

COVID can still be a killer, even if it is claiming fewer victims since the development of vaccines.  

Do you realize how many old people die from influenza and other respiratory conditions? We all die from something. If you read the data correctly. Covid is only a contributing factor to the NORMAL death rate of the planet. People die.

You cant stop that.

 

[samhexum]

4 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

We all die from something. 

People die.

You cant stop that.

Thanks a lot for the spoiler alert.

[+ Pensant]

It’s interesting that no one has placed flowers or candles at the site of Mr Thompson’s killing.

[Luv2play]

I rarely watch films but was killing time in a hotel room this week and watched The Sugarland Express, Steven Spielberg's first directorial movie effort. It depicts a real life  story of a young outlaw couple fighting to get their child back from foster adoption. It apparently launched Goldie Hawn's career.

Anyway they become instant folk heroes as they are being chased by police all over Texas. Something similar is going on here. 

[+ José Soplanucas]

Street art in support of Luigi.

Montreal:

Seattle:

Santo Domingo, DR

Brooklyn, NYC

A train

[mike carey]

Gentlemen, thanks to some dedicated research by members, it became clear that a link to a GoFundMe page about a Brian Thompson was not about the CEO but an Air Force veteran who had died some years ago. In retrospect, the link didn't say that it was him, but it left an opening for readers to infer as much, incorrectly.

We have removed the link and the subsequent commentary that, as it turned out, unfairly maligned the CEO's family for something they hadn't done.

Our thanks to the members who identified the discrepancy and those who commended them for doing so.

[+ azdr0710]

after seeing those pictures just upthread, I wonder if Banksy is going to come up with something soon for all this..... some of that street art is very Banksy-esque.......

[+ José Soplanucas]

[Lotus-eater]

10 hours ago, José Soplanucas said:

 

Start the feast with the rich, Ivy League grad in the photo. Looks delicious.

Edited January 2 by Lotus-eater

[pubic_assistance]

35 minutes ago, Lotus-eater said:

 

Start the feast with the rich, Ivy League grad in the photo. Looks delicious.

I don't know if I'd want to EAT him as much as I'd like to just suck the cream filling .😋

[+ José Soplanucas]

On 1/1/2025 at 6:38 PM, José Soplanucas said:

Street art in support of Luigi.

Montreal:

Seattle:

Santo Domingo, DR

Brooklyn, NYC

A train

[+ José Soplanucas]

[+ DrownedBoy]

"I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one." - Robert Reich

[dutchal]

This is better than a soap opera.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-envies-attention-luigi-mangione-receives-behind-bars/

https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/luigi-mangione-went-to-thai-gun-range-before-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-killing/

https://www.today.com/video/key-hearing-for-luigi-mangione-delayed-until-mid-february-228758597714