Anger At Insurance Industry Evident In The Aftermath Of Slain Executive.
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street is the latest moment to shine a light on the tensions roiling American life.
On social media in particular, some users gloated about the killing — a reaction they framed as rooted in their enmity for the health insurance industry. That, in turn, brought rebukes from others who condemned those responses as inhumane, especially in the circumstances. BY NIALL STANAGE ‘The Hill’
The hate and vitriol that popped up on social media was almost immediate after the Brian Thompson, the Minnesota healthcare executive was shot multiple times. The executive was gunned down in a early morning hours on his way to a healthcare conference in the New York City. The brutal slaying garnered little sympathy from wide swaths of the public who have been entangled in health insurance crosshairs over over the years and that angst poured out online catching many by surprise.
