Thoughts and Premiums

Definitely Planned

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has been shot and and killed in what appears to be a premeditated murder.

If you look at the tape it's clear that the gunman was lying in wait, and he was using a suppressor (silencer).

The gun jammed, and he cleared it, probably as a result of a failure for the action to cycle because of the suppressor's weight or effect on gas pressure.

The gunman appears to be rather composed, methodically working the action after it failed, and then walking off across the street.

The fact that there are reports that messages were written on either the bullets or the casings, would indicate that this was someone acting out of personal animus, not a contract killer.

As to suspects, he's the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, so if one considers people and friends and relatives of people, who were harmed by UHC denials of service, we're probably well over 10 million.

UHC Covers about 45 million people, you do the math

Rather unsurprisingly, social media has exploded with people mocking Mr. Thompson and praising the gunman. 

This is not surprising.

Even among health insurance companies, (fuck Cigna) UHC are egregious c%$#s.

For example, while Mr. Thompson was not have been responsible for every decision made regarding coverage, he almost certainly was responsible for UHC using AI driven claims software with a 90% error rate.

One of the problems with many of the attempts to fix the healthcare system is that the centrists (Clinton, Obama, etc.) see the insurance companies as allies in such an effort.

They are not.  Insurance companies are perhaps the worst malefactors in the entire corrupt system.

I am shedding no tears Mr. Thompson, and were I on the jury, I would be hard pressed to convict him.

This man is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, and his motivation was a total remuneration in the $10,000,000.00 a year range.

What? Only 1,000,000.00 a year isn't enough?

If the candy-asses in the DoJ and state Attorneys General offices are unwilling to frog confront the corruption that permeates our economy, then the alternative are actions like this.