The only thing that surprises me about someone assassinating a CEO of a company that regularly ruins lives is that it's not more common.

The way this article seems to go out of its way to humanize this guy before remembering to mention the ways this guy has hurt so many people by chasing profit at the expensive of people’s lives is kind of wild.

Economic vigilantism is really dangerous and if this isn't a one off it's likely an indicator that people feel like justice is unattainable.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is offering a £7,800 ($10,000) reward for information leading to the suspect's capture.

I wouldn’t narc on this guy for any amount of money.

So she knew he was receiving threats because of lack of coverage and still had the audacity to refer to the shooting as "senseless."

I guess there are consequences for your actions. Who would have thought.

hours before he was set to address an investor meeting about UnitedHealthcare's 2025 financial outlook, which projected revenues exceeding £375 billion ($450 billion).

Man, good thing Biden said we didn't need to fix our healthcare system. Otherwise that would be worrying...

The words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.

Maybe it is it not a good idea to deny coverage...

There are only 12 people who will need to hear this, but on the off chance that you are one of them: Jury nullification is a thing.

Well, what the fuck else could anyone expect? History is full of lessons for those willing to think about what happens when the powerful drain all hope from the peasants.

I mean, not surprising. He was a massive scumbag. His policies led to the deaths of thousands of people. I'm sure he got lots of threats.

"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a God."

- Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1938.

Well yeah. Your company kills people for profit, what you think their family is gonna feel? Don't be an evil killer, my friends.

Paulette Thompson probably sucks, did you see who she was married to.

You finally broke the world billionaires... Time to go get the cans of beans rotated out in your bunkers. Tell your Paulettes to fuel up the tactical SUV and stick the tear gas perimeter dispensers. You're about to get really fucking paranoid... Is this next horrible heartless decision your last... Yes, it probably is - does that change any in the decision you'll make?

With hundreds of thousands he made suffer and killed, the police will have more work to find a culprit than in "Who shot Mr. Burns?".

Well, maybe let Paulette know that the clothes she is wearing, the car she is driving, the house she is living in, and anything else she owns was all bought with the deaths and suffering of thousands of people.

Can't say what the specific motivations are without knowing who did it, but it certainly would be plausible that this was someone denied coverage for a terminal or otherwise life ruining condition. How many people out there did this guy's company put into a hopeless situation? Once they have nothing to lose, it's not hard to imagine someone deciding to get revenge.

Congress and the incoming Trump administration should also take note of that before they do anything to strip coverage from tens of millions of people.

Zerooooo sympathy.

Boom goes the dynamite