By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-06 02:02:08 | Updated at 2024-12-22 11:19:36
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Sick tribute at site of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's death
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 5, 2024 | Alyssa Guzman
Posted on 12/05/2024 5:58:36 PM PST by Morgana
A sick tribute appeared outside the New York City hotel where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down by an assassin on Wednesday.
A balloon with a sign taped to it reading 'CEO DOWN' over the image of a smiling star and party poppers was found outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan after Thompson, 50, was gunned down there Wednesday morning.
The balloon was spotted as many Americans have joked about the CEO's death due to his company's track record of rejecting medical claims.
The same image on the balloon was also shared on former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz's BlueSky account.
'People have very justified hatred toward insurance company CEOs because these executives are responsible for an unfathomable amount of death and suffering,' she wrote in a separate post.
'As someone against death and suffering, I think it’s good to call out this broken system and the [people] in power who enable it.'
In perhaps the most shocking post, Lorenz shared a news report about Blue Cross Blue Shield announcing it would not cover anesthesia for the full length of certain surgeries in some states.
She wrote: 'And people wonder why we want these executives dead.'
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I didn't see this coming.
I was expecting more of a jazz funeral New Orleans style when they buried him.
1 posted on 12/05/2024 5:58:36 PM PST by Morgana
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