By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-11 14:21:08 | Updated at 2024-12-22 07:12:09
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Luigi Mangione appeared to reference lefty documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and former New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal in his manifesto as examples of people who have “illuminated the corruption and greed” of the healthcare industry.
While railing against the immense power and “abuse” by American healthcare companies that inspired him to allegedly kill United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Mangione admitted does “not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument.”
He wrote that “many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain.”
Investigators believe the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer was citing Moore and Rosenthal in the manifesto, sources said.
Moore’s 2007 film “Sicko” attacked America’s health insurance industry and contrasted it to that of other western countries.
Rosenthal authored the 2017 New York Times Bestseller “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back.”
The book explores the profit-driven, complex world of American medicine — an industry that has left Americans confused, angry and often paying more for less care, the book argues.
“An American Sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart,” a description of the book on Amazon reads.
