By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-06 00:43:58 | Updated at 2024-12-26 03:47:19
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UnitedHealthcare disables social media comments as disgruntled patients flood sites after CEO Brian Thompson's death
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 5, 2024 | Bethan Sexton
Posted on 12/05/2024 4:23:05 PM PST by Morgana
UnitedHealthcare has disabled social media comments on its profiles after disgruntled patients began flooding the company with complaints following the assassination of its CEO.
The health insurer has been deluged by comments, many from people who say their or their loved ones claims have been denied. Its most recent Instagram posts announcing the death of Thompson let users like or share the post, but not comment on it.
The company is in the spotlight following the assassination of CEO Bryan Thompson, 50, who was gunned down on his way to an appearance at an investor conference in New York on Wednesday.
Thompson was expected to announce the business' hugely profitable 2025 financial outlook, including expected revenues upwards of $450 billion.
A motive has not been released for the slaying, but police discovered bullets inscribed with the words 'deny', 'defend' and 'depose' at the scene.
The inscriptions bear similarity to the Jay M Feinman's book Delay, Deny, Defend about the viciousness of the health insurance industry.
UnitedHealthcare put out a statement on social media expressing their sorrow following the murder, but was quickly inundated with angry comments. Currently, the most recent Instagram post where users can comment is from November 21.
'Just had a coworker find out she has cancer in her small bowel was denied a PET scan she is a registered nurse. Insurance is a scam and a money grab for the greedy. What a shame,' one person wrote on Instagram.
'UHC has been denying my husband an asthma drug he's been on for five years. It turned him from a very severe asthmatic to someone who barely has asthma at all,' another wrote on Facebook.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: socialmedia; uhc
Complaints? Or they were singing "Ding dong the witch is dead"?
How bad are the Brian Thompson meme's getting? I have not looked.
1 posted on 12/05/2024 4:23:05 PM PST by Morgana
To: Morgana
How many millions did this guy take out of the market over the last 3 years?
What, exactly, was his added value?
{killing him won’t fix a thing.]
2 posted on 12/05/2024 4:27:10 PM PST by Paladin2
To: Morgana
3 posted on 12/05/2024 4:31:30 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Paladin2
Look what he was doing before he got that gig.
I suspect his previous job may have more to do with this than the one he held when he was murdered.
4 posted on 12/05/2024 4:32:45 PM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
To: Paladin2
“..How many millions did this guy take out of the market over the last 3 years?...””
Whatever it it is, it won’t come close to what our Congressional critters take out through insider trading.
5 posted on 12/05/2024 4:33:21 PM PST by elpadre
To: Paladin2
It put the fear of God in them.
Think about it. This sniper could have done this any time but he chose that time and place when there were cameras everywhere. He wanted the world to see that happen. Very few seem to care that Thompson is dead and in fact are celebrating. I’d be willing to be they are helping that sniper escape if they did see him.
I also predict that there will be a copycat one in the next several months.
6 posted on 12/05/2024 4:33:28 PM PST by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
To: Morgana
7 posted on 12/05/2024 4:33:45 PM PST by PAR35
To: Morgana
8 posted on 12/05/2024 4:35:18 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Morgana
At the very least, other “healthcare” CEOs must be noticing that rejoicing and mocking is rampant.
To me, this guy was no better than a thug who holds up a person or carjacks; got what’s coming to him and to everyone with decision making authority in that company for every single time a legitimate claim is denied or delayed.
9 posted on 12/05/2024 4:42:37 PM PST by Aeneas2112 (YOU are your own first responder)
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