Dec 11, 2024 10:23 PM IST
“Wanted” posters ft Brian Thompson and different healthcare trade huge gamers plastered throughout Manhattan declared, “Health Care CEOs Should Not Feel Safe.”
America has hailed Luigi Mangione, the prime suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s homicide, its people hero within the struggle in opposition to a system that has left hundreds of thousands saddled with medical debt. After an absurd try at displaying help for the Ivy League graduate-turned-murder suspect by organising a shooter look-alike contest in Washington Square Park, NYC has now outrightly declared consequential healthcare trade execs “wished.” The listing consists of the not too long ago fatally shot Thompson.
The UnitedHealthcare boss’ homicide seems to have fuelled a fierce motion in opposition to different huge gamers as “wished” posters with huge crimson “X” slashes by the executives’ pictures have been noticed on Wednesday morning. Having earned viral sensationalism, movies of those Lower Manhattan sightings are being circulated on social media platforms. In addition to Thompson being struck out on these criminal-themed warnings, OptumHealth’s Heather Cianfrocco and fellow UnitedHealth Group’s Andrew Witty have been featured on the posters, in accordance with TMZ’s protection.
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Luigi Mangione’s alleged method to attacking US healthcare trade spurs vitriol
Like Mangione’s handwritten “manifesto” expressing “in poor health will towards company America” and the way “these parasites merely had it coming,” these NYC visuals have carried ahead the identical “anti-corporatist sentiment.” The main execs have presumably been accused of denying medical protection whereas prioritising firm income. Law enforcement officers said that these incriminating posters have been plastered all around the metropolis as individuals appear to be taking an outspoken stance in opposition to huge gamers within the healthcare trade. Companies akin to UnitedHealthcare and Emblem have significantly been known as out.
Other posters focusing on Goldman Sachs’ CEO and CFO have been additionally noticed close to the establishment’s workplace.
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Healthcare insurance coverage firms beef up safety for good cause
It was beforehand reported that firms have reevaluated their safety provision within the wake of Thompson’s deadly capturing. Amid the surging vitriol in direction of insurance coverage firms, these posters’ look doesn’t essentially push individuals to take extreme measures (like killing them) in opposition to the executives. However, they made their case in opposition to them by portraying them as cogs of an evil machine and detailing their hefty salaries.
Witty, who’s been pictured on the poster, not too long ago voiced issues about his security, claiming that he’s going through on-line threats. Outlets had additionally reported that the shell casings recovered within the brazen capturing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO had the phrases “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” written on them. They echo a 2010 e-book titled “Delay Deny Defend,” subtitled “Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.” The newfound Manhattan poster sightings additionally characteristic the identical, with the declaration, ‘Health Care CEOs Should Not Feel Safe.”
It’s unclear who put up these posters.
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