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2024-12-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Healthcare CEO murder motive - 'They're gangsters dude'
[MAIL] Comedian Bill Burr compared United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to a 'gangster' while revealing the possible 'motive' behind the shocking murder of the exec outside a NYC hotel.

The 50-year-old Thompson was in Midtown Manhattan to attend the company's Investor Day conference last week when he was gunned down by a masked assailant outside the Hilton in the early morning hours.

Burr, 56, initially expressed his sympathy for Thompson and his family but revealed how his feelings soon shifted as he learned more about the circumstances surrounding Thompson's career.

'I was sitting there reading an article, and a guy was like, "Oh my god, he's such a great guy; he had a wife and kids, and he's such a great guy,"' Burr began.

'And then you find out, he and the other guys he's working for are getting sued for $121 million for dumping a stock, and not letting the other people know.'

Burr didn't mince words about his view of corporate misconduct.

'It's like there's your motive,' he said about the targeted killing. 'They're gangsters, dude. And then one of them gets whacked or something, they're like, I was good, he was such a good guy. It's a dirty game.'

The legal controversy referenced by Burr refers to a lawsuit accusing Thompson and other executives of insider trading.

Socialized Medicine is the Motive of the Assassin

[News With Views] Assassinations are now in favor on the political left. They failed to kill President Trump but health care CEO Brian Thomspon was shot from behind, and the left-wing assassin fled. Nobody in the private sector or in the new Trump Administration is safe from the fury of the left.

It is clear, by now, that the assassin was motivated by hatred of big corporations in the health care sector. His hatred is a staple of the socialists, who want the private sector to be regulated out of existence or outlawed in total. Their future is "Medicare for All," once embraced by Kamala Harris, who once campaigned on abolishing private health plans. That meant that an estimated 180 million people in the U.S. with employer-sponsored health insurance would go under federal government control.

Despite the social media enthusiasm greeting the CEO’s murder, a recent public opinion poll found that a strong majority (75 percent) are satisfied with their current employer-provided plans.

With the assassination of Thomson, the FBI is now coming to the rescue, announcing a $50,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the assassin. No doubt the FBI will find their man and bask in the limelight of those eager to preserve this gigantic federal agency as it is and forget its history of abuses.

The assassin’s ability to so far escape apprehension suggests somebody with special training and an axe to grind against private insurance.

The bigger target is private health care coverage, with the assassin clearly hoping to promote more government control, thereby eliminating free choice options, and forcing everybody into a national health care system. It is the Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris "dream" that could easily become the nightmare we see in other countries.

In the wake of this tragedy, look for the Democrats to exploit the situation and promote socialized medicine.

A Toronto newspaper is already citing the murder as proof that a socialist health care system, like they have in Canada, is the answer. This is promoted as a panacea when the inevitable result of more government-controlled health care coverage is more denial of services, longer waits, and the "mercy killing" of old folks.
Not just old folks. I’ve recently read that it’s being offered as a primary option for depression and anxiety, as well as expensive or chronic diseases.
What we are seeing, once you get beyond the seemingly isolated murder, is a greater plot targeting health insurance companies in general. Social media have been unleashed on the incident in New York, with the far-left applauding the murder of the father of two. Ordinary Americans with complaints about their coverage are being ushered on the bandwagon, not knowing what the goal of this orchestrated effort really is.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-09 04:24|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 Killing him for insider trading? That seems a bit much (although in China he might have been executed for corruption), but for UnitedHealth doing its best not to pay claims, well, hmmmm.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-12-09 05:04||   2024-12-09 05:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Gotta assume the guy was gonna flip, and name names.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-09 06:18||   2024-12-09 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll give it another two weeks of media coverage, then the memory hole. The shooter or assassin? Well you know what happens to assassins.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-09 07:05||   2024-12-09 07:05|| Front Page Top

#4 NYP - Internal video leaks of UnitedHealth Group CEO advising employees against talking to press after Brian Thompson’s murder

....Or anyone else for that matter.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-09 07:13||   2024-12-09 07:13|| Front Page Top

#5 UnitedHealthcare accused of relying on AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims
Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-09 07:29||   2024-12-09 07:29|| Front Page Top

#6 A comment on the gun handling.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-09 12:29||   2024-12-09 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Killing him for insider trading?

Isn't that what they set up Richard Kimble for?
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-09 12:31||   2024-12-09 12:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Suspect arrested in Altoona PA MacDonald's

https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/12/09/breaking-ex-ivy-league-ai-student-luigi-mangione-is-person-of-interest-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting/
Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-09 13:43||   2024-12-09 13:43|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 His Goodreads account features quotes from historical figures like Socrates, Bruce Lee, and Ted Kaczynski ????????????
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-09 13:51||   2024-12-09 13:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Where the hell did the killer get hold of a 3D Metal printer to print the gun and the silencer?
Posted by 3dc 2024-12-09 23:12||   2024-12-09 23:12|| Front Page Top

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