Will the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shock the American system into change?

Summary

Rising frustrations with the U.S. healthcare system have been amplified by increasing insurance claim denials and mounting costs.

Patients report prolonged battles to access doctor-recommended care, with surveys showing one in five privately insured Americans faced denial in 2022.

Anger has intensified following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, spotlighting issues like AI-based claim reviews and profit-driven practices.

While Trump’s upcoming administration proposes deregulation and privatization, critics warn this could worsen access.

Public distrust persists, but significant reforms appear unlikely as partisan debates stall progress in Washington.

  • DominusOfMegadeus
    40·
    5 days ago

    “If you take government bureaucrats out of the healthcare equation and you have doctor-patient relationships, it’s better for everybody,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a video obtained by NBC News last month. “More efficient, more effective,” he said. “That’s the free market. Trump’s going to be for the free market.”

    The myopathy here is mind boggling.

    I bet things would change if Mike Johnson ever had a claim denied.

    “Whether the murder will strengthen appetite for reform remains to be seen.”

    Yes, this is actually a sentence in a current article about the American health insurance industry.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      23·
      5 days ago

      these free thinking line toeing dickheads don’t seem to realize that america has paper pushing dickheads AND death panels standing in the way of us ever getting the treatment we need. their arguments against soviet style healthcare are the problem with hypercapitalist healthcare. all we want, the left, is healthcare without linking it to power. we should recieve treatment because we are worthy of it because we have dignity as people and as beings who are loved. that we do not is an indictment that this system that kills us is a sham

      • DominusOfMegadeus
        121·
        5 days ago

        That’s your problem. You didn’t work hard enough to earn your allotment of love.