Why we don’t feel sad about the Murder of the CEO and the Broken Healthcare System behind it.

I just read an article on The New York Times about the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson. The details are chilling, bullet casings at the scene were reportedly engraved with words like “delay” and “deny,” terms that hit painfully close to home for millions who’s dealt with health insurance.

But what really shook me wasn’t just the murder, it was the reaction. Jokes, memes, even celebrations online. Facebook posts flooded with smiling reactions. People making fake rejection letters saying the CEO’s gunshot wound treatment was denied for lack of prior authorization. It’s dark for sure, but it shows how angry and hopeless people feel.

We’ve all read so many horror stories, posts and comments on Reddit, people weeping on documentaries, and watched so many YouTube videos about people who paid into their insurance for years only to be denied when they needed it most. People left to fight for their lives, or worse, lose them, because a company over a phonecall decided their treatment wasn’t worth the cost.

The system is built on profit. These companies don’t exist to take care of us, they exist to make money. And their profits come from one thing: paying out as little as possible. The less they pay in claims, the more they make. But what’s the money they’re saving? Blood money. It’s money saved by denying treatment to people who often end up dying as a result.

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How did we get here? How is it acceptable that a system we rely on in our most desperate moments is built on denying help? This isn’t just about one man’s death; it’s about millions of lives. Families broken, futures destroyed, all because someone decided saving a few dollars was more important than a human life.

This murder feels like a symptom of something bigger. People are angry, and that anger is boiling over. It reminds me of the Gilded Age, a time of massive inequality and unrest. Back then, reforms eventually came, but will we see that now? Or will the rich just build bigger walls, hire more guards, and let the rest of us fend for ourselves?

I don’t agree with violence. But we can’t ignore what’s happening. This system is broken, and people are dying because of it. I don’t know we will be able to fix this or not or politicians will ever care to make healthcare about helping people instead of making profits. Or I wonder is this just the way things will always be?

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