{"id":135207,"date":"2024-12-09T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135207"},"modified":"2024-12-09T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:00:49","slug":"ro-khanna-brian-thompson-killing-was-horrific-but-people-arent-getting-care-they-need-us-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135207","title":{"rendered":"Ro Khanna: Brian Thompson killing was \u2018horrific\u2019 but people \u2018aren\u2019t getting care they need\u2019 | US politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Progressive congressperson Ro Khanna has sympathy for murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/brian-thompson-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Brian Thompson<\/a> \u2013 yet at the same time is not surprised that the killing reignited a national dialogue about inequities in the US healthcare system, he said in an interview Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt was horrific,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">California<\/a> Democrat said on ABC This Week with respect to the slaying of Thompson, whose survivors include his widow and two sons ages 16 and 19. \u201cI mean, this is a father we\u2019re talking about \u2013 of two children, and \u2026 there is no justification for violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cBut the outpouring afterwards has not surprised me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Khanna <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/rep-ro-khanna-us-moving-medicare-cure-inequities\/story?id=116564621\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told<\/a> the show\u2019s host, Martha Raddatz, that he agreed with fellow liberal and US senator Bernie Sanders when he wrote recently on social media: \u201cWe waste hundreds of billions a year on health care administrative expenses that make insurance CEOs and wealthy stockholders incredibly rich while 85 million Americans go uninsured or underinsured. Health care is a human right. We need Medicare for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cAfter years, Sanders is winning this debate,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/08\/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-medical-debt-bill\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Khanna<\/a> said, referring to the Vermont senator\u2019s support for a single-payer national health insurance system seen in other wealthy democracies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">While police have stopped short of offering a possible motive behind Thompson\u2019s 4 December shooting death, the apparent targeted nature of the attack \u2013 as well as shell casings found at the scene of the killing displaying the words \u201cdelay\u201d, \u201cdeny\u201d and possibly \u201cdepose\u201d have suggested it was maybe linked to the largely privatized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/healthcare\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">US healthcare<\/a> industry\u2019s routine denial of payments to many Americans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Healthcare debt has emerged as a leading cause of bankruptcy in the US while for-profit health insurers such as UnitedHealthcare are among the country\u2019s richest companies. Thompson, 50, who lived near UnitedHealthcare\u2019s headquarters in Minnesota, commanded a salary of $10m annually before a gunman wearing a mask shot him dead outside a hotel in Manhattan as he prepared to attend a meeting with investors of his company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Many greeted news of Thompson\u2019s death not with sympathy but with mockery. A widely shared example of the sentiment was a social media post from Columbia School of Social Work\u2019s Anthony Zenkus, which read: \u201cToday, we mourn the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, gunned down\u2026. wait, I\u2019m sorry \u2013 today we mourn the deaths of the 68,000 Americans who die needlessly each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Khanna on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/week-transcript-12-8-24-rep-ro-khanna\/story?id=116563335\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> his status as a member of the US House has not immunized him from absurd insurance battles.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-9\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;today-us&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. 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We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-9\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"af9f99ca-a1b7-4a9d-9573-71ce1eaf3636\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:10,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Brian Thompson\u2019s killing inspired rage \u2013 against the healthcare industry&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;af9f99ca-a1b7-4a9d-9573-71ce1eaf3636&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/07\/brian-thompson-killing-healthcare-industry&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Though he acknowledged it paled in comparison to people with cancer, heart disease and diabetes being denied coverage while they battle for their lives, Khanna said: \u201cI, as a congressperson had UnitedHealthcare deny a prescription for a nasal \u2013 a $100 pump spray, and I couldn\u2019t get them to reverse this. So imagine what ordinary people are dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Khanna said some modest steps that the US could take to begin addressing injustices in the country\u2019s healthcare include capping out-of-pocket costs while also requiring the private insurers relied on by many Americans \u201cto cover anything\u201d that Medicare would.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Medicare is the public US health insurance program for those older than 65 and people who are disabled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe have to understand people with cancer, with heart disease, with diabetes, with insurance aren\u2019t getting the care that they need. They\u2019re getting stuck with huge medical bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/09\/ro-khanna-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-killing\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive congressperson Ro Khanna has sympathy for murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson \u2013 yet at the same time is not surprised that the killing reignited a national dialogue about inequities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135207\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}