{"id":136767,"date":"2024-12-14T01:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136767"},"modified":"2024-12-14T01:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:58:56","slug":"brian-thompson-ceo-killing-suspect-luigi-mangione-was-not-a-member-of-unitedhealthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136767","title":{"rendered":"Brian Thompson CEO killing: Suspect Luigi Mangione was not a member of UnitedHealthcare"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mrgriu001m26qkc7xebu7r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, was not a customer of the private health insurer, but police say he had identified the company as one of the largest corporations in America in his \u201cmanifesto\u201d writings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mrufoh0009356m36c8q9pw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Neither Mangione, nor his mother, were insured by UnitedHealthcare, the nation\u2019s largest private health insurer, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mrxi3v000f356mmqk3564y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America. So that\u2019s possibly why he targeted that company,\u201d NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in an interview with NBC New York.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ms5y4m000l356methya2eh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            UnitedHealthcare, which employs more than 100,000 people across the United States and globally, is part of UnitedHealth Group, actually ranked fourth by sales in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/fortune500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fortune 500 list<\/a> of the largest companies in the US.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4msudeb0015356mvtia1eus@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Investigators have been probing what may have motivated the suspect in the brazen early morning killing on December 4 \u2013 one that has garnered sympathy and online fandom partly because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/06\/business\/insurance-claim-denials-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/index.html\">people\u2019s frustrations<\/a> with the health insurance industry. The public sentiment has led companies to close headquarters, scrub their websites of top executives\u2019 photographs and increase<em> <\/em>armed security details for key leaders as a safety precaution.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mrgxm30000356msy4jq4ig@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An NYPD intelligence report, obtained by CNN earlier this week, said the suspect appeared to be driven by anger against the health insurance industry and against \u201ccorporate greed\u201d as a whole.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mrugnw000c356mjqgnqnjg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe appeared to view the targeted killing of the company\u2019s highest-ranking representative as a symbolic takedown and a direct challenge to its alleged corruption and \u2018power games,\u2019 asserting in his note he is the \u2018first to face it with such brutal honesty,\u2019\u201d the assessment, which was based on Mangione\u2019s \u201cmanifesto\u201d and social media, said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mshi99000r356mozfo1buo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe know the health system does not work as well as it should,\u201d UnitedHealth Group CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/13\/business\/unitedhealthcare-insurance-denials-change\">Andrew Witty <\/a>wrote in an opinion piece published by the New York Times on Friday. \u201cWe understand people\u2019s frustrations with it. No one would design a system like the one we have. And no one did. It\u2019s a patchwork built over decades.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4msocct000w356mabyss76x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHealth care is both intensely personal and very complicated, and the reasons behind coverage decisions are not well understood. We share some of the responsibility for that,\u201d the essay continued.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4msrquq000z356mdcj4340g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Witty said the company\u2019s mission is to help make the health system \u201cwork better\u201d and \u201cfind ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4msszy90012356m8rhqc2fu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cClearly, we are not there yet,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mryxpi000i356ms1qxol53@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As investigators work to understand the motive in the case surrounding Thompson\u2019s killing, authorities have executed as many as three search warrants in New York as part of their investigation, sources tell CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4msb2x4000o356mp11x5m7r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation confirms at least two of the warrants include the backpack found in Central Park and the burner phone found along the getaway route Mangione is believed to have taken from the shooting scene. Investigators also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-death-12-5-24#cm4baiyaj00003b6nnbwdxse7\">searched the hostel <\/a>where suspected killer Mangione stayed the night before the shooting and the hotel room where Thompson was staying while in New York.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4mwa8uc00093b6mlacqvipn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione is being held at the Pennsylvania state correctional institution at Huntingdon, the oldest operating state prison in the state. The Department of Corrections says Mangione has taken his meals in his cell and is not interacting with other inmates, adding \u201call inmates are afforded time outside their cells even if they are a higher custody level.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/13\/us\/ceo-shooting-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, was not a customer of the private health insurer, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136767\" 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-136767","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\/136767","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=136767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}