Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the most staunch critics of the U.S. health care system on Capitol Hill, condemned the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Tuesday, but added that people “can only push things so far.” Yes. “He said in an interview with The Huffington Post.
“The visceral reaction of people across the country who feel deceived, defrauded and threatened by the despicable practices of insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system,” Warren said, pointing to cries of support from people online. We support murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
Warren added, “Violence is never the answer.” “But a person can only be pushed so far.”
“Violence is never the answer,” Warren said in a statement to POLITICO after the report was published Wednesday. period. “It should have been much clearer that there is absolutely no justification for murder.”
Mangione is charged with multiple counts in connection with Thompson’s killing, including one count of second-degree murder. On Wednesday morning, multiple media outlets reported that the 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate’s fingerprints matched those found at a midtown Manhattan crime scene.
Bullet casings at the crime scene had the words “deny,” “defend,” and “disposal,” written on them, a reference to former Rutgers Law School professor Jay Feinman’s 2010 book, “Delay, Deny, Defend: How Insurance Companies Should Be.” This could be a nod to ‘Why Don’t You Pay?’ Claims and what you can do about them.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who, like Warren, is a staunch critic of the health care industry, also sees the killings in the larger context of the frustration Americans feel with the system.
Sanders said Tuesday that Thompson’s murder was “outrageous,” according to the Huffington Post. He said what the outpouring of anger against the health care industry tells us is that millions of people understand that health care is a human right, and they can’t have people in the insurance industry making billions of dollars while denying people the health care they need. With profit.”
At least one Democrat criticized Mangione even more bluntly. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman also called him “an idiot who will die in jail” in an interview with HuffPost.
He added, “If you want to congratulate me, congratulate me.” “What goes down the drain will go down the drain.”
