US Healthcare CEO Murdered - Please read mod note at OP

Nobody is saying this guy is a saint. Sure none of us know the first thing about him, he might have been a lovely family man or a complete prick for all we know. it's utterly irrelevant.

Condoning his murder is a very slippery slope. What about the next handsome devil who decides that the head of BP needs to answer for climate change, or some sexy woman decides that cows produce too much methane and the farmer up the road needs to get what's coming to him? Do they get a pass as well?

the point is that even if you pay in the US it does not guarantee treatment. The opposite can apply where your insurer will do everything it can to minimise the cost of cover given AND MOST Importantly is that the reason they ‘minimise’ costs is to pay profits to themselves and shareholders

Americans "Believe" its "Normal" to pay $6,000 for an Ambulance Ride!

TBH I think being convicted in a court of law is irrelevant for certain figures in the US. If you have enough money and power you can get away with outrageously unethical behaviour and never be branded a criminal, the Sackler's being the most prominent example. Brian Thompson certainly would have been in this category of individuals, pretty much above the law.

Under his watch UHC was the most profitable health insurance provider, with by far the highest level of coverage denial. It's pretty clear that he was more than happy to let people die/go bankrupt in order to increase profit margins. Obviously this is incredibly immoral and should be illegal, but in a neo-feudalist country like the US, it's rewarded.

I don't know if we are dealing with a pro here or a lad who just didn't have a care in the world.

Will be very interesting to see if they do catch him, was he a lone wolf or was it a concerted effort.

That's how they do things there.

He did seem to have a plan that had many holes in it but also had inside information on where the victim would be staying.

At absolutely no point did he panic, that either suggest someone quite proficient in killing or given the "mistakes" he did act like someone who was just delighted to be doing what he was doing.

Could also well be this guy is no longer with us.

Could also be the disgruntled insurance client thing was staged.

Out of interest would you be shocked if people were happy a local heroin dealer was dead? Just because this guy wasn't breaking the law doesn't mean he was any less of a piece of shite

Just because I lost all empathy with the US after they failed to do anything about gun control after Sandy Hook doesn't mean I'm pro mass shootings.

The simple fact is there are US citizens who view the system as denying healthcare just to protect profits. We were murderers and terrorists when we assembled the first Dail.

Irish people of course have the solutions to America's problems.

You implied that the thread was filled with people endorsing the killing. Now you do your traditional moving of the goal posts after it's pointed out as being untrue.