Killing of insurance CEO reveals simmering anger at US health system

The revelation this week of a New York hotel owner’s “reliance and targeting” has shocked America. The response to the crime has unleashed a fiery fury against a trillion-dollar industry. “Pre-planned” doesn’t seem like a part that would stir much emotion. One week last July, more than 100 people gathered at the Minnesota headquarters of U.S.-based health care provider U.S.A. to protest the company and protest patients. “Pre-planned” reviews the proposals before they are allowed to pay. The street form quickly became a topic of discussion in the city’s blockades. Police records indicate that they were joined by a People’s Action Institute team from states including Maine, New York, Texas and West Virginia. The Chicago-based AdvocateVoting’s video strategy director, Unai Montes-Eruest, wrote the disavowed declarations of those protesting and other personal experiences with the health system.

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 “They are denied care, then they have to go through an appeals process that is incredibly difficult to win,” he wrote for the BBC. The latent anger felt by many Americans at the health care system — a shocking divide between for-profit and nonprofit companies, regulatory giants and government agencies — has erupted into public view in New York City after health care executive Brian Thompson’s A-lister — a target of for-profit and nonprofit companies, regulatory giants and government agencies — was exposed. Thump was also the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the health care provider group that owns UnitedHealthcare. Police are still looking for the suspected regulator, whose motive is unknown, but the rights group has released statements to the effect that Shell Casings is writing. The words “deny,” “prevent” and “exclude” were discovered in caps, which security experts believe could indicate a tactic used by companies to increase coverage taxes and profits. You can comment on a disclosure announcement via Thompson’s LinkedIn history. One woman responded to a post boasting about her firm’s work to make executive benefits more affordable. “I have stage 4 metastatic lung cancer,” she wrote. “We only have because of everything for me.” Thompson’s wife told U.S. broadcaster NBC that she had received similar messages before. “There were some permissions,” Paulette Thompson said. “Basically, I don’t know coverage issues?

 I don't know the details." "I just know that he said some people are giving him peace." One person in question said he was frustrated by the high prices and the inevitable corporate response to the situation. Philip Klein, speaking during a conference call with the Texas-Lydicks Investigation Line, part of the 2000-year-old Gorton Thomson, said he was surprised that his trip to Crooked City was not safe. "There's a lot of anger in this United States," Mr. Klein wrote. "Companies need to wake up and talk about where their clubs are going to be in the process of being affected." Mr. Klein wrote that since the Thompson Group was formed, he has been inundated with calls. Top U.S. companies set high-level policy. At the funeral, many policymakers and industry leaders expressed their condolences and sympathies. "I am heartbroken and devastated to lose my friend Brian Thompson," said Michael Tan, the chief executive of Ahi Payments. "He was a dedicated man, a good friend to many and a refreshingly candid fellow police officer and candidate." 

In a statement, UnitedHealth said it had received "many messages of support from healthcare consumers, associations, members of organizations and other concerned individuals." But online, users of UnitedHealthcare, including customers and other leaders, reacted differently. The responses ranged from acerbic jokes (a common joke was "Thoughts and prayers," a play on the phrase "Thoughts and prayers") to anecdotes about the number of requests for comment rejected by UnitedHealthcare and other organizations. Political parties, industry insiders, and critics wrote that they had no sympathy for Thompson. Some even gave him birth. The online anger seemed to bridge the divide. The so-called "deep state" and corporate power were undoubtedly expressed as socialists. It could come from ordinary people who are willing to share their opinions with regulators. People's Action's Mr. Montes-Irueste is a writer who is a top news anchor.

He said his team campaigned in a “nonviolent, democratic” way — but added that he understood the bitterness online. “We have a balkanized and broken health care system, which is why there are so many strong feelings being expressed right now from people who are experiencing that broken system in different ways,” he said. The posts reflect deep frustration with many Americans’ health insurers and the system in general. “The system is incredibly complex,” said Sara Collins, a senior scholar at the health care research foundation The Commonwealth Fund. “It can be challenging for people to just navigate it and understand how you’re covered,” she said. “And everything can seem fine until you get sick and need your plan.”

 A recent Commonwealth Fund study found that 45% of insured working adults were charged for something they thought was free or should have been covered by insurance, and less than half of those who reported suspected billing errors challenged them. And 17% of respondents said their insurer has denied coverage for care recommended by their doctor. Not only is the U.S. health care system complex, it is expensive, and the huge costs often fall directly on individuals. Prices are negotiated between payers and insurers, Ms. Collins said, meaning what is charged to patients or insurance companies often bears little resemblance to the actual cost of providing medical services. “We see a high rate of people who say their health care costs are unaffordable, across all types of insurance, even (government-funded) Medicaid and Medicare,” she said. “People are accumulating medical debt because they can’t pay their bills. That’s unique to the United States. We really have a medical debt crisis.” A survey by researchers at the health policy foundation KFF found that nearly two-thirds of Americans say insurance companies are “a lot” to blame for high health care costs. Christine Ebner, a senior economist at the nonprofit think tank RAND Corporation, said insurers have increasingly been issuing denials for medical coverage and using prior authorization to deny coverage in recent years.

 The premiums per family are about $25,000 (£19,600), she said. “On ​​top of that, people face out-of-pocket costs, which can easily be in the thousands of dollars,” she said. UnitedHealthcare and other insurers have faced lawsuits, media scrutiny and government investigations into their practices. Last year, UnitedHealthcare settled a lawsuit brought by a chronically ill college student whose story was covered by the news site ProPublica, who says she was saddled with $800,000 in medical bills when her doctor-prescribed medications were denied. The company is currently fighting a class-action lawsuit that claims it used artificial intelligence to end primary care. The BBC has contacted United Health Group for comment.