Prognosis

UnitedHealth Shooting Unleashed a Wave of Vitriol Against Insurers

Brian Thompson, a longtime UnitedHealth Group executive, was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan early on Dec. 4 in Manhattan.

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

Hi, it’s Bob in windy New Jersey. The apparently targeted killing of a UnitedHealth Group executive has provoked vitriolic screeds against health insurers on social media. But first ...

Nobody yet knows the motive behind the cold-blooded shooting of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel just after dawn on Wednesday. In a particularly chilling note, the words “delay” and “depose” were written on bullets involved in the shooting.