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Murder of Insurance CEO Reveals Deep FRUSTRATIONS with US Healthcare System

IHIP News

Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

Politics, News, Talk Radio, Default

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The recent public execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has elicited a very strong reaction from the American public. Thank you to our sponsors: Aura Frames: Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://AuraFrames.com. Use code HADIT at checkout to save! Green Chef: Go to https://greenchef.com/ihip50 and use code ihip50 for 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next two months! PRE-ORDER OUR NEW BOOK and find live tour dates + more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast Follow Us: I've Had It Podcast: @Ivehaditpodcast Jennifer Welch: @mizzwelch Angie "Pumps" Sullivan: @pumpspumpspumps Special thanks to @cnraun for the IHIP Theme Song

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0:00.0

Welcome to IHIP News.

0:06.0

Today I would like to discuss with you the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

0:16.4

And first and foremost, what's so shocking about it, it's on video, it's clearly targeted,

0:23.3

it's some sort of execution that was intended, premeditated, et cetera.

0:29.1

When I saw it, I was like, oh my gosh, that's terrible.

0:32.7

What a horrible, horrible thing to happen.

0:35.7

I was already was some CEO of a health care company,

0:39.1

etc. And then, you know, obviously people start investigating who he is, what his job is.

0:46.4

And the online response to this death has been really, really surprising.

0:57.4

And so I kind of want to dig into that, how the American public can see somebody executed on video,

1:02.6

who's married, who has two children,

1:04.8

this very violent act and what the responses are.

1:08.5

But before we get to the responses of the death, we have to go backwards

1:11.7

and read from his LinkedIn profile. So United Healthcare is the largest private insurance provider.

1:20.5

And any CEO's job is to cut costs, maximize profits. And when you cut costs for health insurance, basically you're denying

1:31.1

people health care. So Brian Thompson posts on his, a year ago, on his LinkedIn. We work every

1:39.8

day to find ways to make slash hashtag health care more affordable, including reducing the cost of

1:46.0

saving prescription drugs. I'm proud of the work we're doing. Andrea responds, Brian Thompson,

1:52.6

this seems like a laudable mission, but United Health Group is failing my mother by not providing

1:59.8

her basic care to get better and back her life.

2:03.3

You continue to delay any decision making and authorizing, which is compromising her health

2:10.5

even more. And if she doesn't get back to her baseline, United Health Group is partially

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