Brian Thompson's chilling warning to UnitedHealthcare executives before he was assassinated
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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had warned his fellow executives at the insurance company about its negative public image months before he was shot dead. Thompson, 50, tried to focus on each individual patients' needs during his time as CEO of the massive insurance company, colleagues told the Washington Post.
![[New York City police say outrage over the health insurance company's history of denying claims led Luigi Mangione, 26, to open fire on the CEO on December 4]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/93211867-14199413-image-a-2_1734389487822.jpg)
He also argued in internal discussions with fellow executives earlier this year that average Americans did not understand UnitedHealthcare's role in the nation's healthcare system - and urged executives to focus on the steps it was taking to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs.
![[Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania, where he was reportedly found with a manifesto outlining his grievances with UnitedHealthcare]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/22/93211879-14199413-image-a-3_1734389695488.jpg)
'He understood that the public was frustrated with what they perceived the company's actions to be,' an unidentified insider told WaPo. 'He was actively articulating a vision that helped better educate and help people understand what the company is doing.'.
![[UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty has repeatedly attempted to stem the tidal wave of hate towards Brian Thompson in the wake of his death]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/23/93064433-14199413-UnitedHealth_Group_CEO_Andrew_Witty_has_repeatedly_attempted_to_-a-4_1734390322336.jpg)
The company and its parent, UnitedHealth Group, was receiving bad publicity at the time amid a Department of Justice investigation and claims that Thompson was engaging in insider trading. It was also facing outrage among its members over claims that it made billions of dollars by denying healthcare to the ill and elderly.
![[The insurance company is now facing even more scrutiny over previously undisclosed internal documents that show it had been planning to limit coverage for the 'gold standard' in therapy for children on the autism spectrum]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/23/93213597-14199413-image-a-5_1734390749835.jpg)
Police now say that outrage led 26-year-old Luigi Mangione to open fire at Thompson at point-blank range as he was walking outside of a hotel in midtown Manhattan on December 4. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, had warned his fellow executives at the insurance company about its negative public image months before he was shot dead.
