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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

Brian Thompson’s killing sparks outrage over state of US healthcare

people hold signs that read 'health insurance reform now' 'we need health care' and 'insurance profits are bad for my health'
People protest outside the Independence Blue Cross building in Philadelphia in 2009. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

In the aftermath of the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, while Thompson’s colleagues grieve and politicians decry his murder, some online discussion has shown little sympathy for Thompson or the industry he represented.

Instead, social media has been in engulfed in expressions of anger at many Americans’ dire experiences at the hands of health insurance companies and outrage at the large profits that they generate.

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