UnitedHealth Group CEO admits America’s health system is ‘flawed’ after Brian Thompson’s murder

In a public response to the outpouring of rage against health insurance companies following the murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company admited America’s health care system “is flawed” as he mourned the loss of a “brilliant, kind man.”

In an op-ed titled “The health care system is flawed. Let’s fix it,” published in the New York Times on Friday, Andrew Witty, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, wrote that he “understands people’s frustrations.”