The December 4 shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York sparked a global backlash against the privatised health insurance industry’s unfettered greed.

Thompson, who previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and reportedly earned more than US$10 million a year at United, was gunned down as he walked to the Hilton in mid-town Manhattan for a United Healthcare Group investors’ conference.

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The conference was celebrating the bloated profits of an industry whose predatory non-payment practices help make medical bills the United States’ number one cause of personal bankruptcy and a leading driver of homelessness.

Forbes Magazine reported that UnitedHealth Group, the US’ fourth-largest public company behind Walmart, Amazon and Apple, made US$22 billion in 2023.

Research shows an estimated 45,000 Americans die needlessly every year due to unaffordable health........

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