Brian Thompson’s Killing Sparks Outrage Online Over State Of Us Healthcare

Americans turn to social media to discuss dire experiences at hands of health insurance companies

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.