Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) mentioned on Sunday that he is “not surprised” by the flood of on-line vitriol following the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what police describe as an obvious premeditated assault.
“Well, first of all, let me just say, it was horrific. I mean, this is a father we’re talking about of two children, and my sympathies to the entire family. There is no justification for violence,” Khanna mentioned in an interview on ABC Information’s “This Week” with Martha Raddatz, when requested whether or not he was shocked by the vitriol.
“But the outpouring afterward has not surprised me,” Khanna added.
Thompson’s demise has spurred an outpouring of public testimony describing adverse experiences with medical health insurance firms and getting claims denied. Within the feedback part of some information experiences, some individuals have even gloated about his demise.
Authorities have but to find out a motive within the govt’s homicide, and the manhunt continues to be underway to search out the suspect. However police recovered from the scene three discharged shell casings with the phrases “deny,” “defend” and “depose” written on them.
Based on the New York Publish, these three phrases are much like the title of a 2010 e book, “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
Within the interview, Khanna described his personal adverse expertise with the corporate.
“Look, I, as a congressperson, had UnitedHealthcare deny a prescription for a nasal $100 pump spray, and I couldn’t get them to reverse this, so imagine what ordinary people are dealing with,” Khanna mentioned. “The biggest denial comes when it’s cancer treatment. I mean, people are getting denied on cancer treatment.”
