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The murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO in New York on Wednesday has ignited a firestorm of fury online about the health insurance industry.Brian Thompson was shot and killed Wednesday morning, but many social media users have exhibited a morbid indifference or even cheerfulness in reacting to his death.'Of course I would have been happy to send my condolences after the United Healthcare CEO was killed,' one person posted in a video on TikTok.
Those words caused some on social media to draw a connection to a 2010 book with a similar title, 'Delay, Deny, Defend,' about insurance companies failing to pay claims.Denial of health insurance claims have been increasing across the board, according to a U.S. Senate Investigative report found by Scripps News.
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