Numbers Define the Strange Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson:

The consequences of “Delay,” “Deny,” and “Depose.”

The above image, provided by the New York City Police Department, shows a person of interest in the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday. The video screengrab is courtesy of the New York Police Department.

THREE: The number of bullets shot into UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during a December 4^th early morning assassination by an unidentified assailant. The words “Delay,” “Deny,” and “Depose” were engraved into all the expelled bullet shell casings.

SIX of TEN: Six of the ten largest US private health insurance companies—one of which is UnitedHealthcare—have recently been accused of fraud by healthcare industry whistleblowers and government officials.

EIGHT of TEN: Eight out of ten of the largest Medicare Advantage providers, including UnitedHealthcare, have made billions of dollars in revenue and profits by overcharging health insurance consumers and the government, according to a recent New York Times investigation.

FOURTEEN: The number of years since former President Barack Obama campaigned for, passed through Congress, and signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) into law.

15%: UnitedHealthcare’s statistical growth rate year-over-year includes more than $8 billion in earnings and $91.9 billion in revenue for the first three months of 2023.

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Another image, provided by the New York City Police Department, of a person of interest in the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday. The video screengrab is courtesy of the New York Police Department.

THIRTY-ONE: The number of years since former First Lady, New York Senator, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed the Clinton health care plan of 1993 (also known as “Hillarycare”).

SEVENTY: The unofficial number of times Republicans in Congress and former President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare, including in June 2020, when Trump asked the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA during the coronavirus pandemic.

70%: The percentage of the Medicare Advantage market, financed by taxpayer money, that UnitedHealthcare and the seven largest for-profit insurance companies now control.

500%: The combined revenue percentage increase that UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, CVS/Aetna, Elevance, Humana, and Molina Health Insurance enjoyed from taxpayer-supported supplemental insurance programs like Medicare Advantage between 2012 and 2022.

68 THOUSAND: The estimated number of US citizens who DIE ANNUALLY as a result of health insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare denying essential medical care, surgical services, prescription medicines, or medical equipment to private insurance consumers.

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650,000: The number of Americans EVERY YEAR who file bankruptcy because of indebtedness caused by medical bills. Medical debt accounts for more than 60% of all personal bankruptcies.

655,000: The number of new Medicare Advantage members UnitedHealthcare reported enrolling into the company’s client base in the first quarter of 2023.

1.4 MILLION: The estimated number of American citizens who have died from the coronavirus or COVID-19-related illnesses since 2020.

$10 MILLION: The YEARLY COMPENSATION of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson before his murder on December 4^th. Mr. Thompson was appointed CEO in 2021.

$22.8 MILLION: Campaign donations from 127 private health insurance PACs to American political candidates in 2023 and 2024. $12.9 MILLION went to Republicans, and $9.9 MILLION went to the Democrats.

27.1 MILLION: The number of American citizens who are uninsured or cannot afford health insurance as of 2024. That is 8.2% of the US population.

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Police place bullet casing markers outside of a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Wednesday in New York City. The photo is courtesy of Spencer Platt and Getty Images.

49 MILLION: The number of US citizens who are consumers of UnitedHealthcare private insurance or UnitedHealthcare-run Medicare Advantage plans.

$11.4 BILLION: The estimated amount of tax revenues STOLEN by private insurance companies because of OVERBILLING of the federal Medicare Trust Fund during fiscal year 2022.

Finally, in 2023, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had a chance to crack down on private insurance companies’ rampant overbilling of the federal Medicare Advantage Plan.

Guess what the Biden-Harris administration did? Old “Fightin’ Joe” and “Laughing Kamala” decided to slow the implementation of the crackdown on overbilling at the request of private insurance company lobbyists and campaign donors.

However, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski blamed VP Harris’s loss to Donald Trump last month on “wokeness.”