Smiling Assassin (12/12/24)

The killing of UntiedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been viewed in one extreme as a wake up call to corporate America and in another extreme as the start of a glorious Red Guard revolution. The problem with both views is that they neglect to consider important details. First, the AP reported that bullet casings had the writing Deny, Defend, Depose though a few hours later the NYDN reported they read Deny, Defend, Delay - reference to a book about health insurance companies called Delay, Deny, Defend. Second, the shooter’s manifesto was published in several places with different spelling and grammar. Third, and most importantly, United Healthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group, is still facing ongoing lawsuits over their business practices despite Brian’s murder. Brian alone faced court battles prior to being killed while the parent company UHG, was facing congressional inquiry into the largest health data breach in history. That breach affected 100 million people exposing their names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and government identity documents, such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and passport numbers. Additionally, the  breached health care information encompasses diagnoses, medications, test results, imaging and care plans, health insurance information, and financial information related to claims and payments. Change Healthcare is one of the largest handlers of health and medical data, processing patient insurance and billing across the U.S. healthcare sector, including thousands of hospitals, pharmacies, and medical practices. And so in the midst of this, not to mention how UHC was overcharging the government, a CEO is shot by a wealthy, successful, handsome young man who supposedly rallied against woke ideology online. Something doesn’t add up. His designation as the Smiling Assassin may remind us of James Holmes as the Joker, or Aaron Alexis reportedly hearing voices in his head. These are the minds of the paranoid that Joker attracts in Batman. These tricksters create schism and drive wedges. Ultimately, no matter what one thinks the obfuscation of Due Process in favor of blindly murdering people without trial, or in the middle of trail, stinks of two things: anarchy-communists revolutionaries and powerful people who wanted a guy dead but who are happy to pin a hit on a random kid. 

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