# United healthcare CEO assassinated, the P&E edition {This is not a gun debate/statistics thread!} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-healthcare-ceo-assassinated-the-p-e-edition-this-is-not-a-gun-debate-statistics-thread/1011195 "2024-12-05T13:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 114
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-healthcare-ceo-assassinated-the-p-e-edition-this-is-not-a-gun-debate-statistics-thread/1011195/114 "2024-12-05T23:52:02Z")
> [@Pedro](#): > > I would like to continue the discussion about healthcare but maybe in another thread. > [@wolfpup](#): > > No it isn’t, so clearly you don’t get it at all. Every civilized country on the planet provides unconditional universal health care. Perhaps @puzzlegal’s concurrent thread? > [@The ethics of health insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-health-insurance/1011177): > > Continuing the discussion from [UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan [2024-12-04]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-2024-12-04/1011159/113): So … United healthcare has a very bad reputation, and perhaps that’s true of it. But as best as i can tell, the people who invented the HMO (which i think was related to [Kaiser Permanente](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente), the health insurance company) really believed they were going to improve people’s health and save money doing it, by preventing expensive complications. And i kinda think the folks who founded [the Blues](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association) (the large… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-healthcare-ceo-assassinated-the-p-e-edition-this-is-not-a-gun-debate-statistics-thread/1011195)._