# UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan \[breaking news: 2024-12-04\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [December 4, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159 "2024-12-04T16:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 129
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/129 "2024-12-05T03:46:29Z")
I just created a spin-of 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… And i think that’s a better place to discuss those issues than this breaking news thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159)._