I'm not on the board so everything is hearsay, but from what I've heard, they can't legally kick him out as the crimes were before he was a member at the club. However, I have not seen him at the club since the news broke to the masses. I know if it were me, I'd never show my face there again.
So, can anyone think of a reason why someone would want a health insurance CEO dead? I'm more shocked by how apparently easy it was to do. https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-ne...l-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources/
There are a few reddit threads on that and holy shit are the comments full of "good" and "surprised it doesn't happen more" sentiments. I can kind of see their point... it's a scummy industry who lobbies millions a year to minimize the payouts they have to do... so people literally die because of their decisions to not cover stuff. It's fucked up.
As someone who has to interface with health insurance companies for work, UnitedHealthcare is TERRIBLE in a sea of bad options. The amount of groveling I have had to do to get advanced imaging covered in situations where it is very clearly warranted, denial of basic things like birth control, requiring prior authorization for everything, etc. is totally egregious. Not to mention their reimbursement rates are trash. I'm not saying I think this guy should have been shot, but I can't be surprised at the sentiment from people in regards to such a shamelessly predatory company.
Someone pissed about crushing medical debt? It is by far the worst industry to deal with. Convoluted and frustrating to the max. I’ve never had a billing issue where I had some eye popping bill called them and the customer service agent said, “Let me look into that…… ope, looks like I can get this taken care of. Looks like it was coded wrong. I fixed it. No charge.” Always been, well your (extremely pricey) insurance doesn’t cover that in this situation. It is what it is. Pay up.
CEOs are critical and irreplaceable functionaries within their companies, who do work the rest of us simply aren't capable of, and that's why they get, and deserve to get, tens of millions of dollars in compensation. Also the company stock goes up by five points when the CEO is shot and killed in broad daylight.
Not quite professional, but is that supposed to be a silencer? https://x.com/AFpost/status/1864373775766024297
I think Mike Ehrmantraut is left to fiction. Looks like he was having trouble with it feeding and was struggling with the slide.
Crackling over police radio - "Suspect may be bankrupted by medical bills and spent $0.16 per round on remanufactured ammo that came in a plastic bag sealed with a bread-tie, from a company nobody's ever heard of, turning his semi-auto pistol into a single-shot. And they're on bike."
On second thought it was probably subsonic ammo that was too weak to cycle. He certain didn't flinch wracking the chamber.
If it was a hired pro hit or an otherwise experienced shooter, yeah, probably subsonic. Scorned policy holder with little experience with firearms, probably shitty reman'd ammo with casings that weren't resized correctly. I bought a box that did the same thing, the gun just wouldn't work with it.
“The NYPD has put up reward posters, has drones out, people working overtime to catch this killer…” Tactics I’m sure they imploy with every homeless man murdered, too. What bias pieces of shit. What’s great though— NOBODY wants to help them. Across the board, the reaction to this murder is “Fuck him, good riddance” from the population. The people came together and concluded that this was not a tragedy. I guess pissing off millions while ripping them off is an “unhealthy lifestyle choice”, yes?
His coolness under pressure wracking the slide each time makes me think he’s an experienced shooter and trained decently. Otherwise though sounds like he made many mistakes. Getting food publicly and dropping a used water bottle and his phone, taking a rented E-bike? Not a thought out plan.