Remember, remember the fourth of December

Deny. Defend. Depose. Profiting off pain.

When UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson hit the pavement on December 4th, three bullets ensured he’d never get up again, and on those bullets, a message inscribed—deny, defend, depose—a grim epitaph for a man whose life work symbolized the cruelty at the heart of the health insurance industry.

Thompson wasn’t just another suit. The buck stopped with him. He was the CEO and principal architect of harmful and cruel policies that denied health coverage to countless Americans leaving them bankrupt, untreated, or dead.

Make no mistake—his assassination wasn’t random. No, this was a seismic punctuation mark in a society teetering on the brink of collapse.

Let’s get this straight: Murder is wrong. I’m not advocating for violence in the streets—or anywhere else. But when a CEO who profited from systemic suffering is taken out in a hail of gunfire, the collective shrug from the public speaks volumes.

Thompson—who made $10.2 million last year and had a reported net worth of approximately $43 million—presided over a company that denies one-third of all policyholder claims. He rode the fat cat gravy train fueled by others’ frustration pain, suffering, and death.

His demise doesn’t warrant an outcry of sympathy—instead, it demands a reckoning…