Shooting Unleashes Flurry of Stories of Denied Claims

“The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex health insurance industry,” CNN reports.

Washington Post: “In posts that trended on multiple social media platforms, users mocked Thompson’s death by invoking health insurance terms, saying their empathy for his loss had been ‘denied.’ Other users implied the killing was essentially merited, citing UnitedHealthcare’s frequent rejections of customers’ requests.”

“Many of the posts were liked by tens of thousands of users, some of whom chimed in with their own stories of struggling to get the corporate giant to cover their health insurance claims.”

Daily Beast: Disturbing trend as Internet thirsts after CEO’s assassin.