“After UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing, Doctors Speak Out.” Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2024.

[u/JustKidding456]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zV9qk5rIaM

[u/Maximus_2698]

The lionization of Luigi Mangione is grotesque. A spoiled, privileged, rich kid murdering someone in cold blood because of their profession should never be turned into a folk hero. All the supportive rhetoric on Reddit and elsewhere will only encourage copycats and is deeply authoritarian.

The simple fact is that while most Americans aren't satisfied with the American healthcare system in the abstract, a majority of Americans are satisfied with the cost of their own personal healthcare.

The primary difference between our system and a system like Canada's or the UK's is who picks up the tab. For us its private insurance, and for them it's the government. I'm sure the same people arguing that this murder shows we need to overhaul our healthcare system would not feel the same way if the NHS director in the UK was killed in the same fashion.

[u/ReturnoftheTurd → u/Maximus_2698]

Let’s be a little more clear with it though. It’s not “the government” in Canada. It’s one of the provincial governments or it’s literally an insurance company, of which 65-75% of Canadians are customers.

I don’t like this characterization of “the government” doing x because in a lot of cases it isn’t “the government.” It’s a multitude of distinct governments and a patchwork of insurance companies (albeit different from the United States’ patchwork of healthcare).