Leaked Video Shows Insurance CEO Gloating About Denying Care, Calling Critics Delusional
Image by Kent Nishimura via Getty / Futurism UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty made some eyebrow-raising remarks following the assassination of his colleague Brian Thompson. On the day of Thompson’s murder, Witty addressed employees in a company-wide video in which he justified their practice of stamping out “unnecessary” health coverage. “Our role is a critical role, and we make sure that care is safe, appropriate, and is delivered when people need it,” Thompson said in the internal virtual address, leaked by journalist Ken Klippenstein. “And we guard against the pressures that exist for unsafe care or for unnecessary care to be delivered in a way which makes the whole system too complex and ultimately unsustainable.” “So we’re going to continue to make that case, and we’re going to continue to do the work we do,” he added. As critics of the healthcare industry might argue, Witty’s comments are emblematic of insurers’ ruthless cost-saving policies that prevent patients from getting coverage for often crucial or life-saving procedures, leaving them with enormous medical bills. An analysis by …
