今年早些时候，参议院发布报告批评保险公司利用自动化工具提高拒赔率，而联合健康正是被点名的公司之一。报告指出，这些工具使得大量索赔被拒，给病患和医疗服务提供者带来了极大的困扰和压力。New developments in the case of the shooting of the head of a usa insurance giant reveal that the suspect left bullets with the words "delay" and "depose" found on them, which may be related to the company's denial of claims. However, experts indicate that this could also be a deliberate clue left by the suspect to divert the police's attention. On Thursday, us stocks closed with unitedhealth (UNH) falling over 5%.
On Wednesday morning, Brian Thompson, CEO of the insurance business of 'the largest medical insurance company in the USA', unitedhealth, was shot dead.
On Thursday Eastern Time, Bloomberg reported that police found a shell casing and a bullet at the scene, with the words 'delay' and 'depose' engraved on the bullet, which relate to a book titled 'Delay, Refusal, Defense' that describes common refusal strategies used by insurance companies. This detail has sparked speculation about the motive behind the case, questioning whether it relates to anger towards the refusal of claims by medical insurance companies.
Earlier this year, the Senate released a report criticizing insurance companies for using automated tools to increase refusal rates, with unitedhealth being one of the companies named. The report pointed out that these tools resulted in many claims being denied, causing great distress and pressure to patients and medical service providers.
Joseph Giacalone, a former New York City police chief and current professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, stated, "This is very unusual; I have been in investigative work for many years, but I have never encountered a case like this."
He believes that although the words on the shell casing may relate to the refusal strategies of insurance companies, investigators cannot rule out the possibility that the suspect intentionally left these clues to divert police attention:
"They will thoroughly investigate all possibilities, but they must also consider that this could be a trick."
The New York City police stated that Thompson was shot around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, in front of hilton worldwide in downtown New York City. On that day, unitedhealth was hosting an Investor Day event at the hotel. Security cameras captured the entire process of the crime, showing the perpetrator arriving early to wait for an opportunity, approaching Thompson from behind and firing several shots after his arrival. After the crime, the shooter quickly fled into a nearby alley and rode a Citi bike towards Central Park. The police found a mobile phone in the alley.
On Thursday, the US stock market closed, with unitedhealth (UNH) falling over 5%.
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