Yesterday morning, the United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in NYC.

I made a career in pharmaceutical development. Many people get rich in pharma, but at least that industry produces drugs that can save and improve lives. The profit in the system makes drugs more expensive. But it also increases development speed and innovation.

It is much harder to see the value of health insurance. The only way to significantly increase profit for a health insurer is to deny and delay care for people that need it. Their profits are blood money.

UHC is notoriously the worst offender when it comes to denying and delaying health care coverage. If I was making a list of the most evil people in the world, without even knowing who it was, there is a good chance the CEO of UHC would be in the top 100.

A friend of mine sent me an uncensored video of the murder yesterday. The killer looked calm and focused. His gun appeared to jam after the first shot, but he didn’t panic. He just banged the side to unjam, while steadily walking slowly up to his target to finish him off. He never ran, leaving at a slow trot across the street out of camera view. The media is reporting he dropped ammo and wasn’t professional, but I’m not so sure.

It’s almost certain this was a motivated killing. I imagine someone lost someone close to them after an expensive medical battle. UHC probably pulled their usual bullshit, denying coverage at every step. Maybe the family was left with loss, massive debt and incredible rage.

Its also notable that bitcoin is at all-time highs right now. One thing bitcoin is good for is hiring hitmen on the dark web. My guess is some crypto-bro had someone close to him die and decided to spend some of his new found wealth to take retribution.