8 Dec 2024

What now for the US health insurance industry?

From Sunday Morning, 10:52 am on 8 December 2024

With the US still reeling from the shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson and speculation that the words written on the bullets suggest a motive connected to the health insurance industry, we talk to Health Writer for the Associated Press, Tom Murphy about the possible implications for the industry. 

Police place bullet casing markers outside of a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in New York, where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Wednesday, December 4.

Police place bullet casing markers outside of a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in New York, where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Wednesday, December 4. Photo: CNN Newsource