Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, was not insured by Thompson’s company, according to the health insurer’s owner, UnitedHealth Group.
UnitedHealth Group, the largest healthcare organization in the U.S., said it has no record of 26-year-old Mangione being a client, NBC News reported. The suspected assassin allegedly mentioned “United” in a manifesto raging about the health insurance industry before Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on December 4. New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told NBC News that Mangione “possibly” targeted UnitedHealthcare because of its size.
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth-largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in…
