Ding Dong The CEO is Deceased

The ‘elites’ really do not get how fed up the majority are with the sick care system and insurance

Insurance representative and sick patient generated by Adobe Firefly, licensed from Adobe Stock

Here they come, telling us all to feel terrible about the December 4, 2024 midtown Manhattan shootdown of former United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson, age 50, leaves behind a family.

As of the time I write this, the shooter has not been apprehended, the motive is unknown, and UnitedHealthcare has posted no reward for information in the case.

One might wonder — given the crocodile tears shed by Thompson’s employer in the wake of his gunshot murder — did UnitedHealthcare have a double-indemnity life insurance policy for Thompson, and is the corporation the beneficiary?

Dead Peasant Policies

You think I’m joking. Au contraire. In the 1980s, companies got in the habit of taking out low-cost life insurance policies for low-paid employees, also known as “Dead Peasant” insurance. This practice was outlawed, but only in the sense that the company has to inform the employee they are doing it, and obtain their consent. Thompson’s salary, bonuses, and incentives added up to $10.2 million in 2023, to oversee the operations of the largest multinational ‘health’ insurance company in the U.S., which is responsible for…