NYT: The 'Chilling' Fatal Shooting of a C.E.O. Has Business Leaders on Edge

[markpkessinger]

1. Here's the comment I posted to this article:

I don't for one minute condone the murder of anyone. But at the same time, if wealthy business executives are feeling a little nervous, maybe that's not entirely a bad thing.

Look, UnitedHealthcare, under Mr. Thompson's leadership, pursued a policy of denying claims by algorithm, the claims only reviewed by a medical professional in the event such denials were challenged or appealed. This policy resulted in needless delays in patient care in many cases, and in some cases, likely resulted in patient deaths.

I saw a quote of Mr. Thompson's wife about what a wonderful, generous person and father Mr. Thompson was. But be that as it may, he pursued policies that sometimes had real adverse consequences for the lives of real people, many of whom had no real options.

Perhaps it is time for business executives to begin to understand that when they make decisions that adversely impact the lives of real people, they are opening themselves to the possibility that some of those adversely affected individuals may decide that it's time for those business executives to face some adverse consequences of their own!

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