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Luigi Mangione Sentenced to 25 Years of United Healthcare Coverage (hard-drive.net)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Huh. I haven’t seen that factoid before.

It distances the motive from personal vendetta. It provides support to the narrative that he did this for principles, and not revenge.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Looked it up to double check, as it's what I remembered reading.

The New York Police Department told CBS News that there are no indications that Mangione was a UnitedHealthcare customer.

Officials believe Mangione may have targeted the company because of its status as the largest health insurer in the United States.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I would imagine it might be because United denies claims more than most (all?) other major insurance providers. I mean, it could be because of that, if Luigi did it, but he's innocent so this is purely hypothetical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

They were absolutely the best choice to target, the worst of the worst.