UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in a guest essay for The New York Times. Thompson was shot outside a New York City hotel during the company’s annual investor conference on December 4, a killing seen as a violent expression of anger toward the insurance industry. Witty acknowledged frustrations with the U.S. health system, calling it a flawed “patchwork built over decades" that "does not work as well as it should." He described Thompson as a caring leader focused on improving care for consumers.
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00:02United Health Group CEO Andrew Witte addressed the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson,
00:06CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in a guest essay for the New York Times.
00:10Thompson was shot outside a New York City hotel during the company's annual investor conference
00:16on December 4th, a killing seen as a violent expression of anger towards the insurance
00:21industry. Witte acknowledged frustrations with the U.S. health system, calling it a
00:26flawed patchwork built over decades that doesn't work as well as it should.
00:31He described Thompson as a caring leader focused on improving care for customers.