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A group of investors sued UnitedHealthcare Group on Wednesday, accusing the company of misleading them after the killing of its CEO, Brian Thompson.

The class action lawsuit — filed in the Southern District of New York — accuses the health insurance company of not initially adjusting their 2025 net earning outlook to factor in how Thompson’s killing would affect their operations.

The group, which is seeking unspecified damages, argued that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing “the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve” its earnings goals.

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[–] [email protected] 228 points 4 days ago (20 children)

Everything about this is incredible.

[–] [email protected] 185 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (19 children)

I'm old. 53. I never gave too much thought to the whole capitalism vs communism vs socialism debate until my early 30's.

But at my age, it's become blatantly, obscenely obvious that unregulated, laissez-faire, free market capitalism is evil. That "fiducial duty" to prioritize stranger's money is more important than human lives.

Putting investors above common, basic decency is abominable, and irredeemable.

I don't give two fucks about shareholders, or their "investment."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

You arnt old. And I also feel the same as you. I am becoming anti consumer. I hope as a last chance Gen x get to go out in a blaze. I am becoming more activist. We have been fighters all our lives. Time to use it for good.

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