It's been close to two months now since Luigi Mangione allegedly murdered United Health CEO Brian Thompson. In the aftermath, bits of news keep popping up to suggest the troubled young man is hardly alone in misunderstanding the role insurers play in our health care system, and where the real problems arise.
According to new polling from Generation Lab, 48% of college students view the killing as totally or somewhat justified. That tallies with polling from Emerson College that showed that 41% of voters under 30 found the killing "acceptable."
Magione's fate will have to be decided by a jury. But regardless of what happens to him, it's very clear that the kids are not all right. And our elected officials are hurting, not helping, by comments that read as kinda-sorta justifying what the disturbed young man stands accused of doing.
It's been close to two months now since Luigi Mangione allegedly murdered United Health CEO Brian Thompson. In the aftermath, bits of news keep popping up to suggest the troubled young man is hardly alone in misunderstanding the role insurers play in our health care system, and where the real problems arise.
According to new polling from Generation Lab, 48% of college students view the killing as totally or somewhat justified. That tallies with polling from Emerson College that showed that 41% of voters under 30 found the killing "acceptable."
Magione's fate will have to be decided by a jury. But regardless of what happens to him, it's very clear that the kids are not all right. And our elected officials are hurting, not helping, by comments that read as kinda-sorta justifying what the disturbed young man stands accused of doing.
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