UnitedHealthcare executive’s secret boast after CEO Brian Thompson’s assassination

The boss of UnitedHealthcare has bragged to executives that the insurer is on track for record profits following the murder of CEO Brian Thompson, it is claimed.

Andrew Witty, CEO of parent group UnitedHealth, is said to have made a boast to his fellow bosses at a recent meeting. Wall Street Journal reported.

Sales for the year to the end of September were $299 billion, up $22 million in a year, and 2024 is expected to see an even bigger number.

The British-born Witty’s revelation comes less than a month after the December 4 shooting of 50-year-old Thompson on the streets of Manhattan.

Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with the murder, which also sparked a groundswell of outrage over UnitedHealth’s alleged greed and focus on profits over patients.

The parent company’s shares have fallen 16.19 percent over the past month following the shooting, with December 4 marking the start of the decline.

But UnitedHealth bosses are reportedly very optimistic about the future and expect a boost to the share price when the latest results are announced.

“The environment we are in is complex and not one that anyone ever designed,” Witty, 60, said on a Dec. 23 call for concerned employees.

“Right now, people still have strong feelings within the organization, maybe nervous, maybe anxious, maybe concerned about safety,” he added.

On the same day, Mangione, 26, pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges over the shooting of Witty’s right-hand man and father-of-two, Thompson, 50.

Former employees say they were proud to work for Witty.

Inna Sarkisyan, a former auditor of 12 years at UnitedHealthcare, said, “I adored him.”

She said she became skeptical earlier this year about whether his praise for employees was sincere.

“He was talking about quality standards, how quality affects everything. “If his investors see a lot of mistakes, they won’t trust him, and he has to make them happy,” she said.

“That touched me, even though he was the one who always talked about what a village needs.”

DailyMail.com has contacted UnitedHealthcare Group for comment.

UnitedHealthcare, one of America’s largest companies with a market capitalization of $465 billion, provides health insurance, approves medications for patients and employs tens of thousands of doctors and nurses in the US.

Mangione, an Ivy League engineering graduate, was arrested on December 9 for Thompson’s murder, moments after eating a hash brown at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA. He was later charged with murder as an act of terrorism.

Police spotted the alleged killer after a restaurant employee recognized him from surveillance footage the NYPD shared online after the shooting in Midtown Manhattan.

He was later charged with manslaughter for the killing of Thompson, 50, just before 7am on Wednesday outside the Hilton hotel, where the executive was due to give a speech later that day to fund heavy hitters.

Mangione led police on a 280-mile manhunt from New York City’s 6th Avenue to the small Pennsylvania town of Altoona, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh.

The shooter left a trail of overt clues as to his motive, including ammunition with the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” and a bag of Monopoly board game money in his backpack, left in Central Park.

Officials believe the bullet etchings refer to the ‘three D’s of insurance’ – tactics used by US insurance giants to deny patient claims.

This motive seemed to be even more clearly outlined in a handwritten manifesto that police seized from Mangione during his arrest.

“For the FBI’s sake, I will keep this short because I respect what you do for our country,” the three-page document read.

“To spare you a lengthy investigation, I clearly state that I have not collaborated with anyone.”

“I apologize for any conflict or trauma, but it had to be done,” the document adds. “Honestly, these parasites just got it.”

Mangione is also believed to have been carrying a ghost gun, believed to be the rare World War II-inspired 9mm pistol used in Thompson’s murder. which the New York Post reported was a Swiss-made Brugger & Thomet VP9, ​​and a silencer.

In his first public words since his arrest in Pennsylvania, Mangione emerged from a patrol car and shouted about an “insult to the intelligence of the American people” as sheriff’s deputies pushed him into a courthouse.

There is no evidence that Mangione was ever insured with UnitedHealthcare.

The murder has nonetheless sparked widespread speculation about whether he had a bad personal experience with the health care system.

The accused killer is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn ahead of his next court appearance.