UnitedHealth’s campaign to quiet critics
The company has invoked the murder of an executive to deter coverage in news outlets.
From The Times
July 21, 2025

UnitedHealth has threatened journalists, activists and a doctor with lawsuits, often invoking last year’s murder of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of the company’s health insurance division, to deter negative coverage.

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