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McDonald’s Where Alleged United Healthcare Hitman Was Arrested Gets Bombarded By Google Reviews And The Comments Are Wild

He gave up a bright future, but for some people, Mangione is a hero

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Now that Luigi Mangione has been detained by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as a suspect in the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the McDonald’s, where an employee identified him, is getting a thorough clobbering from social media users on X and Yelp! The fact that people are angry over his likely arrest tells you something about the state of healthcare in this country.

According to the Commonwealth Fund, three companies—Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — have been given high marks for their healthcare systems. The U.S., however, is way below other countries on the list. In a survey of nine countries, the fund concluded:

“The U.S. continues to be in a class by itself in the underperformance of its health care sector. While the other nine countries differ in the details of their systems and in their performance on domains, unlike the U.S., they all have found a way to meet their residents’ most basic health care needs, including universal coverage.”

Forbes found that United Healthcare denies more claims than any other healthcare provider. It noted:

“When it comes to denying claims, multiple reports suggest that UHC, which is the country’s largest health insurer and serves some 50 million people, is an industry leader, with a rate nearly double the industry average. A recent Senate report slammed the company for denying nursing care to patients recovering from falls and strokes on its Medicare Advantage plans, and it currently faces a class action lawsuit for its use of AI algorithms to automatically refuse payment.’

So it’s no wonder that people are upset at the state of healthcare in this country. It’s also no surprise that many people are excoriating McDonald’s and the employee who outed Mangione.

@Deviboiii is one among many who had something to say.

The McDonalds that the alleged #UnitedHealthcareAssassin was arrested at is currently being reviewed bombed on google. Please mention this in the documentary
@netflix

@MarinPolitical observed:

“70% of Americans surveyed expressed lack of remorse for the “Insurance Adjuster” Luigi and decried the health insurance industry in general.”

@GLPmuse quipped:

“Those SOBs only make 7 an hr, why tf are they snitching”

@daddyLikeydummy pointedly observed:

“him getting ratted out by a McDonald’s employee is S rank irony. to possibly be on the cusp of class consciousness and then have one of the lowest paid people in the country fucking Judas the guy that slayed a giant (for what is essentially chump change to those people)”

@devilboiii made other salient observations:

Mangione acted alone, but he carried with him the frustrations of millions of Americans who the U.S. healthcare system has wronged. The system is badly broken and it needs to be fixed. Perhaps by allegedly shooting Thompson, he was making a statement.

Whatever his intentions were, I hope CEOs are paying attention.

Featured image via screengrab

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Megan Hamilton

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Megan Colleen Hamilton was born and raised on progressive politics and she has long fought for liberal causes. She has lived in the Pacific Northwest, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, parts of Mexico, and now Central America. Her travels have further informed her progressive beliefs in these troubled times. She is currently owned by 10 cats, two dogs, and one naughty rabbit. She actually is one of those “childless cat ladies.”

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