Editorial: Le Monde

• The shooting death of the CEO of United Healthcare, a private health insurance company in the U.S., has sparked a vibrant debate in the country.
• The suspect is Luigi Mangione, a well-off individual who seems to have developed a particular hatred towards medical insurers.
• Media coverage and social media reactions revealed public resentment and anger towards health insurance companies.
• Social media commentary got so extreme that major media outlets had to shut down their comment sections and United Healthcare had to close its online book of condolences.
• The bitterness centers on an unequal and unjust healthcare system, despite recent improvements.
• The profiteering operation of these insurance companies cause frustrations among the public, with an increased rate of denial of medical treatments.
• The recent nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr, a known antivax conspiracy theorist, as Health Minister does not promise a better climate.

Conclusion: The murder has once again starkly highlighted structural issues within the U.S. health system, as well as social tension around access to healthcare and insurance companies.

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