In his manifesto, Luigi Mangione referenced lefty documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and former New York Times reporter Elizabeth Rosenthal as examples of people who have “exposed the corruption and greed” of the health care industry.
Speaking out against the immense power and “abuse” of American healthcare companies, which allegedly led him to assassinate UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Mangione acknowledged that he was “the most qualified person to make the full argument.” Don’t pretend to be a person.”
He wrote that “Many highlighted corruption and greed decades ago (eg: Rosenthal, Moore) and the problems remain.”
Sources said investigators believe the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO was citing Moore and Rosenthal in the manifesto.
Moore’s 2007 film “Sicko” attacked America’s health insurance industry and compared it to other Western countries.
Rosenthal wrote the 2017 New York Times bestseller “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.”
The book explores the profit-driven, complex world of American medicine – an industry that has left Americans confused, angry and often paying more for less care, the book argues.
The book’s description on Amazon reads, “An American Disease is the front-line defense against a health care system that no longer has our well-being at its center.”
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