Luigi Mangione appeared to reference lefty documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and former New York Occasions reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal in his manifesto as examples of people that have “illuminated the corruption and greed” of the well being care trade.
Whereas railing in opposition to the immense energy and “abuse” by American well being care firms that impressed him to allegedly kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Mangione admitted he does “not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument.”
He wrote that “many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain.”
Investigators imagine the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer was citing Moore and Rosenthal within the manifesto, sources mentioned.
Moore’s 2007 movie “Sicko” attacked America’s medical health insurance trade and contrasted it with that of different Western international locations.
Rosenthal authored the 2017 New York Occasions bestseller “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take it Back.”
The ebook explores the complicated, profit-driven world of American drugs — an trade that has left People confused, indignant and infrequently paying extra for much less care, the ebook argues.
“’An American Sickness’ is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart,” an outline of the ebook on Amazon reads.
