Luigi Mangione: Pictures. Motivations. Historical event

LATEST: Luigi Mangione lawyer might use as defence that his mental state was altered because he had brain fog and mental complication due to his Lyme disease.
Although many patients will improve with appropriate treatment, others will experience ongoing Lyme disease symptoms that may stay with them years or forever, including impaired cognitive function, with several neurologic and/or psychiatric symptoms, debilitating depression, paranoia, dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, major depression, anorexia nervosa, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This uncontrolled mental state would have increased in him a certain popular opinion/metaphor that CEOs such as Brain Thompson should be considered by law as individuals of direct mass murder due to the thousands of refusals of care and medications by the direct link decision-vs-person. These very assumed decisions described as technique of "bureaucratic exhaustion" by continuous deny are made despite the hundreds of billions in revenues and profits, and millions paid to their decision-makers.
That opinion grew since a surge in prior authorization denials for patients in recent time (Report from the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee Oct 2024), and UHealthcare seems knowingly employed an AI model that had a 90% error rate to automate claim denial. (more details below)
•Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare since 2021, was shot and killed outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan, New York City on December 4 6h44am 2024 presumably by Luigi Mangion
•Bullet casings found at the crime scene were marked with the words "depose," "deny," and "delay," which some interpret as a response referencing to the bureaucratic tactics used by insurance companies to reject medical claims
•Under Thompson's leadership, UnitedHealthcare began using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate claim denials, resulting in patients being unable to access needed medical care.
•Thompson was criticized in an open letter from the American Hospital Association due to a UnitedHealthcare plan to start denying payment for what it deemed as non-critical visits to hospital emergency rooms.
•A class action suit filed against UnitedHealth Group in November 2023 alleged the company knowingly employed an AI model that had a 90% error rate.
•He was facing a lawsuit accusing him and other executives of insider trading, after they reportedly sold millions of dollars of stock while the company was the subject of a federal investigation.
•UnitedHealthcare insures 49 million Americans and had $281 billion in revenue for the 2023 fiscal year.
•Thompson's death received unprecedented reactions of contempt and mockery from large part of American society towards him, UnitedHealth Group, and, more broadly, the American healthcare system. Never A suspect received automatically that much social sympathy.
•The anger over UnitedHealth's business practices and those of the United States health insurance industry at large pushed online comments to compared Thompson's death to the harm or death experienced by clients who were denied healthcare.
•A senior lecturer in social work at Columbia University, said on social media: "Today, we mourn the death of ... Brian Thompson, gunned down ... wait I'm sorry – today we mourn the deaths of 68,000 Americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires".
•One physician told The Daily Beast that they believed the perpetrator should be brought to justice, but also stated that Thompson's role as CEO had led to a great amount of suffering and loss of life, which he described as "on the order of millions", adding that "[it is] hard for me to sympathize when so many people have suffered because of his company".
•Some highlighted disturbing comments called for further assassinations of CEOs and class war on social medias.
•An expert in political violence at the University of Chicago, told The Guardian that the response of online commentators was indicative of Americans' growing acceptance of violence to settle civil disputes.
•After the killing, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reversed a controversial decision to place time limits on coverage for surgical anaesthesia in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. Some say that reversed decision might have saved many lives.
•Luigi Mangione, whose father led Mangione Family Enterprises, was himself off to a prominent start: valedictorian of the 2016 class at The Gilman School, a graduate graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, completing both a master's and bachelor's of science in computer engineering within four years. His concentration, or major, was in artificial intelligence, and his minor was in mathematics.
•Luigi Mangione volunteered at Lorien nursing home to fulfill a high school community service requirement, according to a Gilman yearbook.
•Mangione underwent back surgery and completely cut off contact with his family and friends afterwards. His loved ones reported him missing several months ago prior the event. A roommate in Hawaii mentioned that his severe back pain significantly affected his ability to participate in activities and even impacted his romantic relationships.
•He took a basic surf lesson that ended up leaving him in bed for about a week and that "it was really traumatic and difficult". He also had surgery earlier this year that left him with screws in his lower back.
•On Goodreads.com Mangione quoted lines from an unnamed source he found "interesting", which included: "When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution".
•For decades, the Mangione family has been a cornerstone supporter of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, contributing more than $1 million to the hospital. In recognition of their enduring support, the hospital’s high-risk obstetrics unit bears the Mangione name. Beyond GBMC, the Mangione Family Foundation has extended its philanthropy to institutions including the Kennedy Krieger Institute, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.
•Other insurers were named in an October 2024 report from the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations showing a surge in prior authorization denials for Medicare Advantage patients.
•A person of interest, is presumably the gunman of Thompson, and named Luigi Mangione. The 26-year-old man was arrested after a McDonald's employee recognized him, and held for questioning on December 9.
•Mangione was carrying a manifesto, multiple fraudulent IDs, a U.S. passport, a 3D printed gun and a 3D printed suppressor consistent with those used in the attack.
•The manifesto carried by the suspect explicitly mentions UnitedHealthcare, highlights the company's size and significant revenue, and criticizes healthcare companies for prioritizing profits over patient care.
• Luigi Mangione lawyer might use as defence that his mental state was altered because he had brain fog and mental complication due to his Lyme disease. https://www.lymedisease.org/questioning-role-of-lyme-disease/
• GiveSendGo fundraiser has remained live, with thousand of dollars as of December 11, but other online fundraising related to Mangione have been shut down for site's politics.
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