Suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO cites prominent U.S. health care critics in manifesto

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO appears to cite two prominent critics of the U.S. health care system in his handwritten manifesto — journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal and filmmaker Michael Moore — although neither of their works focused on the insurance company.

Police found the document on 26-year-old Luigi Mangione when they arrested him on Monday at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. Mangione, who has been charged with second-degree murder, directly mentions UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, just once — pointing out that its growth has not improved the country’s life expectancy. His note also does not single out the health insurance industry explicitly and instead criticizes how “expensive” the broader system has become. 

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