By: Savannah Walsh, Bess Levin, Rebecca Ford, Esther Zuckerman, Hadley Hall Meares, Paul Chi, Molly Jong-Fast, David Canfield, Katie Nicholl, Clive Irving, Katherine Eban
Nothing can justify the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but providers agree that America’s insurance system is off the rails. “I am kind of surprised this hasn’t happened earlier,” says one health care consultant.