{"id":2377061,"date":"2024-12-06T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/words-on-ceo-assassins-bullets-potentially-decoded-strongly-suggest-motive\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:25:34","slug":"words-on-ceo-assassins-bullets-potentially-decoded-strongly-suggest-motive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/words-on-ceo-assassins-bullets-potentially-decoded-strongly-suggest-motive\/","title":{"rendered":"Words on CEO Assassin&#8217;s Bullets Potentially Decoded, Strongly Suggest Motive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwords-on-ceo-assassins-bullets-potentially-decoded-strongly-suggest-motive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2377061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brian Thompson, the CEO\u200b of UnitedHealthcare, was\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-opens-fire-at-church-christmas-concert-police-rush-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Gunman Opens Fire at Church Christmas Concert, Police Rush To Intervene\">fatally shot<\/a> outside a Hilton hotel in Manhattan, with chilling messages inscribed on \u2063the \u200bammunition used in the crime, including the words &#8220;deny,&#8221; &#8220;defend,&#8221; and &#8220;depose.&#8221; This terminology mirrors the phrase &#8220;delay, deny, defend,&#8221; which characterizes how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">insurance companies<\/a>\u2062 often resist paying \u2063claims, as noted by industry experts. This \u2064incident has sparked discussions about the practices of UnitedHealthcare, which has faced scrutiny for its \u2063growing denial rates on prior authorization requests. Authorities are currently investigating the shooting, \u2063and video evidence is being reviewed to identify the masked shooter, who reportedly escaped on a bike after the attack.A suspect has been \u2064connected to a bus trip from\u2062 Atlanta to New York City,\u200d and police are examining evidence from a \u200bburner phone they \u200bbelieve he used.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson came with a message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The words &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-find-chilling-messages-written-bullets-used-kill-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;deny,&rdquo; &ldquo;defend&rdquo; and &ldquo;depose&rdquo;<\/a> were written on ammunition that was used Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Thompson, 50, outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-delay-deny-defend-depose-ee73ceb19f361835c654f04a3b88c50c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, which cited sources it did not name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The words used by the masked shooter who gunned down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-find-chilling-messages-written-bullets-used-kill-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thompson<\/a> and then escaped on a bike are similar to a catchphrase &ldquo;delay, deny, defend,&rdquo; which is used to caustically sum up how insurance companies resist paying out claims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terms refer to insurers delaying payment on claims, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-calls-claims-he-wanted-a-larger-gun-ahead-of-rust-shooting-a-lie\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Calls Claims He Wanted a Larger Gun Ahead of &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting &#039;a Lie&#039;\">denying claims<\/a>, and defending their actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The longer they can delay and deny the claim, the longer they can hold onto their money, and they&rsquo;re not paying it out,&rdquo; said Lea Keller, managing partner at Lewis and Keller, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">personal-injury law firm<\/a> in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Delay, Deny, Defend&rdquo; is the title of a 2010 book by Jay Feinman about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize\">insurance industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;All insurance companies have an incentive to chisel their customers in order to increase profits,&rdquo; an excerpt said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Many Americans view these companies as driven by profit rather than a commitment to serve their customers,&rdquo; said Mario Macis, a Johns Hopkins economist said. &ldquo;And this creates a big disconnect.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wife-assassinated-unitedhealthcare-ceo-speaks-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UnitedHealthcare<\/a> is one company under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, a U.S. Senate report noted &ldquo;UnitedHealthcare&rsquo;s prior authorization denial rate for post-acute care surged from 10.9 percent in 2020 &hellip; to 22.7 percent in 2022,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-murder-words-written-on-shell-casings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance attorney John Tolley said the words have great meaning in the insurance world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I saw that, immediately I thought, oh my God!&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the book with a similar title &ldquo;basically outs the insurance&rsquo;s game plan. So the game plan is, we need to frustrate these people so much that even if they are saying in the beginning, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not gonna take a penny less,&rsquo; or &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not gonna stop fighting until I get what I&rsquo;m supposed to get,&rsquo; well, the insurance company is going to make their life hell from the beginning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Wednesday, police have been combing video to find clues to the shooter&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-unitedhealthcare-murdered-apparent-targeted-attack-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/05\/us-news\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-suspected-killer-arrived-in-nyc-last-month-on-bus-that-left-from-atlanta-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported that police believe the shooter arrived in New York City last month on a bus that originated in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police believe the shooter stayed at an Upper West Side hostel and used a fake New Jersey ID.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A surveillance image of the man without his face covered has emerged. Police said he removed that face covering while &ldquo;flirting&rdquo; with a receptionist at the hostel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police have recovered a burner phone they believe the suspect used and said he made a phone call on Wednesday morning as he walked to the hotel for his fatal encounter with Thompson.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The ammunition used in the incident, which occurred outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan, had the words &#8220;deny,&#8221; &#8220;defend,&#8221; and &#8220;depose&#8221; inscribed on it. This information was reported by the Associated Press, citing unnamed sources. The phrases echo the insurance industry\u2019s notorious motto \u201cdelay, deny, defend,\u201d which describes how insurers often resist paying claims. These terms highlight tactics used by insurers to postpone payments and reject claims to retain their funds longer. According to Lea Keller from a North Carolina personal-injury law firm, this strategy allows companies to hold onto money instead of disbursing it promptly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Collecting-Bullets.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35100,13868,3850],"class_list":["post-2377061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassin","tag-bullets","tag-ceo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Collecting-Bullets.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377065,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377061\/revisions\/2377065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}