The grotesque celebration of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Ryan Thompson across social media has been revolting, but it does illuminate one crucial fact, which is that many people clearly do not understand what it is that insurers do.
In the narrative embraced by journalists such as Taylors Lorenz and Ken Klippenstein--and which Senator Elizabeth Warren says she empathized with--health insurers are little more than callous gatekeepers motivated by profits to minimize access to healthcare of the people they insure.
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