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A murder at the Hilton

A murder at the Hilton

When the gangland assassination of a 50-year-old husband and father inspires jokes about karma instead of empathy, perhaps the egregious "system" he led as CEO of United Healthcare is to blame.

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When I first read the news about a murder outside the Hilton yesterday morning, I was appropriately shocked and horrified. They just shot a 50-year-old man? In cold blood? In front of the frigging midtown Hilton? With a silencer?

Then, when I read that the deceased, Brian Thompson, was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, I had a moment of ice cold reserve and …

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