Following the arrest of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson‘s suspected killer Luigi Mangione, Michael Moore has penned an open letter in response to Mangione’s manifesto, which reportedly mentions him.
The Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker clarified, “sure, I condemn murder” as he famous a flood of media requests for his response to Mangione’s manifesto, which is alleged to quote Moore’s experience on the nation’s for-profit healthcare disaster.
“After the killing of the CEO of United HealthCare, the most important of those billion greenback insurance coverage firms, there was an instantaneous OUTPOURING of anger towards the health insurance coverage business. Some folks have stepped ahead to sentence this anger,” wrote Moore within the letter. “I’m not one in all them.
“The anger is 1000% justified. It’s lengthy overdue for the media to cowl it. It isn’t new. It has been boiling. And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask folks to close up. I wish to pour gasoline on that anger.”
He continued partially, “As a result of this anger shouldn’t be in regards to the killing of a CEO. If everybody who was indignant was able to kill the CEOs, the CEOs would already be lifeless. That isn’t what this response is about. It’s in regards to the mass dying and distress — the bodily ache, the psychological abuse, the medical debt, the bankruptcies within the face of denied claims and denied care and bottomless deductibles on prime of ballooning premiums — that this ‘well being care’ business has levied in opposition to the American folks for many years. With nobody standing of their manner! Only a authorities — two damaged events — enabling this INDUSTRY’s theft and, sure, homicide.”
Nonetheless, Moore didn’t defend Mangione’s actions, calling the killing “RICH ON RICH crime” because the suspect comes from a rich household who owns a number of companies, together with Maryland assisted residing facility Lorien Well being Providers.
“However don’t get me unsuitable. Nobody must die,” added Moore. “The truth is, that’s my level. Nobody must die – Nobody ought to die as a result of they don’t ‘have’ medical health insurance. Not one single individual ought to die as a result of their ‘medical health insurance’ denies their well being care as a way to make a buck or Thirty Two Billion Bucks.”
The letter additionally included a free streaming hyperlink for his 2007 doc Sicko, exploring the nation’s healthcare disaster and why thousands and thousands of Individuals are left uninsured.
Simply 5 days after Thompson was shot lifeless on the early morning streets of New York Metropolis, Magnione was detained as a “sturdy individual of curiosity” on gun fees Monday in Pennsylvania.
