Majority Of Young Adults Say Health Insurance Companies Share Blame For UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Murder: Poll

Most young adults believe discontent with the nation’s health insurance system and the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, share equal responsibility in the executive’s murder, according to a new poll.

Nearly 70% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 29 said “a great deal” or “moderate amount” of responsibility for the Thompson’s murder can be attributed to “denials for health care coverage by health insurance companies,” “profits made by health insurance companies” and “the individual who committed the killing,” according to a survey from NORC at the University of Chicago conducted between Dec. 12-16 with 1,001 adults participating.

Adults between the ages of 18-29 are also the least likely age cohort to believe “a great deal” of the blame for Thompson’s murder falls on Luigi Mangione, the executive’s suspected killer, according to the AP’s interpretation of the poll results. Though roughly 80% of adults over the age of 60 believe “a great deal” of responsibility falls on the Thompson’s killer, only about 40% of adults under 30 state the same.

The majority of adults under 30 also stated that “wealth and income inequality in general” has at least a “moderate amount” of responsibility for Thompson’s murder.

Roughly three in ten of the poll’s participants answered that their immediate family or close friends experienced difficulties in getting coverage from their health insurer over the past year, according to page three of the survey.

The poll’s findings follow a wave of public support for Mangione and