WASHINGTON, D.C. – People’s Action Institute Executive Director Sulma Arias issued the following statement regarding the arrest of a suspect in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson:
“Law enforcement has taken a suspect into custody and media outlets have published a transcript of what is understood to be a written confession. We condemn this horrific act of gun violence. We are shocked by the tragic killing of Brian Thompson. We offer our condolences to his loved ones.
There is a crisis of gun violence in America. There is a health care crisis in America. Both of these crises must end. Our political leaders must act on both. This is bigger than any politician or political party. We need solutions that meet the scale of need.
We’ve been working for two years on the issue of care denials, and the research shows that almost every family in the U.S. will experience the outrage of having a doctor prescribe a treatment only to have an insurance company like UnitedHealthcare get in the way.
Corporations have too much power in this country. They are taking in billions of dollars of profit every year while they’re blocking political progress that would help millions of us. Our Care Over Cost campaign and People’s Action Institute will continue to give people a productive, nonviolent, democratic way to solve this problem.”
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Contact: Unai Montes, u.montes@peoplesaction.org, 310.962.7369 (Bilingual)