Thompson, 50, was shot multiple times in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday in what appeared to be a targeted attack. Though many of Thompson’s peers expressed grief, the killing set off a morbidly gleeful celebration on social media, where posters on sites like X and Reddit applauded and joked about the crime to vent frustration and anger with health insurers.
The shooting and subsequent reaction has spurred healthcare companies to increase security around their executives, according to reports. Such measures appear to be extending online, as major insurers scrub identifying details of top personnel from their sites.
UnitedHealthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth quickly removed its executive leadership page after Thompson’s death. Some of its peers have since followed suit: Elevance’s senior leadership page is no longer online.
Executive pages for a number of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, including in North Carolina and Massachusetts, have also been deleted, while the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blues plans, removed a link to its executive bios from its “About Us” page.
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