US health reform is tough to pass. Can the brazen killing of a CEO change that?

With partisan gridlock and special interests more powerful than ever, it’s difficult to know how to move forward

Rage, frustration and bitterness – all were on display in social media comments following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Despite being brazenly murdered in midtown Manhattan just before the company’s annual investor conference, leaving behind a widow and two sons, many Americans struggled to find sympathy for a man they viewed as complicit in denying or deferring what they saw as needed care – rage that one prominent policy expert can understand.