Most Americans partly blame high insurance profits for UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: Poll

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans think that profits made by health insurance companies had either a great deal or moderate amount of responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, a new poll found.

Thompson was shot and killed last week outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual investor conference.

The survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, found that majority of Americans, 67 percent...