Luigi Mangione is the suspect in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the death penalty. If nothing else, America seems good at killing. Of coarse, the sensational nature of this killing is the epic discontent and rage generated by a sick care system, particularly insurance companies, that is far better at generating profits than health. Weather we like it or not, this killing has struck a chord and is giving voice to this rage. Like Martin Luther King, Jr, said, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” Chronically bad health care public policy that literally kills tens of thousands of Americans every year from preventable conditions, not surprisingly, creates unrest, not always civil. This poem is a tip of the hat to the inescapable reality that “policing” goes both ways, top to bottom and bottom to top, when illicit behavior persists. Healthy caring results in health care; sick caring results in sick care (sic). If nothing else, Americans seem well schooled in tragic side effects.<\/p>\n
Who Polices Who \u2013 Owed to Luigi Mangione<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cKilling one person is murder. Killing thousands is health care policy.\u201d<\/em> \u2013Stalin-ish<\/p>\n I shot the sheriff Luigi Mangione is the suspect in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the death penalty. If nothing else, America seems good at killing. Of coarse, the sensational nature of this killing … Continue reading
\nWho polices who
\nGets health care
\nWho would Jesus deny
\nCare to
\nSpeculate on some stock answers
\nWeather a tsunami of paperwork
\nOr targeted bullet points
\nDifferent forums of violence
\nAs want to, three times denied
\nThen dying cross
\nIn the thick of blood
\nIt\u2019s all relative
\nA kin to taxes
\nWhere nothing is certain
\nAccept death
\nAt a pointed time
\nAside from corporate persons
\nWhich know no death penalty
\nAnd really can\u2019t serve
\nTime
\nAnd time again
\nLet alone actual people
\nAs pleas cop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"