The Health Care Industry Is Awful. So Is Murder: Lisa Jarvis

When news broke that UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson had been fatally shot on a street in Midtown Manhattan, the public responded with the kind of vitriol usually reserved for our most polarizing politicians.

I found myself wincing at the tone of the messages rolling in on my various group threads and social media sites — including from people whose opinions I usually deeply respect. My compass on these things is always how I’d want my daughter to hear me react in such a moment. Would I want her to think it’s okay to dance on the grave of someone whose ...