A banner hanging from on overpass along I-83 in Baltimore says,"DENY DEFEND, DEPOSE HEALTH CARE 4 ALL" on Dec. 10, 2024.A woman in Lakeland, Florida has been charged with making “threats” to her insurance company when she said the words “Delay, Deny, Depose” and “you people are next” over the phone, according to a new report from local TV news station WLFA and the Lakeland Police Department.
Briana Boston, 42, had recently been denied medical insurance claims from BlueCross BlueShield, according to an affidavit provided to Gizmodo by Lakeland Police, though the details of her case were not laid out in the document. The local police were contacted by the FBI about Boston’s call and the affidavit, signed by Brian Purdy, states that he “believes there is sufficient probable cause to charge Boston with Threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.
The words Boston allegedly used in her phone call with Bluecross Blueshied, “delay, deny, depose,” are similar to the 2010 bookby Jay M. Feinman, which describes how the insurance industry tries to avoid paying for medical treatments. The words are also similar to those found on bullet casings near the body of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, who was shot and killed in New York last week.
The UnitedHealth homicide investigation has sparked a national discussion about the cruelty of America’s healthcare system and the ways that insurance companies work to deny coverage to increase their profits. It’s also inspired a lot ofLuigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who’s been arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and is fighting extradition to New York where he’s been charged with killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
Boston, who’s a married mother of three, had her bond set by an unnamed judge at $100,000, according to“I do find that the bond of $100,000 is appropriate considering the status of our country at this point,” the judge reportedly said.
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