Companies tighten security after healthcare CEO's killing leads to a surge of threats

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The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive in New York has prompted healthcare companies to rethink and increase security for executives.

“Wanted” posters with the names and faces of healthcare executives have been popping up on the streets of New York. Hit lists with images of bullets are circulating online with warnings that industry leaders should be afraid. The apparent targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson and the menacing threats that followed have sent a shudder through corporate America and the healthcare industry in particular, leading to increased security for executives and some workers.

Medica, a Minnesota-based nonprofit healthcare firm, said last week it was temporarily closing its six offices for security reasons and would have its employees work from home. Heightened security measures likely will make healthcare companies and their leaders more inaccessible to their policyholders, said former Cigna executive Wendell Potter. “And understandably so, with this act of violence.

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