Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald's restaurant Luigi Mangione – suspect charged UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson murdered – Visited after the shooting, has received a flood of negative reviews since his arrest. This low rating came after it was reported that a restaurant employee told police that Mangione had been seen there.
A Google spokesperson told CBS News that Google removed the reviews because they violate company policies. Content that is “not based on actual experience and does not accurately represent the location or product concerned” is banned by the search giant.
As of Tuesday morning, at least a few negative reviews, which did not come from actual customers, remained online.
“Saw rats running around here in the kitchen!! Stay away!” Read a review that appears to point to a tip given to police by a McDonald's employee that ultimately led to law enforcement on Mangione.
“Like Narc-Donald's… I hope obesity and heart disease are in network in PA. Denial, avoidance, defund, diarrhea @McDonald's…” read another, partially paraphrasing three words said by police. Giving context, three different shells were found at the site of the shooting.
Altoona police found a handwritten note in Mangione's backpack. After speaking to the Altoona Police Department, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that the document indicated that Mangione has “some ill will toward corporate America.”
Thompson's murder leads to flood Vitriol in the insurance industryWith UnitedHealthcare customers taking to social media Attacking the company's practices and the industry as a whole.
“We have reached a point where health care is so inaccessible and out of reach that people's frustration is justified,” Dr. Celine Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor at large for public health at KFF Health News, told CBS. ” Mornings expressing the public's frustrations.
In recent years, the cost of health insurance has risen faster than the rate of inflation in the US, putting pressure on household budgets, while many Americans express anger when their health claims are denied.
In 2024, the average health insurance premium charged for families Price tag of $25,572 per yearWhile single workers paid an average of $8,951, data from health research firm KFF shows an increase of between 6% and 7% from a year earlier. The health policy research firm found that since 2000, except for a few years, growth in health insurance premiums has outpaced inflation.
Last year about 81% of Americans said they were dissatisfied with the cost of health care in the US, the highest in 16 years, according to a recent Gallup poll. found,