Rosie O’Donnell called for “nationalized healthcare” in light of the arrest of Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old man who reportedly shot and killed the CEO of United Healthcare in protest of the industry.“Everybody’s making money on people being sick in America,” she explained to followers in a TikTok post yesterday. “Shouldn’t it be that if your loved one, your child, your spouse gets cancer, it doesn’t wipe you out and put you in debt and bankruptcy?
Shouldn’t that be in the richest country in the world, supposedly? I think it should be and I think it can be.”Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.In the video — marked as one of her signature and sprawling “Tuesday ramble” posts — the funny lady was nursing a cold sore with the “very expensive” medication, Abreva.
Both the cost of her meds and new details around Mangione’s arrest, as well as his possible motive, seemed to inspire the rant on “these middlemen insurance companies” only loyal to “the almighty dollar.” Despite being charged with second degree murder, three gun charges, and forgery, Mangione has been hailed as a folk hero and thirst-worthy modern-day Robin Hood.
As O’Donnell explained, she thinks the “very, very smart” young man was “caught on purpose” and wondered if he “had sort of a psychotic break or the beginning of schizophrenia.”Luigi Mangione’s mugshot has been released.