The healthcare system needs to work better to defuse Americans’ frustrations and address their medical needs, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday, addressing the widespread resentment over health insurance that bubbled to the surface following the murder of a top executive in his company.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty expressed sympathy for people frustrated with the United States health care system. Witty said "No one would design a system like the one we have" in an opinion piece published by the New York Times.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in an op-ed that the company wants to continue to push for health care industry reforms following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty conceded the U.S. health care system is flawed, addressing for the first time the murder of top executive Brian Thompson.

The chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, penned a Friday op-ed in The New York Times acknowledging the frustrations of patients with the insurance

A memo sent to UnitedHealth employees on Wednesday claimed to include anonymous member “messages of support” amid the ongoing social media blowback against the insurer’s alleged business practices. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein posted a screenshot of an alleged company memo on X sent by CEO Andrew Witty.

In his first public response to the consumer outcry following the fatal shooting of one of his top executives, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday that the US health system “is not perfect” and that coverage decisions “are not well understood.