There is focus now on the back injury that the accused killer of United Healthcare Insurance CEO Brian Thompson suffered from. The pain Luigi Mangione was in was reportedly very high. Could this have driven him to kill? Knowing nothing about the type of injury Mangione had, Michael, like everyone else, seeing Mangione's X-Ray, became curious and here turns to expertise from Dr. Todd Albert, a leading spinal surgeon. Listen to his perspective here, and reaction from the audience as to the severity of chronic pain issues and how they might drive someone to do something unthinkable. Original air date 11 December 2024.
Dr. Todd J. Albert is Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.