6.45 a.m. December 4th, 2004, a figure in a tan jacket waits outside the New York Hilton Midtown.

Inside the building, an investor conference is being set up. The topic, the future of automated

healthcare. A brazen targeted attack. This does not appear to be a random act of violence.

Three days earlier, United Healthcare announced record profits.

Their denial rate for medical claims was 32%.

The highest in the industry, while CEO Brian Thompson's annual compensation was $10.2 million.

The killer had studied Thompson's routine, knew he'd arrive early, knew exactly where he'd walk in Thompson's briefcase that morning, a presentation about the future of automated healthcare decisions. He would never make it inside. From Taco Cast Studios, this is Delay, Deny, Depose, an ongoing investigation into the December

4th assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

I'm your host, Johnny Lama.

What started as a precisely planned murder outside the New York Hilton Midtown

has exposed something far more disturbing than a single killer.

It's revealing a health care system where artificial intelligence makes life and death decisions in minutes, where denial rates hit record highs, and where algorithms determine who lives and who dies.

This story is still developing. New evidence emerges daily. The investigation keeps expanding, and the implications for American healthcare grow more troubling with each revelation.

I'll be following this case in real time, bringing you new developments as they happen.

This isn't just about a brazen murder. It's about understanding the system that may have made it inevitable.

Subscribe now and follow along as we uncover what happens when artificial intelligence meets American healthcare

and why someone decided to stop it with three bullets and a message. You know,