Singer-songwriter Jesse Welles’s newly released acoustic protest song concerning the healthcare insurance industry, “United Well being,” goes viral just weeks after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder.

Welles, who first won traction with songs like “Battle Isn’t Murder” and “Amazon Santa Claus,” is known for his sharp opinions of modern capitalism and global battle.

In “United Well being,” Welles recounts the upward push of healthcare giant UnitedHealthcare and its founder Richard T. Burke, borrowing the melody from John Prine’s “Fish and Whistle.”

Welles sings: “Way back in 70 and 7, Mister Richard T. Burke started shopping for HMOs striking federal delivers to work/made 50 billion buckaroos final year/the Warren Buffett of well being, the Jeff Bezos of fear.”

He continues: “There ain’t no ‘you’ in United Health, there ain’t no ‘me’ in the company/there ain’t no ‘us’ within the private trust/there’s hardly humans in ‘humanity.’”

The track comes amid common fury online in opposition to the industry sparked after Thompson used to be gunned down in New York, apparently motivated by using disillusionment and anger at the rejection of medical health insurance claims. Luigi Mangione, the only suspect in the shooting, was once charged with murder previous this week.

Welles alludes to the incident in his track: “Now CEOs come and go and one simply went/the ingredients you got bake the cake that you simply get.”

Formerly the frontman of the Fayetteville rock band Lifeless Indian, Welles has drawn comparisons to the politically charged populist people music of Oliver Anthony, whose viral hit “Rich Males North of Richmond” made him well-known in 2023.

He’s currently making ready for the February launch of his bought out Fear Is the Mind Killer tour.

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