Political division is at an all-time high, but Americans seem to agree on one thing: Something needs to be done about the country’s broken health insurance system. The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month has exposed widespread frustration with the for-profit health insurance industry, and physicians are as fed up as their patients. “When doctors try to negotiate, they have to take whatever that carrier gives them,” says Ron Howrigon, a health care consultant who represents doctors in their dealings with insurers. “Obviously, this is a tragic event,” he says of Thompson’s killing. “But one of my first thoughts was, I am kind of surprised this hasn’t happened earlier.” For VF, Katherine Eban spoke to doctors around the country, as well as a UnitedHealth representative, about the issues facing our healthcare system. Read her full report at the link in bio. Photograph by Jon Cherry/Getty Images