The owner of UnitedHealthcare reported record full-year revenue but lower profits for 2024, just weeks after the brazen killing of a top executive inflamed the national ire against insurance companies.
UnitedHealth Group has reported quarterly profits of $5.5 billion after tax in its first earnings release since the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, which sparked a wider debate about the cost of health insurance and medication for the American public.
In its first results since its insurance unit CEO was fatally shot in New York City, UnitedHealth Group reported Thursday weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, prompting its shares to fall in early morning trading despite quarterly profit beating projections.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty acknowledged the U.S. health care problems, cited high prices of medical services as root cause.
UnitedHealth's CEO acknowledged discontent with the health care system, but quickly shifted the blame elsewhere.
The CEO of the company whose insurance leader was killed in New York pledged to help fix the health care industry while also defending his business and blaming pharmaceutical companies for driving up healthcare costs with drug prices.
UnitedHealth Group reported $14.4 billion in 2024 profits as its UnitedHealthcare health insurance and Optum provider services overcame rising costs and a cyberattack.
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The slain CEO of the insurer had a vision for positive change; his company should embrace new consumer remedies, writes .
CVS Caremark Rx blasted the findings for cherry picking certain drugs in an effort to push what it called an 'anti-PBM' narrative. UnitedHealth Group is charging patients a markup for key life-saving drugs that could easily exceed their cost by a factor of ten or more,
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is set to report financial results Thursday, the first time its executives will speak publicly since the insurance unit’s chief Brian Thompson was killed last month.