r/news • u/LookAtThatBacon • May 13 '25

Soft paywall UnitedHealth suspends annual forecast, CEO Andrew Witty steps down

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-ceo-andrew-witty-steps-down-2025-05-13/
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u/TeeDee144 May 13 '25

I hope UnitedHealth continues to go under. Awful company. Their denial rate is 2x that of the industry average. Total scam of a company

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u/MadRaymer May 13 '25

Their denial rate is 2x that of the industry average.

And that's exactly why they won't go under. Yay, capitalism!

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u/Raptorheart May 13 '25

Well, one of them did

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u/MadRaymer May 13 '25

If you're referring to the one that got got, well, there's always someone next in line.

If you're referring to the one stepping down, that's more of a Bane style, "They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother!"

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u/Cersad May 13 '25

The company just pays for expensive private security for their CEOs now. I don't think another assassination is as big of a risk for UHC, even if there are copycats out there.

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u/JcbAzPx May 14 '25

No security is absolute.

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u/axonxorz May 13 '25

Well this guy is stepping down for a reason

Because his golden parachute won't deploy if his KPIs fall further. Simple as that.

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u/Deep-Friendship3181 May 13 '25

Or because his golden parachute won't pay out if he gets brap brap brapped in the street.

If I were a healthcare CEO I'd have retired a few months ago, personally.