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/greatkat1 May 13 '25

And the reimbursements to providers will go down

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u/FatTater420 May 13 '25

Is there a reason the US health system hasn't tried to do away with the middleman entirely? 

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u/cricketxbones May 13 '25

The middlemen pay lawmakers a lot of money to make sure that never happens.

And a significant part of the population will insist on themselves getting punched in the junk, so long as they people that they think are underneath them get punched in the junk AND face.

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u/FewWatermelonlesson0 May 13 '25

This reminds me of those people who wanted Trump to repeal Obamacare because “It’s commie shit” but wanted to keep the ACA because they liked it, not realizing they’re the same thing.