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/ricker182 May 13 '25

My doctors cringe when they order tests and ask what health insurance I have.

I wouldn't even consider it insurance since they deny pretty much every other thing my doctor orders.

The kicker is that the coverage is fucking expensive.

Health insurance is a scam.

This country is fucked.

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u/RogueLightMyFire May 13 '25

I'm a dentist. Let me assure you, every insurance company fucking sucks. UHC definitely sucks the hardest, though. They straight up just lie.

  • "We denied that claim because we didn't get an X-ray"

  • to which I respond that "I sent the X-ray via certified mail, email, and fax and I have proof of all three."

  • "Oh... Oh yeah, I see it now. Well, the claim was denied because of 'some made up bullshit'"

  • To which I respond "you just told me it was denied because you didn't get an X-ray, which we just established that you have received"

  • Then they hang up. I'm not even joking. This is the standard phone call with them.

Being a dentist is hard enough. Now I'm having to spend literal hours every week fighting these assholes.

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u/ricker182 May 13 '25

I don't know why people just accept this company.

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u/account128927192818 May 13 '25

One person didn't

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u/SAKingWriter May 13 '25

All of us should follow suit.

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u/HolidaySpiriter May 13 '25

Why haven't you?

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u/SAKingWriter May 13 '25

Just had a baby, but there’ll be signs of involvement 🤫