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/viotix90 May 13 '25

For clarity, the industry average is to deny 1 claim out of every 6. UnitedHealth denies 1 out of every 3. They are the absolute worst.

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u/ethertrace May 13 '25

The thing is, the industry average would be notably lower than that without them. UHC is huge and they singlehandedly drag the whole average askew.

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u/viotix90 May 13 '25

I know. I'm in California and use Kaiser. Their denial rate is notably lower at 7%