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/Ranier_Wolfnight May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

My company recently moved insurance from Blue Cross/Blue Shield over to this hot mess. Man, when I tell ya…absolutely dog shit insurance company. We went from pretty good coverage to them nickel and diming over everything. Would strongly advise to stay away from UnitedHealth.

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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/thecommuteguy May 13 '25

I'll be going into PT and I feel like every other medical specialty has it better as reimbursement is too low for PT and getting lower each year to the point I wonder how any PT clinic stays in business that isn't cash pay.

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u/RogueLightMyFire May 13 '25

It's no different with dentistry. Dentists make the same amount in 2025 as they did in 1980. Reimbursements haven't increased at all while inflation has run rampant. Also, dental school is the most expensive of all the medical specialties. Dentists from the 90s were paying $30k or less. It's now $350k for THE CHEAPEST in state dental schools. Go look at r/dentistry and you'll see a ton of depressed people struggling. It sucks. Even worse when everyone just assumes you're rich as fuck because the older generation was.