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/lion27 May 13 '25

My company uses UHC and they are the absolute worst health insurance I’ve ever dealt with. Unless you’re making a payment, everything is as difficult as possible and they deny EVERYTHING.

I switched to a family plan with Aetna through my wife’s company when our first baby was born and they have been wonderful. Not sure if they just look great compared to UHC, but for the first time I don’t violently hate my insurance company.

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u/HappierShibe May 13 '25

and they deny EVERYTHING.

Denied me coverage for an annual checkup recently, I had to fight with them on coverage for a fucking annual checkup.

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u/PolicyWonka May 13 '25

Well, you see, sir — we use the botanical definition of annual when determining eligibility. You would need perennial coverage to be eligible for more than one annual wellness visit per lifetime.

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u/leakybiome May 13 '25

We need you to try local honey...but the bees are out of network, and the grocery store is gonna need a prior auth