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BumRushDaShow

(146,879 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2024, 05:10 PM Dec 13

UnitedHealth Group CEO concedes health system 'does not work as well as it should' [View all]

Source: NBC News

Dec. 13, 2024, 11:11 AM EST

The UnitedHealth Group’s CEO addressed boiling frustrations, threats and vitriol aimed at health care insurers, conceding, “We know the health system does not work as well as it should.”

But he said slain executive Brian Thompson was one of the people trying to make that system better.

Andrew Witty, the head of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of United Healthcare, wrote that he understands “people’s frustrations” with the American health care system.

“No one would design a system like the one we have. And no one did. It’s a patchwork built over decades. Our mission is to help make it work better,” Witty said in a New York Times op-ed published Friday morning, titled "The Health Care System Is Flawed. Let’s Fix It."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unitedhealth-group-ceo-oped-shooting-backlash-threats-rcna184127

Link to NYT Op-Ed - UnitedHealth Group C.E.O.: The Health Care System Is Flawed. Let’s Fix It.

(Op-Ed no paywall (gift))

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UnitedHealth Group CEO concedes health system 'does not work as well as it should' [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 13 OP

Two things insurance companies hate to do: take risk and pay claims underpants Dec 13 #1

Well, if they were not milking it for every Penney they could get, the system would probably be better. LiberalArkie Dec 13 #2

"It's flawed." TRANSLATION: Profits too low. usonian Dec 13 #3

"Brian Thompson..." GB_RN Dec 13 #4

Yup. Just ask the victims or their bereaved families what they think of Brian Thompson's policies. C0RI0LANUS Dec 13 #8

I think it's good he's reaching it - TBF Dec 13 #5

Wish Congress would come to same conclusion. Silent Type Dec 13 #6

Enjoy your Greenwich CT mansion, obscene bonuses, First Class air travel, and Ivy League legacy admissions. C0RI0LANUS Dec 13 #7

Our mission is to help make it work better patphil Dec 13 #9

But, but that would cut into profits RussBLib Dec 13 #12

Cheap Chin Music Granny Blue Dec 13 #10

And it never will until we get a universal system, without the need for worthless corporate middlemen like your company Karasu Dec 13 #11

The worst national health after the largest per capita spend IbogaProject Dec 14 #13

No shit, Sherlock orangecrush Dec 14 #14

"Trying to make the system better" ?? BULLSHIT AverageOldGuy Dec 14 #15

A patchwork built over decades. DFW Dec 14 #16

yep..we learned this when we very seriously considered relocating out of the US when trump samnsara Dec 14 #18

You made the effort to check out the reality DFW Dec 14 #20

we had United as insurance for several years and they mostly came thru... samnsara Dec 14 #17

Compared to our experience, that sounds like winning the lottery. DFW Dec 14 #21

No lonely bird Dec 14 #19

Indeed ck4829 Jan 20 #25

Kick ck4829 Dec 16 #22

Tell us something we don't know, CEO! sakabatou Dec 16 #23

Kick ck4829 Jan 20 #24

UnitedHealth Revenue Grows by $14 billion in 2024 (it pays to suck up gov't money then deny care) CousinIT Jan 20 #26