Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2025
A group of shareholders requested UnitedHealth Group management analyze how its business practices affect access to care and public health.
In a proposal published Jan. 8, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility requested UnitedHealth Group prepare a report on “public health-related costs and macroeconomic risks created by the company’s practices that limit or delay access to healthcare.”
The shareholder proposal comes amid public scrutiny of UnitedHealthcare and insurers at large following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
UnitedHealth Group’s prior authorization policies and other business practices could “increase short-term revenue while risking company brand name,” the Interfaith Center argued in a supporting statement for the proposal.
In a statement, Timnit Ghermay, director of the Northwest...
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