Forbes January 12, 2025
As UnitedHealth Group executives mourn the death of one of their top executives, the nation’s biggest health insurance company is bracing for this week’s reaction to another multi-billion-dollar profit for the fourth quarter.
The year ended following the December 4 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, which unleashed a barrage of scrutiny on health insurer denials of medical care and certain other business practices from social media trolls and industry critics including some in Congress who’ say they’d d like to see reforms.
The company along with most other rival health insurers, have largely remained dark with few press releases while companies including UnitedHealth have stripped executive pictures, biographies and other information from their websites.
Thompson was among...