Healthcare DIVE August 8, 2025
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are seeking more information from the beleaguered healthcare behemoth after The Guardian found it was incentivizing nursing homes to reduce hosp
Dive Brief:
- Two influential Democrat senators are investigating UnitedHealth over reports that the healthcare behemoth may be restricting care for nursing home residents in order to profit.
- On Wednesday, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to UnitedHealth requesting more information after a briefing the company gave lawmakers on the issue late last month failed to assuage their concerns.
- The letter requests more information on UnitedHealth’s hospitalization policies, advance directive planning, marketing strategies, and state and federal oversight of its plans.
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