Forbes January 19, 2026
All eyes are on UnitedHealth Group for signs the company – and the health insurance industry as a whole – are getting a handle on rising costs that have dogged the nation’s giant health insurers for the last two years.
UnitedHealth Group, which owns UnitedHealthcare and has historically been the first of the major health insurers to report its quarterly earnings, ceded the pole position to Elevance Health for a couple of quarters last year.
But next week UnitedHealth is back, reporting on Tuesday, January 27 as the first health insurer out of the box to report fourth quarter earnings as the industry continues to reel or recover from higher-than-expected medical costs.
UnitedHealth’s report and forecast for the 2026...
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