MedPage Today January 22, 2026
Coverage denials, executive compensation, and vaccine coverage all came under scrutiny
UnitedHealth Group is the “poster child for Medicare Advantage abuse,” and the plan’s practice of delaying or denying claims “looks like a business model” to increase profits, Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), said Thursday at a House hearing on lowering healthcare costs.
Schrier began her comments by giving the example of a constituent who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke. “This patient had a UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage plan, and UnitedHealth refused to pay for that hospitalization because United decided that it was medically unnecessary, overriding the doctor’s own medical decision,” she said. “And so now we’ve got this senior who’s in the hospital and can’t go home, and is...
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