Forbes July 19, 2021
Bruce Japsen

UnitedHealth Group is rolling out an increasing number of partnerships to “address health equity challenges” across the U.S.

The Covid-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on health inequities, which are essentially avoidable differences in healthcare among different groups of people, whether it be the lack of affordable housing in a community to the availability of food. And UnitedHealth’s business update last week opened a window into the effort by health insurance companies to solve the escalating problem of inequities in healthcare.

“In just the past 6 months, we have introduced new partnerships in over 20 communities to close gaps in care and address health equity challenges,” UnitedHealth chief executive officer Andrew Witty told analysts during a call last week to...

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