STAT May 2, 2024
Witty gets no pity
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty was the target of both a Senate and House hearing yesterday, and he faced the full wrath and exasperation of lawmakers angry about the Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted payment processing across the country, my colleague Brittany Trang reports.
The inquiries went further than just focusing on the attack, and some senators on both sides of the aisle started to ask whether UnitedHealth has become too big to fail.
“In much of what I’ve read about this, you’re kind of saying to the American people, ‘You should feel lucky that we’re big,’” said Senate Finance chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), addressing Witty as the hearing concluded. “Well, I think that a lot of...
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