UnitedHealth's profit jumps 22% - Net income increased to $1.2 billion, or 87 cents per share, from $981 million, or 70 cents, a year earlier
Having been part of that 1.2 billion I can relate with disgust, I had UHC, my company switched last year. I called and verified that the doctor and hospital were in the plan and it was I then my wife went for two appointments. They were both denied, as the doctor was not supposedly listed(hospital run office).
The key to this is that UHC has denied not just me but many others medical care that was paid for for any technicality. There are many people who I am sure are denied for even more important procedures. Now I live in a small town and there were no other options listed, so I would have to go out of town for any care, also part of the plan to eliminate costs. UHC's tactics are not geared for the insured, but for the shareholder as is evidenced by the profits driven. That is the nature of any shareholder owned company.
The problem than is that when a shareholder is the driving force behind the motives of the company, the company will drop shareholders, deny coverage, increase premiums or anything else to drive profits. The only solution is to get the shareholder out of the picture. That does not mean a government adminsitered one though(single payer). That creates the same problem with the governmentbeing the shareholder
