• etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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    11 days ago

    suspended its annual forecast citing higher-than-expected medical costs and said CEO Andrew Witty has decided to step down for personal reasons, effective immediately

    Stephen Hemsley, who served as CEO from 2006-2017, will take over from Witty.

    No 2 week notice?

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      …higher-than-expected medical costs…

      This probably means medical costs for employee insurance, not that they’ve been actually providing insurance to policyholders.

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        I read that as “we’re denying fewer claims because that was the reason our CEO got shot.

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          Yeah, I can’t say for sure. Where I work, the health insurance is ‘self-funded’, so they’re always bitching about medical costs. It just feels like UnitedHealthCare would use different terminology for policy payouts. Like “unforeseen business costs” or some corporate doublespeak like that.