UnitedHealth Group resists shareholder proposal on delayed and denied care

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

UnitedHealth Group resists shareholder proposal on delayed and denied care

Proposal calls on company to prepare reports on ‘macroeconomic costs’ of health insurer’s practices

Jessica Glenza
Tue 18 Feb 2025 12.00 GMT
Last modified on Tue 18 Feb 2025 12.03 GMT

UnitedHealth Group is attempting to swat down a non-binding shareholder proposal that asked the company to prepare reports on the costs of delayed and denied healthcare.

The proposal, filed by members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), represents a new frontier in seeking to hold insurance companies accountable for the “macroeconomic costs” of denied care – arguing they eventually hurt the bottom line of large investors.

The proposal asks UnitedHealth Group to prepare reports on the “public health-related costs and macroeconomic risks created by the company’s practices that limit or delay access to healthcare”.

“The investors we work with are interested in long-term value creation,” said Meg Jones-Monteiro, senior director of health equity at ICCR. The coalition represents primarily institutional investors, such as pensions and foundations.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/unitedhealth-group-resists-shareholder-proposal-delayed-denied-care

[lark]

1. I hope lots of people disenrolled from UHC for this enrollment period!!!

My one and only R friend was with UHC for 20 years and just switched. She's very healthy 81 year old person who never needs to go to a specialist (so far) so never needs an auth. Still when she saw that UHC's denial rate was more than twice the average, she quit them. Hopefully lots of smart people also see this and disenroll. I do have an Advantage Plan, it's what I can afford, but it's denial rate was under the national average and I've never had trouble with them. Sometimes my dr's don't come thru timely, but so far Humana has treated me well and processed my auths promptly and didn't balk when I needed an MRI. We'll see what the Ortho doc orders and how quick they are with that - but I expect no issues based on my experience for the past year.

[Skittles]

2. imagine what the denial rate will be when they get rid of Medicare

that's what repukes want