Re:UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after soci...
by 7952 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:39PM
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Surely the entire point of insurance is that the provider takes the financial risk. That is what they have been paid to do. If they cannot afford to do that through premiums then they should make a loss.
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Re:UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after soci...
by nradov on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:01PM
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Most commercial health insurers no longer bear much financial risk. Instead they primarily administer health plans on behalf of large self-funded employers. Actual insurance is mostly limited to individual and small group plans, which are a much smaller line of business.
Re:UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after soci...
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:44PM
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Some numbers here:
https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2023-section-10-plan...
While everyone calls them "health insurers", the industry term is "managed care organizations" (MCOs), which sell a variety of services, which may or may not include healthcare, managed care, insurance, negotiated pricing, and even retail pharmacy services.