UnitedHealth Group’s investors have profited from its sky-high coverage denial rates. Now, as the company faces mounting public pressure to approve more patient care, they are suing to stop the insurer from changing its “corporate practices.”

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    7 days ago

    It should be law that all medical insurance investors to be covered by their worst policy offered, and can only pay for medical treatments through said policy.

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        6 days ago

        Is you are manually investing into them, yes. Most people dont, the banks are investing for them.

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              5 days ago

              …which invest in mutual funds…

              And less than 15% of 401ks are managed. So, no, most 401ks are not what you just described.

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                  5 days ago

                  You could have googled this yourself in the time it took you to ask for a source. Your anecdotes about you mostly only knowing people you work with don’t change that.

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                    5 days ago

                    And you could have provided one in the time it took you to double down on the original assertion

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                    5 days ago

                    I was not the one to pull an exact number out of my ass. I requested your source on it. So congratulations making it public that you have no idea what you are talking about.