Because of the breakdown where insurance companies have separate per-state operations with varying amounts of independence, it’s hard to come by agreeable numbe

Because of the breakdown where insurance companies have separate per-state operations with varying amounts of independence, it’s hard to come by agreeable numbers on who is largest, but UHG covers about 50 million people, and depending on if you lump all of the blue cross umbrella or not, UHG is either the #1 or #2 largest health insurer in the country. > most Americans or someone they know have had a negative brush with healthcar This can be much more specific, most Americans or someone they know have probably had a negative brush with United Healthcare specifically. (they also have the highest rate of claims denials of any of the insurers)