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But when UnitedHealth requires medications to be purchased from Optum health (with whom they share a parent company), they can jack up the price of a drug and k
by criddell 2y ago
But when UnitedHealth requires medications to be purchased from Optum health (with whom they share a parent company), they can jack up the price of a drug and keep some of that 85% too.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThey own the physicians, too. https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/25/united-health-group-medicare-advantage-strategy-doctor-clinic-acquisitions/ https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/25/united-health-group-medi... To whom they pay higher "medical loss": https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/25/unitedhealth-higher-payments-optum-providers-converts-expenses-to-profits/ https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/25/unitedhealth-higher-paym...