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UnitedHealth’s Revenues Rise, in First Earnings Report Since C.E.O.’s Killing [1]

['Danielle Kaye']

Date: 2025-01-16

UnitedHealth Group reported on Thursday that it earned less than expected this past quarter, citing higher medical costs and pressure on its insurance division at a time when the company is still reeling from the shocking murder of a top executive last month.

Revenues for UnitedHealth Group amounted to $100.8 billion for the fourth quarter, below what analysts had predicted but still 6.8 percent higher than in the same quarter the year before. The company’s full-year revenue for 2024 rose to $400.3 billion. For UnitedHealthcare, the insurance division, full-year revenue increased to $298.2 billion, up 6 percent from 2023.

The results were the company’s first since Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down in front of a Midtown Manhattan hotel.

The murder unleashed public outrage aimed at big health insurers, over lack of access to health care and denials of coverage and insurance claims.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/health/unitedhealth-earnings-report-ceo-murder.html

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