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UnitedHealth hit with widening DOJ criminal investigation into drug pricing, Medicare billing, and physician payments in sweeping federal crackdown

UnitedHealth Group is not just under review. It is under federal criminal investigation, and the scope keeps growing. What started as questions over Medicare Advantage billing has now expanded into OptumRx’s prescription management services and the way the company reimburses physicians. “The investigation is looking at how OptumRx negotiates drug prices and reimburses pharmacies,”reported Bloomberg,noting …

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway shows a new stake in UnitedHealth Group. Apple trimmed, T-Mobile dumped

Berkshire Hathaway now owns 5.04 million shares of UnitedHealth Group, worth $1.57 billion as of June 30. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/berkshire-invests-in-unitedhealth-trims-apple-stake/ar-AA1KxN2n and, another one MICHAEL BURRY ADDS $115M OF $UNH pic.twitter.com/69BNEvrdXX — amit (@amitisinvesting) August 14, 2025 The position was built quietly over two quarters. “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake in troubled insurer UnitedHealth after …

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UnitedHealth tumbles 40% after earnings collapse, analysts see 34% upside from beaten down defensive stock

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) was riding high near $620 earlier this year, touted as one of the strongest recession proof stocks you could own. Today it trades near $308, a drop that has shocked many investors and traders alike. The steep decline follows a series of earnings misses, weakening profit margins, and management turmoil that shook …

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Congress members load up on UnitedHealth shares, UNH risk tied to DOJ fraud probe raises eyebrows

Members of congress have been loading up on shares of UnitedHealth $UNH in the past 3 months… Since the biggest risk is definitely potential fraud involving government and specifically the DOJ I don't think members of congress would be buying if they thought there was fraud.… pic.twitter.com/LQ9mFCmpJH — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) May …

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UnitedHealth falls after report it secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

CNBC — UnitedHealth shares fell in premarket trading after a Guardian report that the company made secret payments to nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers added to the troubles of the healthcare conglomerate. The alleged action, part of a series of cost-cutting tactics, has saved the company millions, but at times risked residents’ health, the …

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UnitedHealth stock plunges after outlook pulled and CEO shakeup stuns market. Stock has almost halved in 6 months.

Wow … UnitedHealth $UNH stock is down another 10% so far in pre market trading after it suspended its full year 2025 financial outlook along with announcing a new CEO 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 pic.twitter.com/BcN0vBeoYp — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 13, 2025 BREAKING: UnitedHealth stock, $UNH, falls -11% after announcing the unexpected exit of its CEO and suspending 2025 …

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UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna leveraging market power and political influence to push independent pharmacies out.

UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna are using their market share and pull in Washington to drive one of the key levers to manage health care costs—independent pharmacies—out of business. @matthewccook5 has more.https://t.co/jEADS2xOLI — David Dayen (@ddayen) March 21, 2024 Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are the shadowy middlemen who decide what drugs you can buy, where you …

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UnitedHealth seeks “emergency” exemption to expedite acquisition of struggling Oregon health system.

And we have more on the Change hack today, with @moetkacik delving into the history of UnitedHealth's monopolization of key pieces of medical infrastructure, & how that by itself badly damaged health care in America:https://t.co/JBKlGE1ZMB — David Dayen (@ddayen) March 11, 2024 Last Thursday, the medical colossus UnitedHealthcare applied for an emergency exemption that would …

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UnitedHealth pushed employees to follow an algorithm to cut off Medicare patients’ rehab care

The nation’s largest health insurance company pressured its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation care for older and disabled Americans as profits soared, a STAT investigation has found. UnitedHealth Group has repeatedly said its algorithm, which predicts how long patients will need …

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