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Leonard Abramson, founder and former chief executive officer of U.S. Healthcare [9] Angela Braly, president and chief executive officer of WellPoint from 2007 to 2012 [10] Phil Bredesen, founder and former chief executive officer of HealthAmerica Corporation, [11] as well as the founder and first chairman of Coventry Health Care [12]
The following is a list of chief executive officers of notable companies in the United States health insurance industry. In 2021, the chief executive officers of the seven largest publicly traded health insurance companies in the U.S. were paid a total of $283 million. [1]
Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services under the Optum brand, it is the world's ninth-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue. The company is ranked 8th on the 2024 Fortune Global 500. [4] UnitedHealth Group had a market capitalization of $460.3 billion as of December 20, 2024.
He credited United’s pharmacy service provider, OptumRx, for delivering “many tens of billions of dollars in savings annually versus the pricing set by the manufacturers, including on the GLP-1s.
Witty also cast blame on drug makers and hospitals for high health care costs, specifically pointing to pricey GLP-1 medications used for diabetes and weight loss.
UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but a nagging rise in medical costs and care utilization surprised Wall Street. Shares of the health care giant slid ...
On 6 December 2024, after the murder of former CEO of UnitedHealth Group's subsidiary company UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, [32] a video was leaked in which Witty stated, "Our role is a critical role, and we make sure that care is safe, appropriate, and is delivered when people need it" and that the insurer will continue to prevent "unnecessary care" and advised that people refrain from ...
Andrew Witty, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, the corporate parent of UHC, said as much in a video address to his 440,000 employees in the days after Thompson’s killing. “Our role is a critical ...