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News Articles: UnitedHealthcare

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • Business

Why UnitedHealth's terrible year is dragging down the Dow

The health care giant's shares are down more than 50% in the last month. That's hurting the powerful U.S. stock-market index.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in May 2024, over a massive data breach at his company's Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth's business and reputational problems have mounted since then, and Witty resigned "for personal reasons" on Tuesday. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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  • Business

UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.

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  • News

Luigi Mangione's lawyer claims he was searched illegally during arrest

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his first court appearance since he was arraigned in December on charges including murder as an act of terrorism.

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
People demonstrating against the health care industry stand outside Federal Criminal Court as Luigi Mangione, suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears during an arraignment hearing on Dec. 19, 2024 in New York City.

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  • Business

Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?

Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares. 

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse on Dec. 10 in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

Luigi Mangione is charged with murder as an act of terrorism in CEO's death

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. The indictment could help move along procedural steps toward extraditing the suspect.

December 17, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Health care advocates protested care denials at UnitedHealthcare on July 15, 2024, in Minnetonka, Minn. The shooting of UHC CEO Brian Thompson has sparked an outcry online over issues with the U.S. health care system.

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  • Health

UHC murder suspect railed about U.S. health care. Here's what he missed

The man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was critical of U.S. health care. Experts say the system's problems are complex and can't be pinned on one player or industry.

December 12, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A no guns allowed sign is posted at the 54th Street entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York, where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot last week.

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  • National

Police say UnitedHealthcare's CEO was likely killed with a ghost gun. What are they?

Police say the suspect had a ghost gun, possibly made with a 3D printer, when he was arrested on Monday. Here's what to know about the increasingly widespread weapons and efforts to regulate them.

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

Luigi Mangione contests extradition in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was denied bail in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Alana Wise
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference after the arraignment of shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on Monday evening in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

New York prosecutors charge suspect with murder in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Manhattan prosecutors Monday night filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione, 26, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week, according to online court documents.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody on Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pa.

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  • National

What we know about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione Monday night. Earlier in the day Mangione was arraigned on firearms and forgery charges in Pennsylvania after his arrest.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
A view outside the UnitedHealthcare corporate headquarters on Dec. 4, 2024 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City this week triggered an outpouring of venting about the health care system on social media.

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  • Health

After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance

The death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson triggered a deluge of painful stories about health care denials on social media.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A wanted poster is set up for an NYPD press conference after United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot this week.

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  • National

The manhunt for the New York CEO's shooter enters its third day

The manhunt for the person who fatally shot the head of one of the country's largest health insurers in New York City entered its third day Friday as police parsed newly discovered clues.

December 06, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday.

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  • National

New images are released for a 'person of interest' in the CEO's killing in New York

Shell casings with the cryptic words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were found at the scene of the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO outside of a Manhattan hotel, police officials say.

December 05, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
When he arranged to undergo top surgery, Cass Smith-Collins of Las Vegas selected a surgeon touted as an early developer of the procedure who does not contract with insurance. "I had one shot to get the chest that I should have been born with, and I wasn't going to chance it to someone who was not an expert at his craft," he says.

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  • Health

Sign here? Financial agreements may leave doctors in the driver's seat

Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor's financial policy, which protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing jargon, can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing.

May 01, 2024
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton and
  • Emily Siner

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