unitedhealthcare gouging more money from customers

UnitedHealth Group posted second-quarter earnings that blew past estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook, as the company better handles high medical costs and uses AI to help streamline operations.

The company posted second-quarter net income of $5.48 billion, or $6.04 per share, compared with $3.41 billion, or $3.74 per share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding items like business divestitures, restructuring and the expected reduction of reserves for unprofitable contracts, UnitedHealth earned $6.38 per share.

Revenue climbed to $112.03 billion from $111.62 billion in the prior-year quarter. The company’s insurer, UnitedHealthcare, and its Optum healthcare unit both topped analysts’ sales estimates for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.


But UnitedHealth’s medical benefit ratio — a measure of total medical expenses paid relative to premiums collected — came in at 86.7% for the second quarter. That’s an improvement from the 89.4% reported in the year-earlier period. A lower ratio typically indicates that the company collected more in premiums than it paid out in benefits, resulting in higher profitability.


so they are making more money denying more people treatment. if their refusing treatment results in one death the top execs should be facing murder charges
health insurance should not be a profit making business,espcially not one making billions of dollars a year..

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/unitedhealth-group-unh-earnings-q2-2026.html