What ails the health insurance industry
Hindustan Times Ranchi|December 12, 2024
Deny, delay, and depose pave the way for insurance company profits and widespread policyholder anger
Monika Halan
What ails the health insurance industry

Murders usually stoke a rush of sympathy for the victim and their family, as it should. But the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on a New York street on December 4, 2024, instead brought to the surface the simmering public anger against insurance firms which "deny, defend and depose" as a strategy to avoid claims to earn higher profits. In fact, these words were found on the bullet casings used by the assailant who has now been caught.

Thomson led the largest health insurance firm in the United States (data from tinyurl.com/mrnszwj8) with 2023 revenues of almost $360 billion. Other than being the largest company, it is also known as the one with the highest claim denials, denying, as per ValuePenguin, 32% of all claims whereas the best company denied just 7% (data from tinyurl.com/dp74kw6a). Social media comments played on standard responses in customer care when one tries to reach a health insurance firm, with one person tweeting: "I submitted a claim for my condolences but it was denied". However, no amount of public anger, misplaced or otherwise, can ever justify the murder or the criminal intent behind it.

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