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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a bellwether of the Dow 30, is experiencing one of the steepest sell-offs in modern stock market history. Over the past month, UNH shares have plunged more than 55%—a rare event for any blue-chip stock.In fact, this sharp downturn represents the first instance since 1998 of a Dow 30 component losing more than half its market value in just one month. Remarkably, the last occurrence involved the very same stock, UnitedHealth, highlighting a dramatic repeat in its market traject ...

Healthcare insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UNH -11.14%) has seen its stock go from a stable stalwart to a falling knife, seemingly overnight. The stock's price crashed 22.4% on April 17 in response to its first-quarter earnings results and full-year guidance cut. Then on Tuesday, UnitedHealth fell 17.8% in a single session after its CEO stepped down and the company removed its full-year guidance.The sell-off has pushed shares of UnitedHealth down to around their lowest level in five years. The dividend ...

Over the past year, America's typically predictable health insurance industry has been exciting in ways that investors hardly appreciate. In a nutshell, healthcare expenses have been outpacing the monthly premiums that insurers collect.Rising utilization rates have affected the entire industry, but one company has been particularly bad at anticipating the trend. On May 13, UnitedHealth Group (UNH -11.14%) suspended its 2025 outlook and announced the immediate departure of CEO Andrew Witty. What happened to ...

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH stock is trading lower on Thursday in reaction to a media report on a possible investigation for criminal Medicare fraud.The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the healthcare-fraud unit of the Justice Department’s criminal division is overseeing the investigation, which has been active since at least last summer. UnitedHealth’s latest annual securities filing says the company “has been involved or is currently involved in various government ...

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UnitedHealth Group’s stock plunged Thursday morning after a report that the embattled insurance giant was being probed for Medicare fraud.The Department of Justice has been conducting the criminal investigation into whether the company — which pushed out CEO Andrew Witty on Monday — manipulated Medicare Advantage billing practices to improperly increase federal payments by inflating patient risk scores, the Wall Street Journal reported on WednesdayThe existence of the probe, which began last year but had no ...

Shares in the UnitedHealth Group tumbled after it was reported the largest health insurer in the US is under investigation over possible criminal Medicare fraud.The US Department of Justice has been investigating the health insurance giant since last summer, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.UnitedHealth’s shares dropped 16.5% during early trading in New York on Thursday, deepening a stark market rout. Its stock value has halved since the turn of the year.Earli ...

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) is facing a wave of challenges, with little room to catch a break. The latest blow? A criminal investigation into possible Medicare fraud was reported by the Wall Street Journal. This comes on the heels of a disappointing first-quarter performance, where the company missed both earnings and revenue estimates. Rising costs, primarily tied to Medicare Advantage plans and the Optum health services segment, and higher utilization trends, are weighing heavily on margins.In a ...