Hi,

UnitedHealth Group has rapidly become the largest health care conglomerate
in the country^1 — and Senator Elizabeth Warren is doing something about
it.

Earlier this month at a Senate hearing, UnitedHealth’s CEO tried to avoid
answering Senator Warren’s questions about its runaway corporate growth
and monopolistic practices. She pressed and forced him to answer. Warren
added, “For the sake of our patients, our doctors and nurses, and the
American taxpayer, it is time to break up the UnitedHealth monopoly.”^2

Senator Warren isn’t the only one pressing the health care giant. The
Department of Justice (DOJ) recently launched an antitrust investigation
into UnitedHealth.^3 One giant corporation should not have so much control
over health insurance AND health care providers in America.

[ [link removed]- ]Sign the petition: Urge the DOJ to halt UnitedHealth’s runaway
corporate growth! Break up UnitedHealth’s health care monopoly!

ADD YOUR NAME

UnitedHealth made $22 billion in profits last year.^4 And it’s trying to
get even bigger, no matter what that means for actual care and costs for
patients.

The DOJ investigation comes as UnitedHealth is rapidly buying up doctors’
practices and outpatient surgery centers.^5 The corporation is trying to
get bigger and bigger and gain more control over the costs of health
insurance and care, which will make executives richer, jack up the cost of
getting care, and sacrifice patient care. It’s a clear example of profits
being prioritized over patient care.

UnitedHealth must be held accountable and its health care monopoly must be
broken up!

[ [link removed]- ]Add your name: Patients over corporate profits! Stop UnitedHealth.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. CNBC, “How UnitedHealth Group grew bigger than the nation’s biggest
banks,” [ [link removed]- ]May 20, 2023.
 2. Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, “At Hearing, Warren Blasts
UnitedHealth CEO for Monopolistic Practices that Raise Prices, Stomp
Out Competition, and Harm Patients,” [ [link removed]- ]May 1, 2024.
 3. Reuters, “US launches antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth, WSJ
reports,” [ [link removed]- ]February 27, 2024.
 4. Forbes, “UnitedHealth Group Profits Hit $22 Billion In 2023,”
[ [link removed]- ]January 12, 2024.
 5. Stat News, “UnitedHealth is on a buying spree of outpatient surgery
centers,” [ [link removed]- ]March 11, 2024.
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