ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Examining the soaring profits of the nonprofit Blues

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… y 51 million—the five largest for-profit insurers (Aetna, CIGNA, Humana, UnitedHealth and WellPoint) had combined profits of $11.7 billion. But that was so …"

ANALYSIS: Insurers's bait and switch

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: Insurers fooling consumers with cynical bait and switch promising low premiums

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"… iggest for-profit insurers is the “do-as-we-do” sales pitch. CIGNA and UnitedHealth started a trend in the industry a few years ago of going “full replaceme …"

ANALYSIS: Insurers value profits over people

By Wendell Potter

Columnist Wendell Potter says insurers' quarterly reports show earnings up; health care down

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… eport earnings this week. The three companies that have already spoken — UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna — earned a combined $2.51 billion from April throug …"

"… rise.Based on their strong performance during the first half of this year, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and Aetna have all have raised their profit forecast for 2011. …"

"… even though the recession officially ended more than a year ago. At least UnitedHealth’s executives ackowledged that, as AP reported, “health plans that make …"

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ANALYSIS: The profit in keeping you ignorant

By Wendell Potter

Insurance companies don't want their policies to be understandable

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… HIP said in its letter.Nonsense. Consider this: the five largest insurers (UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA and Humana) over the past week have reported prof …"

"… the additional money without any one of them giving until it really hurt. UnitedHealth’s Stephen J. Hemsley is the highest paid CEO in America, according to Fo …"

ANALYSIS: Taking the initiative in a struggle against excessive rate increases

By Wendell Potter

Insurance commissioner would gain new power if California effort succeeds

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… at in the first quarter of this year, the five largest health insurers — UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA and Humana — posted profits of $3.6 billion, 16 …"

OPINION: Why insurers want ObamaCare's Medicaid business

By Wendell Potter

Pay no attention to GOP governors; health insurers want that new Medicaid business.

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… arterly earnings reports from the big five for-profit insurance companies (UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, Cigna and Humana), you’ll see that the biggest growth …"

"… ector but from public programs like Medicare and Medicaid.The two largest, UnitedHealth and WellPoint, now claim more than 34 million members each, and both compa …"

"… rograms, which are funded by both state and federal governments.) In 2011, UnitedHealth’s public sector membership increased 6.6 percent, while its commercial ( …"

"… icaid programs.WellPoint’s acquisition was the largest of its kind since UnitedHealth bought Americhoice, another Medicaid managed care company, in 2002. That a …"

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OPINION: Who wins with Medicare Advantage?

By Wendell Potter

Medicare Advantage plans are profit centers for private insurance companies because of government incentives to participate.

OPINION: Giving thanks for regulation of insurance industry greed

By Wendell Potter

New HHS rules will help consumers and keep insurers in check.

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… ive now (Pennsylvania) or lived previously (Tennessee). In Philadelphia, a UnitedHealth care policy with a $1,000 deductible and an annual cap of $3,000 on out of …"

OPINION: differing notions of 'affordability'

By Wendell Potter

Insurance scare tactics are obscuring ObamaCare's benefits

Excerpts from this story referencing "UnitedHealth":

"… ile, insurance corporations continue to make Wall Street-pleasing profits. UnitedHealthcare announced last week that it made $9.3 billion in profits in 2012.  …"

"… nbsp; That’s just one of the 1,300 health plans AHIP says it represents. UnitedHealth used a third of that—$3.1 billion—to repurchase its own stock last yea …"