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So this article cites a CBS news article which says:
"In the proposed class action lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York, investor Roberto Faller alleges UnitedHealth "artificially inflated prices" when the company initially forecast earnings per share of $29.50 to $30 in December. UnitedHealth then reaffirmed that outlook in January, despite mounting a backlash following an October Senate report on its high rate of claim denials and, later, the December killing of its CEO.
Faller's complaint comes after UnitedHealth cut its 2025 forecast for adjusted profit per share to a lower range between $26 to $26.50.
Attorneys argued that the company's statements on performance expectations last year and earlier this year were "materially false and misleading" because UnitedHealth didn't tell shareholders "it would have to adjust its strategy, which resulted in heightened denials compared to industry competitors.""
So I guess it's okay to just completely lie now, huh?
The judge in court listening to this from the lawyere: sigh.
ITT:
I wish a big ass fucking meteor would finally make humanity go extinct. Tabula rasa
The climate crisis has a good chance of completing the job. And then there's a lot of not-quite-worst-case scenarios where a tiny number of humans are able to survive for the tens of thousands of years it'll take for the earth to repair itself. Everything we know about humanity will be lost and replaced by an entirely different culture.
The tabula is never quite rasa in practise. Besides, it's not like humans are all angels deep down.
I'm not trying to be hopeless here, I think it's more hopeless to imagine some big death tantrum will fix us.
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There's this rule that says a business will never make less money to provide better arrived. They will charge us more and deny claims to compensate.
Why should the customer pay for the business to weather ups and downs.
Take pge. Hey burn half of the north bay down and then charge people more on their bills to prevent future fires. They were pocketing the money for years which caused the fires.
This country has really reached its end.
gee almost as if it is a bad idea to leave healthcare at the hands of greedy little billionaire turds
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Man I am so glad that the chancellor of germany is the head of the german branch of this evil piece of shit company.
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Did you know? Blackrock is the corporation that all evil corporations in fiction are based off of.
It's called freaking Blackrock. It's just one step away from Mount Doom or the eye of sauron.
Technically, according to the source of the article above, BlackRock is actually suing UnitedHealth over stock price manipulation and that it's earnings forecast did not disclose that they would be denying patients at a higher rate than competitors in order to meet its goal.
In other words, they're suing UHC for denying too many people.
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me thinks 1 Luigi was not enough Luigi's. more Luigi's may be required.
in Mario Kart
Given the obesity rate in the US, we may also need a few Marios.
Luigi appears to CEO in a nightmare
CEO: "Waaaaah! Luigi!!!"
Luigi: "No, just the regular one."
Who is the CEO of Blackrock?
Apparently Larry Fink runs the American Investment Firm known as BlackRock. Why do you ask? Are you going to write him a letter? In that case according to the article there's some relevant information about where to send it
"In 2004, they bought Finch Farm in North Salem, New York from the actor Stanley Tucci for $3.7 million and have since bought seven more parcels of land there, including one from Maurice Sendak and 27 acres from the town's deputy supervisor Peter Kamenstein in 2019 for $5.4 million.[47] They also have an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and a house in Aspen, Colorado.[3]"
If you're worried about him being on the opposite side of political issues then don't you worry because Larry "Fink is a lifelong supporter of the Democratic Party."
I hope that helps you with your message! Good Luck.
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Sorry UnitedHealth, but your insurance does not cover getting bled dry by parasitic leeches.
Any attorneys willing to weigh in, hypothetically, about if BlackRock wins, whether this would open them up to suits from UHG benefit members?
My thinking is if BlackRock wins and UHG goes back their old denying claims ways, could a patient who doesn't get necessary care OR family members if they die due to a denial sue BlackRock with an argument to damage and harm from BlackRock's actions?
If BR wins, it just means that you cannot lie about your earnings targets. UH is getting sued not because they earned less, they are getting sued because they did not disclose their actions would impact the earnings target.
Sounds like the black rock ceo needs a visit by the Mario bros.
I hope these people have the day they deserve
They'll all probably get away with everything while also giving themselves more money due to Trump's regime. They'll all live to ripe old ages supported by profits that could've benefitted everyone, if they don't cure aging for themselves before then to become absolute, not that their shitty nepo kids wouldn't just replace them.
I'm not got to name names, but I really hope certain people cease to exist because that would be hilarious.
Can you give me fake names in place of real names so that I can look them up?
ethics and morality dont exists for BlackRock and the people who work for it. specially the people/lawyers/board members who do the dirty work and decision making to put this law suit into action. awful just evil awful wicked people at BlackRock no better then scum and bugs.
Don't talk so rudely about scum and bugs please. They have more real purpose in this world than the people you mentioned.