"DOJ Launches Antitrust Probe into UnitedHealth Amid Healthcare Cost Concerns"
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The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group, focusing on its competitive practices in the healthcare industry, including its relationships between the UnitedHealthcare insurance unit and its Optum health-services-arm. This comes amid soaring healthcare costs and increased scrutiny on pharmacy benefit manager middlemen. The investigation also includes examining the company’s Medicare billing practices and the impacts of its doctor-group acquisitions on rivals and consumers. The DOJ declined to comment, while UnitedHealth did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Topics:business#antitrust-probe#doj-investigation#healthcare-business#healthcare-costs#pharmacy-benefit-management#unitedhealth
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