• Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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    10 days ago

    …higher-than-expected medical costs…

    This probably means medical costs for employee insurance, not that they’ve been actually providing insurance to policyholders.

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      10 days ago

      I read that as “we’re denying fewer claims because that was the reason our CEO got shot.

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        Yeah, I can’t say for sure. Where I work, the health insurance is ‘self-funded’, so they’re always bitching about medical costs. It just feels like UnitedHealthCare would use different terminology for policy payouts. Like “unforeseen business costs” or some corporate doublespeak like that.