UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderlyThree nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them...
<p>The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly<br></p><p>Three nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare giant <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/unitedhealth-nursing-homes-payments-hospital-transfers">UnitedHealth Group</a> helped delay or deny them critical hospital care, two pending lawsuits and a complaint to state authorities have alleged.</p><p>The three cases involve a UnitedHealth partnership initiative that places medical staff from the company’s direct care unit, Optum, inside nursing homes to care for residents insured by the company’s insurance arm.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/17/unitedhealth-nursing-homes">Continue reading...</a>
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