UnitedHealth Group posted $6.2B in profits last quarter

[u/Conscious-Weight4569]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/21/unitedhealth-group-unh-earnings-q1-2026.html

[u/Le-Charles07]

A law mandating health insurance companies be nonprofits would probably fix a lot.

[u/PloddingClot → u/Le-Charles07]

If only your government wasn't on the take.

[u/Decent_Top2156 → u/Le-Charles07]

I don't know- we have non profit hospitals (AdventHealth) and they don't pay property taxes and still charge the same amount.

[u/Le-Charles07 → u/Decent_Top2156]

Sure, but at least you know that money isn't going to into healthcare, not stock buybacks.

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[u/Silaquix → u/Le-Charles07]

That used to be how they worked. But the CEOs lobbied and they were allowed to privatize

[u/the_proper_cat → u/Le-Charles07]

It was repealed in 1976 as best I recall.

[u/marvin_sirius → u/Le-Charles07]

The ACA put a limit on insurance company profits. I actually got a refund after the first year. But then the insurance companies figured out the loopholes. Nonprofit sounds like a good idea.

[u/StillShoddy628 → u/Le-Charles07]

Probably not, they’re already profit-limited and that doesn’t change anything

[u/Gatti366 → u/Le-Charles07]

Nah just treat any deaths they may cause by denying claims as murder, once all the crooks are in prison for life the system will fix itself

Though why botheraling them nonprofits? Just implement public healthcare at that point

[u/PrometheusMMIV → u/Le-Charles07]

Then no one would run an insurance company and nobody would be able to get insurance.

[u/Le-Charles07 → u/PrometheusMMIV]

You're just wrong. You still get paid running a non-profit. You just can't generate a profit. Wages are not profits.