Insurers’ Big Profits Stem from Care Delivery, Not Core Business

August 8, 2024

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(Axios) – For insurers like UnitedHealth Group and Cigna, the road to ever-larger profits increasingly leads through anything but health insurance. Why it matters: A host of earnings reports in recent weeks reinforce how much pharmacy, physician networks and other non-core products are driving the bottom lines of health behemoths with big insurance units — a situation that is grabbing the attention of regulators and Congress. (Read More)