"Thompson, who became C.E.O. in 2021, increased UnitedHealthcare’s profits by five billion dollars in just two years. Between 2019 and 2022, #UnitedHealthcare more than doubled its denial rate for prior-authorization requests for post-acute care. One of Thompson’s signature innovations was to use a predictive algorithm to kick ailing and disabled #Medicare patients out of nursing homes and rehabilitative programs, causing untold misery and penury."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/luigi-mangione-and-the-making-of-a-modern-antihero

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