UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said on Thursday that healthcare in the U.S. needs to be "less confusing, less complex and less costly" during the company's first earnings call since the murder of Brian Thompson,

UnitedHealth Group beat estimates for fourth quarter profit as the Eden Prairie-based health care giant released its first earnings report since the fatal ambush last month of top executive Brian Thompson in New York City.

UnitedHealth Group reported bottom-line earnings that surpassed estimates despite regulatory challenges impacting revenue.

UnitedHealth's CEO acknowledged discontent with the health care system, but quickly shifted the blame elsewhere.

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StockNews.com cut shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH – Free Report) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday. UNH has been the topic of a number of other research reports.

Mizuho Securities analyst Ann Hynes has assigned their bullish stance on UNH stock, giving a Buy rating on January 15.Stay Ahead of the

UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a Medicaid enrollment drop hurt. Shares of the health care giant slid early Thursday after it released its first financial report since the brazen shooting of one of its executives outside a New York City hotel touched a national nerve and brought to the surface American frustration over health care access.