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Insurance Company Accused of Pressuring Medical Staff to Change Patients' Status to "Do Not Resuscitate"

UnitedHealth, the largest healthcare insurer in the United States, went to extreme lengths to deny care to seniors and cut costs to pad out its profit margins. As The Guardian reports, UnitedHealth repeatedly pressed nurse practitioners to change their status to "do not resuscitate" even when patients had "clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive." "They’re pretending to make it look like it’s in the best interest of the member," one practitioner told the British newspaper. "But it’s really not." UnitedHealth also reportedly tried to prevent hospital transfers, which risked residents' health. While […]

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