Proposal calls on company to prepare reports on \u2018macroeconomic costs\u2019 of health insurer\u2019s practices<\/p>\n
UnitedHealth Group is attempting to swat down a non-binding shareholder proposal that asked the company to prepare reports on the costs of delayed and denied healthcare.<\/p>\n
The proposal, filed by members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), represents a new frontier in seeking to hold insurance companies accountable for the \u201cmacroeconomic costs\u201d of denied care \u2013 arguing they eventually hurt the bottom line of large investors.<\/p>\n
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