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.

The owner of UnitedHealthcare reported record full-year revenue but lower profits for 2024, just weeks after the brazen killing of a top executive inflamed the national ire against insurance companies.

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

But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it had made less than analysts expected.

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UnitedHealth Group posted mixed Q4 results, with EPS beating estimates and revenue falling short. The company reaffirmed its 2025 guidance.

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.

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.

The Biden administration said a record 24.2 million Americans enrolled in individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare.