UnitedHealth Group CEO argues for health care reform in op-ed

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UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty authored an op-ed calling for health care reform after his colleague, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was murdered last week in a targeted attack on his way to the company's annual investor day in New York City.

Witty's guest essay was published Friday in The New York Times, and he wrote that while he and his colleagues appreciate the «outpouring of support for Brian» who ran UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, they are also «struggling to make sense of this unconscionable act and the vitriol that has been directed at our colleagues who have been barraged by threats.» 

«No employees – be they the people who answer customer calls or nurses who visit patients in their homes – should have to fear for their and their loved ones' safety,» Witty wrote, adding that the company wants to help improve the health care system.

«We know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. No one would design a system like the one we have. And no one did. It's a patchwork built over decades,» Witty explained. «We are willing to partner with anyone, as we always have – health care providers, employers, patients, pharmaceutical companies, governments and others – to find ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs.»

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