{"id":10183,"date":"2026-02-02T23:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/unitedhealth-earnings-forecast-medicare-advantage-coding-health-care-inc\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:02:42","slug":"unitedhealth-earnings-forecast-medicare-advantage-coding-health-care-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/unitedhealth-earnings-forecast-medicare-advantage-coding-health-care-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: A telling UnitedHealth chart, and the Medicare Advantage earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAT+: A telling UnitedHealth chart, and the Medicare Advantage earthquake
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A 91-year-old woman in Nebraska was going to sell an old stoneware crock for $20 in her garage sale, but it was too heavy to move. So she put it up for auction, and it fetched her\u2026$32,000. A delightful story<\/a>. Send me all of your good news and weird auction finds: bob.herman@statnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For the first time in a long time, UnitedHealth Group is getting smaller<\/a>, even if only marginally. And as the chart above shows, there\u2019s more to the story.<\/p>\n

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