Company Of The Day: UnitedHealth Group
What?
UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) will buy home health company LHC Group for $5.4 Billion, per a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Why?
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Home-health companies provide medical care to the elderly and other people in their homes. Health insurers are looking toward home health as a lower-cost alternative to nursing homes and as a means of reducing hospital stays.
So What?
United Health stock declined about 0.5% in Tuesday’s trading.
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2022 YTD [1] |
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