UnitedHealth begins hiring Trump allies to fix problems, WSJ says

UnitedHealth (UNH) has begun hiring allies of President Donald Trump and is trying to plead its case to top officials in his administration as the company faces more government investigations and changes in federal payments, Josh Dawsey, Christopher Weaver, and Anna Wilde Mathews of The Wall Street Journal reports. After being faces with a criminal investigation into its key Medicare business, UnitedHealth met with senior Justice Department officials to discuss probes of the company, people familiar with the meeting told the Journal. Additionally, CEO Stephen Hemsley recently met with White House chief of staff to discuss Medicare and other issues, a White House official said.