UnitedHealth: CMS notice ‘doesn’t reflect reality’ of cost trends

Looking to 2027, says the advance notice published yesterday “simply doesn’t reflect the reality of medical utilization and cost trends.” UnitedHealth (UNH) says it will continue to work with CMS to “ensure an appropriate final growth rate calculation to avoid a profoundly negative impact on seniors benefits and access to care that would be a deeply unfortunate result for a program that already is underfunding pressure from the previous administration.”