格隆汇1月17日｜联合健康首席执行官Andrew Witty周四在其保险部门负责人Brian Thompson遇害后举行的首次财报电话会议上表示，美国的医疗保健系统需要“减少混乱、减少复杂性并降低成本”。此前Thompson在该公司举行投资者日会议的酒店外被枪杀，这一事件引起了整个行业的震惊。美国民众在社交媒体上表示，对与健康保险公司打交道感到沮丧，理由是医疗服务被拒绝且保险费用高昂。Witty表示，该公司将与政策制定者合作，减少患者在其针对65岁及以上或残疾人的医疗保险业务中获得医疗服务之前所需的事先授权批准的频率。

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