Justice Department begins antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth

Justice Department initiates antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group; scrutinizes relationships between UnitedHealthcare insurance unit and Optum health-services arm, potential favouritism in contract pricing, Medicare billing issues, and impacts of physician group acquisitions on rivals, consumers. This comes as part of wider governmental investigations into major companies under Biden's administration. UnitedHealth previously faced Justice Department challenges over mergers, acquisitions.

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