In a related discussion we had posted a video interviewing the 20-30 age group here and those folks are targeted by all payors, and yet are the most resistant to purchase health care Insurance. BD
Unfortunately, she says, investors must wait until early 2008 to find out whether UnitedHealth has properly estimated costs for its commercial products -- particularly consumer-driven plans with high year-end use -- and escaped the pitfalls that burned the company so badly this year.
Even if the company succeeds, Skolnick still worries about UnitedHealth's deteriorating business mix. Notably, she points out, the company continues to lose lucrative risk-based commercial accounts and rely on lower-margin fee-based accounts -- plus its explosive Medicare business -- for growth.
"It's getting tougher and tougher to make a buck in the commercial business, and that is UnitedHealth's core business," she stresses. "Consumers are saying, 'You know what? This is too expensive. No more.'
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