Three-day PROTEST @ United Healthcare’s Minnetonka, MN HQ, Optum’s parent company
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, August 15, 16 & 17, at 10:30 a.m. CT
AHF advocates assert United Healthcare’s OptumRx is robbing specialty pharmacies and impeding patient care
Healthcare advocates from across the country will join AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to protest unethical charges by United Healthcare and its OptumRx pharmacy benefits manager to independent and specialty pharmacies providing the sensitive, lifesaving medical needs of individuals living with HIV and other critical illnesses. United Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest medical insurance companies, which in 2023 made over $5.7 billion in profit, has disproportionately impacted access to care for those living with critical illnesses by adding arbitrary penalties and fees to small, independent pharmacies, which has resulted in many patients not having their medicines covered at their pharmacy of choice, thus causing many to fall out of care.
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Health advocates from across the country PROTESTING United Healthcare |
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United Healthcare Corporate Office, 9900 Bren Road East, Minnetonka, MN |
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TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, August 15-17, 2023, 10:30 a.m. (CT) NOTE: Tuesday’s protest will also include a mobile billboard targeting Optum |
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United Healthcare, through its OptumRx PBM, is charging arbitrary penalties and fees to independent and specialty pharmacies that provide lifesaving medicines to those living with HIV and other critical illnesses |
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Healthcare advocates with AHF from across the country. |
“It is outrageous how United Healthcare and its Optum Rx PBM continue to put profit over people. Their actions rob specialty and independent pharmacies that many patients depend on, kneecapping them from providing the lifesaving medicines and services patients need,” said Tracy Jones, Midwest Regional Director and National Director of Advocacy for AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “Just how much money does United Healthcare need?”
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global HIV and AIDS organization, provides medical care and/or services to more that 1.7 million individuals in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website, find us on Facebook, follow us on IG and Twitter, or subscribe to our “AHFter Hours” podcast.
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It is outrageous how United Healthcare and its Optum Rx PBM continue to put profit over people. Their actions rob specialty and independent pharmacies that many patients depend on, kneecapping them from providing lifesaving medicines to patients.
Contacts
ON SITE in MN:
W. Imara Canady, National Director, Communications & Community Engagement for AHF
+1.770.940.6555 mobile imara.canady@ahf.org
Ged Kenslea, Senior Director, AHF Communications
+1.323.791.5526 mobile ged.kenslea@ahf.org
