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UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare company in the world by revenue, operating through two main segments: UnitedHealthcare (insurance) and Optum (healthcare services, data analytics, and pharmacy benefits). Optum has grown from a supporting segment into a massive healthcare services platform that serves as the backbone of the US healthcare system.
UNH is a proxy for US healthcare system trends. Medical loss ratios, Medicare Advantage enrollment, Optum revenue growth, and regulatory/political risk (drug pricing, prior authorization) are the critical metrics.