UnitedHealth Group CEO argues for health care reform in op-ed

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty authored an op-ed calling for health care reform after his colleague, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was murdered last week in a targeted attack on his way to the company's annual investor day in New York City.

Witty's guest essay was published Friday in The New York Times, and he wrote that while he and his colleagues appreciate the "outpouring of support for Brian," who ran UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, they are also "struggling to make...