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UnitedHealth Deal Questioned by DOJ on Risk of Data Misuse
- Prosecutors cite lack of safeguards in antitrust trial
- CEO Witty said company wouldn’t use data to hurt rivals
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The Justice Department held out a 2021 internal audit of UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s data practices as evidence that the health-care giant’s proposed acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. should be blocked.
An internal audit of UnitedHealth’s data policies found the company had “no effective means of enforcement if or when data misuse is discovered or reported,” according to evidence presented by prosecutors during an antitrust trial Wednesday.