Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the company's brand and the economy overall.

The proposal by shareholders asked that the UHG board of directors produce a report looking into "how company practices impact access to healthcare and patient outcomes, including analyses of how often prior authorization requirements or denials of coverage lead to delay or abandonment of medical treatment and serious adverse events for patients."

In a supporting statement, the shareholders said UHG policies that cause "delayed or avoided medical care" threaten both the company brand name as........

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