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CLAIM #58738 · UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH) · 2024Q2 earnings call · Jul 16, 2024 · due Dec 31, 2024

As it relates to kind of other elements that we've pulled out here, no, they shouldn't be material. Those cyber effects should continue to abate.

John Rex · CFO

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in the second half of the year? Or should the third and fourth quarter kind of be clean? And then my question is just around, core MLR in the first quarter, ex the one-timers was 84.2%. Sounds like it'll be 84.8% in the second half. Maybe you could help us think about 3Q versus 4Q just to make sure our expectations are set correctly, given how much focus there is here. Thanks. John Rex: Good morning, Justin. I’d say first, yes, the way you described our assumptions around core full year MLR are consistent with our expectations. So how you describe that is quite consistent. As it relates to just looking at towards the 3Q and such, I'd expect that to be in the neighborhood of 84%, very likely a few tens of basis points higher than that. So, it's kind of a little bit above that in that zone. As it relates to kind of other elements that we've pulled out here, no, they shouldn't be material. Those cyber effects should continue to abate. As we mentioned, we're not adjusting for the elements we talked about the provider and coding intensity, so that kind of pulls through a little bit. But there shouldn't be any material other impacts that we're thinking about. Thank you. Andrew Witty: Thanks, John. Thanks, Justin. Next question, please. Operator: We'll go next to Scott Fidel with Stephens. Scott Fidel: Hi, thanks. Good morning. Actually, I was hoping we could maybe do a similar exercise as Justin just asked about with MLR for OptumHealth margins. And maybe first, if you can talk about how the OH margins came in at 2Q relative to your expectations. And then how you're thinking about OH margins progressing in 3Q and 4Q? And then how comfortable you are with getting into that -- the full year target range that you had provide

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SEC filings for UNH · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2024Q2 earnings call.