A new example from the healthcare industry that investor interests do not always align with the interests of patients.

I'm David Brancaccio at Los Angeles.

United Healthcare is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by denying fewer claims but not warning ahead of time that its profits would decline.

The nation's largest health insurer has been

under heightened scrutiny following the murder of its then CEO ahead of an investor conference in

New York late last year. Marketplace's Nova Saffo has details. The proposed class action lawsuit is for

anyone who owned a share of United Health Group between December 3rd and April 16th. Why those dates?

Well, December 3rd is when the company issued its first forecast for its financial performance

in 2025, expecting earnings per share of about $30. A day later, its CEO Brian Thompson was

shot and killed outside a hotel in New York City. April 16th is the day

before the company updated its forecast, trimming earnings expectations by about 10%, saying its costs

were higher than it had previously expected. The updated forecast caused United Health stock to plummet

in value by the largest amount in more than 25 years.

The lawsuit says company leaders had the opportunity to warn investors ahead of time

that their profits would take a hit because United Health had allegedly shifted strategies

and was allowing more claims to go through, thus increasing its costs.

The company has not responded to the lawsuit and did not return a request for comment.

I'm Novasaaf for Marketplace.

President Trump has expected to announce a new U.S. trade deal with Britain sometime today.

The agreement would be the first country-to-country deal fleshed out since the president's big tariff rollout. The BBC's

Henry Zephman has that. The agreement is likely to reduce tariffs facing British steel and cars,

while technology might be a big theme. The UK has very notably not ruled out reducing the

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