UnitedHealth refers Bill Ackman’s social post to US securities watchdog

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The United States has expressed concern with the top US Securitys Controller on a social media post by Bill Akman, an investor in investor, who claimed that healthcare could increase its profit.

Acman, the founder of the Hez Fund Parsing Square Capital Management, said on the Social Media Platform X on Tuesday: “If I still make stock shorter, I’ll shorten United Healthcare. The [Securities and Exchange Commission] The organization should do a complete investigation. “

He added, “I will not be surprised to find out that medical procedures and the profitability of the company have been greatly enhanced due to the denial of patient care.” Acman deleted the post.

“Health insurance has long been subject to significant regulatory supervision and earning caps,” the United Heroth says. “Any claim that health insurers, who usually have low to mid-one margin, can somehow be ignorant about the structure of the sector and the opposition to the strong regulatory.”

A person close to the United Nations says Acman’s comment to the Healthcare Group, ASC, US Security Watchdog. The United Helth’s shares dropped by 2.2 percent on Wednesday, giving the group a market value more than $ 1 billion.

Akman’s representative refused to comment. SEC refused to comment.

Acman has a long history of using social media and public presence that is provocative and often for the market-moving speech, for which he has stirred the debate.

At the beginning of the epidemic March 2020He declared that “hell was coming” and in attending CNBC, recommended global lockdown to fight the virus that the markets were sprayed.

Acman, however, criticized for making his public announcement at the same time that US companies would fight to pay their Debts O.

However, he also started buying companies like Hilton and Starbux, in the presence of CNBC, which was unjustly submerged because of the market panic.

His fund parsing square made $ 2.6 billion dollars on the Dumsod hedges that were fasted in the market markets. Acman was never accused of doing wrong.

Billionaire investors also bet against separate companies, often public presentations lead to outline his research.

According to the public publication of Parsing Square, there is currently no short bet against Acman’s market or independent companies.