If they deny less claims, they’ll need fewer adjusters, admin and customer care staff. They will still have 5.5% profit margins but the CEO will get paid less because the net profit won’t perpetually grow and Wall Street doesn’t like that.
The UHC CEO made 10M, even if we 10x that to 100M then if the CEO decided to give it all back, UHC could payout << 1% more claims.