These people are vile.

Well if it worked for the executive class maybe it will work for the shareholder class too.

without revealing the impact on profitability

I think this is the real issue. Perhaps they lied about expected profitability going forward, and that's a big no-no for publicly traded companies.

Shareholders said UnitedHealth had previously inflated its stock price by recklessly sticking with its old forecast, even as mounting public anger and an October 17 U.S. Senate report, opens new tab on claims denials caused it to become more patient-friendly.

The suit isn't that they didn't stick to their old strategy, but that they presented false forecasts about what impact the change would have.