UnitedHealth Group has scrubbed much of its website mentioning its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including pulling down blog posts and removing large sections from its website, TechCrunch has learned.<\/p>\n
According to archived copies of UnitedHealth\u2019s website, several of the company\u2019s web pages dedicated to DEI no longer load<\/a> and now redirect<\/a> to a \u201cpage not found\u201d error. A section of the company\u2019s career page that used to have<\/a> a dedicated section for diversity, equity, and inclusion, along with its diversity initiatives, no longer appears<\/a> on the same live page.\u00a0UnitedHealth also removed a 2022 blog post<\/a> featuring a conversation with its vice president of DEI.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear why UnitedHealth pulled down the pages, and if it represents a shift of verbiage or an actual change in its policies. UnitedHealth spokesperson Tyler Mason did not return requests for comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n The removal of DEI from UnitedHealth\u2019s websites coincides with a broad retreat from DEI policies and programs<\/a> by household names and tech companies alike, amid mounting pressure from Trump administration-issued executive orders targeting DEI programs.<\/p>\n In February, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed<\/a> the Justice Department to \u201cinvestigate, eliminate, and penalize\u201d DEI programs that it considers illegal at private sector companies that receive federal funding. A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to press ahead<\/a>, despite a lower court ruling the government\u2019s efforts unlawful.<\/p>\n Several tech companies have already scrubbed mentions of DEI from their websites, including Google<\/a> and OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n TechCrunch saw UnitedHealth take down its web pages mentioning DEI throughout Wednesday morning in real time. Since the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare last year<\/a>, TechCrunch has used a web page monitor to automatically and continually check for any changes to its website, such as updates to its data breach notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n In removing \u201cDiversity, Equity and Inclusion\u201d in UnitedHealth\u2019s website menu, the company added a slimmed-down page with weaker language it calls the \u201cCulture of Belonging,\u201d<\/a> which leaves out previous references to the company\u2019s diversity efforts on university campuses, diversity in recruiting, and the company\u2019s various employee resource groups.<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/uhg-dei-page-before.png)
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