Due to United HealthCare (UHC)'s recently announced policy of making Medtronic their only preferred provider of insulin pumps for adults with Type 1 Diabetes, effective today, I will not consider any offer of employment from any company that uses UHC as their health insurer.



T1D is not a one-size-fits-all condition, and patients deserve choice in the devices they choose to manage it. UHC's new policy will have the effect of stifling innovation in the diabetes management industry, limiting patient choice, and adversely affecting the health of the employees of companies that use UHC for their health insurance coverage.



I strongly encourage every employer who currently has coverage through UHC to reconsider their choice of insurance provider. If you don't, you are limiting the available talent pool of employees from which you can recruit, and damaging your own business.



On the flip side, if you are an employer who offers health coverage from an insurer OTHER than UHC, and are looking for a talented Systems Administrator with a proven track record of increasing systems reliability, expanding services to the organization, and improving IT system security while reducing IT infrastructure costs by approximately 30% over the last 36 months, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to talk with you if I consider leaving my current position in the future.