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“Senator, Saying It Doesn't Make It True”
How a Biden administration official refused to be baited by a senator’s Medicare Advantage talking points.
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Wendell Potter
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Where Does Medicare Go From Here: Profit-Driven Chaos or Patient-Centered Community?
After covering the Medicare privatization crisis for over two years, an investigative reporter takes a step back and examines what’s at stake.
Apr 17
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Matthew Cunningham-Cook
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UnitedHealth Group, the Biggest Private Health Insurer on the Planet, Made $8.5 Billion in Profits in Q1 2024
Meanwhile, many physician practices and hospitals nearly went under because of the cyberattack on the company’s Change Healthcare subsidiary.
Apr 16
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Wendell Potter
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How We Voted in 2016 Contributed to UnitedHealth's Acquisition of Change Healthcare
Also: Patient information may be even more at risk than we've been told.
Apr 9
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Wendell Potter
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Nightmare on Wall Street for Medicare Advantage Companies
Wall Street has fallen out of love with big insurers that depend heavily on the federal government’s overpayments to the private Medicare replacement…
Apr 5
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The Heritage Foundation's Medicare and Social Security Blueprint
If Congress in the next year or two succeeds in transforming Medicare into something that looks like a run-of-the mill Medicare Advantage plan for…
Apr 4
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Trudy Lieberman
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BIG INSURANCE 2023: Revenues reached $1.39 trillion thanks to taxpayer-funded Medicaid and Medicare Advantage businesses
The seven big for-profit U.S. health insurers, which also control access to prescription drugs, have seen revenues increase by over 345% in the last…
Apr 2
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Wendell Potter
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BIG INSURANCE 2023: Revenues reached $1.39 trillion thanks to taxpayer-funded Medicaid and Medicare Advantage businesses
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March 2024
Leaked docs reveal extensive noncompete agreements at Epic Systems
Is the largest electronic health record vendor in the United States using restrictive noncompete agreements to kneecap its employees and monopolize the…
Mar 27
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The federal government will soon announce its payment rates and policy changes for the Medicare Advantage program. Here's how you can…
In the coming days, the federal government will announce whether big health insurers that run the private Medicare Advantage program will receive…
Mar 26
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Wendell Potter
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The federal government will soon announce its payment rates and policy changes for the Medicare Advantage program. Here's how you can influence their decision.
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Medicare Advantage gets walloped in the press as the federal government's rate notice looms
In the next week or so, the federal government will announce a decision that will clue us in on whether big health insurers that run the private…
Mar 25
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Wendell Potter
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The PBM-insurer mafia comes for community pharmacies
UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna’s PBMs are using their market share and pull in Washington to drive one of the key levers to manage healthcare…
Mar 20
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Matthew Cunningham-Cook
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I’m hosting a free webinar on Thursday. Here’s why you should tune in and how to register.
The webinar, "Safeguarding Health Care's Runaway Train: A Rescue Plan for Americans" is on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST
Mar 18
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Wendell Potter
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