Archive - HEALTH CARE un-covered

For a Wall Street Lifeline, UnitedHealth Is Throwing Brokers Overboard

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, will stop paying agents and brokers to enroll seniors it doesn’t want in its Medicare Advantage…

Jun 19 •

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Let’s Empty the Junk Drawer of Prior Authorization

What started as a simple tool to cut costs has exploded into a tangled mess of red tape – delaying care, wasting billions and leaving doctors and…

Jun 18 •

Republicans Are Turning on Medicare Advantage

Conservative leaders now say it’s time to rein in the health insurance industry’s grip on Medicare.

Jun 17 •

Health Affairs: TPAs (Third Party Administrators) Are a Hidden Driver of Health Care Costs

Every dollar lost to TPA business schemes is a dollar that could have gone toward employee wages, better benefits, or simply making health care more…

Jun 13 •

Medicare Advantage Is Failing Its Mission. Here's How Washington Could Finally Fix It

Bipartisan voices are calling for reforms to end waste and gaming in MA. Solutions are on the table — if policymakers choose to act.

Jun 12 •

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International Yard Sale: UnitedHealth to Say Adiós to Latin American Subsidiary

UnitedHealth Group, the behemoth health insurer that has steadily transformed itself into a global health care conglomerate, is now looking to offload…

Jun 11 •

Big Insurance Bet on the Wrong Horse

Data reveals health insurers overwhelmingly donated to Harris, Democrats in 2024.

Jun 10 •

Case study of attempts at drug-pricing reforms in Ohio shows promise and peril for the Trump administration and Congress

Ohio’s fight to reform PBMs may be a canary in a coal mine for what’s ahead as Congress and other states take up drug pricing battles.

Jun 9 •

The Leak UnitedHealth Didn’t Want You to See

A confidential briefing intended for the C-suite is now public — and it reveals a company more focused on rewarding shareholders than meeting the needs…

Jun 6 •

CBO Sounds the Alarm: Trump Spending Package Could Deepen Deficit, Leave Millions Uninsured

New analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows $2.4 trillion in added debt and nearly 11 million more Americans uninsured by 2034.

Jun 5 •

Family Sues UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx and Walgreens Over Son’s Preventable Death

The price of 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht’s inhaler jumped from $70 to $500 overnight. Days later, he was gone.

Jun 4 •

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CMS's “Significant Expansion” of Audits Has Made UnitedHealth’s Bad Year Even Worse

New federal crackdown could expose billions in overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans.

Jun 3 •

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