Health Insurers Profit From Suffering, Not Care
The country’s largest insurer just posted record revenues. That money comes from denying care and gouging patients — who are now sharing their stories.
And the Winners of the 2024 Shkreli Awards for Worst Healthcare Profiteering Are…
"All these stories paint a picture of a healthcare industry in desperate need of transformation," said the head of the think tank behind the awards.
Profiteering Against the Public Interest: Privatization of Health Care by Unitedhealth Group
By John P. Geyman / CounterPunch Privatization of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has been proceeding rapidly in recent years with little coverage by the media of its…