Doctors and Patients Protest UnitedHealth’s Record Earnings
Victims of America’s for-profit healthcare system recounted coverage denials and called for deep reform.
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.
Health Insurance Killing: Economics Does Have Something to Say
United and other insurers make a profit by restricting the claims they pay, so their profit motive goes directly against people’s need to get healthcare.
‘It Had to Be Done’: Luigi Mangione Manifesto Revealed
"A reminder: the U.S. has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy," the 26-year-old accused of assassinating a health insurance…
Police Say Luigi Mangione, Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO, Had ‘Ill Will Toward Corporate America’
"I do apologize for any strife or trauma, but it had to be done," the Ivy League graduate reportedly wrote in a manifesto admitting to killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson.…
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden…
‘We’re Still Gonna Say No’: Inside UnitedHealthcare’s Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden…