Elon Musk’s coup plotters cut their teeth at an obscure Obamacare agency that burned $10 billion testing bogus cost savings initiatives.
Maureen Tkacik
Maureen Tkacik is investigations editor at the Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Private Equity Hatchet Man Leading the Lost Boys of DOGE
If Tom Krause is looking for government waste, ‘he should look in the mirror,’ says an ex-employee.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Crisis Actors
The Alex Jones bankruptcy case revealed where the real hoaxes exist in this country: in our most elite courtrooms.
Posted inTransportation
The ‘DEI Theory’ of Boeing’s Undoing
It’s 95 percent fake news, but the rise and fall of American aviation is also a powerful parable about the limits of what Percy Green called ‘tokenism.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Private Equity Hospital Bankruptcy Gets a True-Crime Twist
Prospect Medical Holdings is the latest sordid tale of legalized hospital embezzlement killing patients and communities. But the judge assigned to its bankruptcy raises eyebrows in a good way.
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Plutocracy Kills
From the Boeing door plug blowout to the assassination of Brian Thompson to the never-ending oligarch-fueled genocide of Gaza, 2024 was not a year of moral ambiguity or nuance.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Final Boss of Our Medical Misery
Some health care problems, like Luigi Mangione’s excruciating back pain, are complex and mysterious. But the ultimate villain is pretty straightforward.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Ambulance Chasers of Totaled Hospitals
Insight Health is the pride of Flint, Michigan, and it’s coming for a failing hospital near you.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Manhattan Medicare Murder Mystery
Only about 50 million customers of America’s reigning medical monopoly might have a motive to exact revenge upon the UnitedHealthcare CEO.