Medicare spends huge sums financing the dental, vision, and other benefits offered by Medicare Advantage plans. A new government report sounds the alert about their potential misuse.
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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.
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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 health care costs—independent pharmacies—out of business.
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Between You and Your Doctor: How Medicare Advantage Care Denials Affect Patients
As UnitedHealth racks up unprecedented profits, the people it insures battle for care.
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Company Behind Joe Namath Medicare Advantage Ads Has Long Rap Sheet of Misconduct
The firm formerly known as Benefytt pocketed millions selling sham insurance to seniors and other consumers.
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The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam
How for-profit health insurers convince seniors to enroll in private Medicare plans
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Building a Giant
Mapping UnitedHealth’s consumption of our health care system—from the ’70s to today