Doctors didn’t think it was possible to loathe the world’s biggest health care profiteer any more. Then came the hack that set half their bookkeeping systems on fire.
Health & Social Policy
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UnitedHealth Exploits an ‘Emergency’ It Created
The Change ransomware attack left an Oregon medical practice with an empty bank account, and only one quick way to fix it: sell to UnitedHealth.
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Controlling Birth Control
On the eve of over-the-counter birth control pills, the GOP can’t possibly convince Americans that the right to contraception is wrong.
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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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Biden’s Latest Child Care Order
Today on TAP: Capping costs for 100,000 families is the right idea, at too small a scale.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: It’s 1968 All Over Again
Will the Biden campaign listen to his disaffected base? Will Steward Health Care ever pay a single bill?
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Zoomer Hackers Shut Down the Biggest Extortion Ring of All
A ransomware gang cripples UnitedHealthcare. Could a comprehensive antitrust investigation finish the job?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Iowa Sees Little Progress on Gun Violence Prevention
After the Perry High School shooting, students demanded gun reform, but state lawmakers have been slow to respond.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Scenes From the Bat Cave
How Steward Health left a Space Coast community hospital in a literal world of shit
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Housing First Can Work—If Done Right
Solving homelessness requires strong and well-resourced case management, and an acknowledgment of where programs fall short.
