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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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Privatization Warning
A VA advisory panel issues a red alert on outsourcing.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
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.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
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.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s VA Plans Look Too Much Like Biden’s VA Reality
While Project 2025 plots VA dismantling, its Biden-appointed leader tells workers to ‘stay out of politics.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Casualties of a Failed Health Care System
Why even an elite Boston hospital can feel like a makeshift infirmary in a war zone
Posted inBooks
Uber and the Impoverished Public Expectations of the 2010s
A new book shows that Uber was a symbol of a neoliberal philosophy that neglected public funding and regulation in favor of rule by private corporations.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam
How for-profit health insurers convince seniors to enroll in private Medicare plans
Posted inEducation in America
CFPB Report Finds Long-Predicted Student Loan Servicer Problems
Everyone thought these companies couldn’t handle the end of the repayment pause. Everyone was right.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Headhunters Shouldn’t Control Who Can Be a Fed Reserve Bank President
We need a democratic process for appointing leaders of regional Fed banks.
