The McKinsey Opioid Consultants Who Got Away
The Biden administration just delivered a sweetheart deal to its friends at McKinsey, letting the consulting giant off the hook for helping to “turbocharge” disastrous OxyContin sales.
Health Care
Deep dives into the political corruption and corporate bureaucracy that keeps Americans sick while making executives rich.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Banning The Bans
Censorship gets banned, youth score a climate win, nurses win a major union vote, workers’ rights are clear and unmistakable, and small businesses go boom.
The Dangerous Lie Behind On-Demand Nursing
“Uber for nurses” is extracting profits and hurting health care, all to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.
The Deadly Consequences Of UnitedHealth’s Unchecked Growth
Failure to block the insurance giant’s market consolidation, including by a judge with a potential conflict of interest, has led to worse care, higher prices, and a mounting human toll.
The Health Care Crisis Is The Democracy Crisis
What it will take for Americans to finally demand change?
Why America Is Mad As Hell About Health Care
After the murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, the industry is facing a public reckoning. Will it be enough to deliver change?
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth.
Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall
Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.
Big Oil’s SCOTUS Connection Sees Himself Out
An oil-backed justice bows out, location tracking gets turned off, Elon Musk loses a few bucks, Wisconsin public workers win big, and a controversial anesthesia policy is out cold.