Care Denied: The Dirty Secret Behind Medicare Advantage
As Medicare becomes increasingly privatized, patients are speaking up about these for-profit insurers’ widespread practice of denying treatments they need.
Health Care
Deep dives into the political corruption and corporate bureaucracy that keeps Americans sick while making executives rich.
The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster
Now that Biden and Congress have ended pandemic protections, nearly a million have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons so far — and many more will.
The System Makes Patients Sick And CEOs Rich
Healthcare executives' pay topped $335 million last year while 100 million Americans were saddled with medical debt.
The $20 Billion Scam At The Heart Of Medicare Advantage
As Medicare privatization continues, insurers are milking massive profits from systematic overbilling and kneecapping modest Biden proposals to stop the scheme.
Pelosi Gets Hospital Lobbyists’ Award After Blocking Reforms
The American Hospital Association feted the former House speaker for “advancing health care” following her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All.
Biden And Becerra Let Big Pharma Profiteer Off Cancer Drug
Rejecting cancer patients’ petition, the Biden administration refuses to use the power its HHS Secretary demanded Trump use.
Pfizer Pays To Change The Story
The pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is using Semafor to brag about its generosity abroad as it hikes U.S. drug prices.
Insurers Are Fighting To Protect Their Medicare Fraud
Health insurers are ready to sue the government if Biden officials don’t let them keep years of overpayments from Medicare.
As Nurses Strike, Hospital CEOs Pocket Millions
As nurses from two New York hospitals fight for better treatment, the executives in charge have been boosting their own pay and slashing charity care.
How Big Pharma Actually Spends Its Massive Profits
New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.