4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1389+ words) Last week, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees summoned five of the most powerful executives in the American health insurance industry to answer for their outsized roles in the U.S.-health ecosystem. And how their roles are…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (825+ words) This week we are seeing what a tragic mistake we as a country made in turning our health care system over to corporations like UnitedHealth Group that live and die on Wall Street. And it's only Wednesday. I hope lawmakers…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (539+ words) When I first saw the headline that UnitedHealth Group would "return Obamacare profits to customers in 2026," my immediate reaction was: Oh good grief. The timing is just too perfect. UnitedHealth's pledge was tucked neatly into prepared testimony from CEO Stephen…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (575+ words) Nilsa Cruz, the patient advocate at the Milwaukee Rheumatology Center, has won national awards for fighting Big Insurance practices that hamper care " frequently taking her cases to the state capitol in Madison. But for Cruz, a recent move by the…...