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Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (642+ words) Polls show Americans are angry " and rightly so " at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits. United Healthcare just reported jumbo profits so far in 2026, and in 2025, it recorded revenues of more than $400 billion....
Breaking Up 'Big Medicine' Won't Fix What Washington Broke
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (717+ words) Washington is gearing up to crack down on "Big Medicine," with populist Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. , and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. , leading the charge. Over the past decade, America's healthcare system has become increasingly consolidated, leaving patients with higher prices, fewer…...
Why Healthcare Is So Expensive in America, and What to Do About It
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (488+ words) America's healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest about that,…...
Competition, Not Consolidation, Is the Cure for Rising Healthcare Costs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (305+ words) Ohio Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in central Ohio, operating 13 hospitals and standalone emergency rooms across Franklin and Delaware counties, along with more than 200 affiliated physician offices and clinics. Its facilities include Grant Medical Center and Riverside…...
Massive At-Home Care Kickback Scheme Exposed in California, as Fraud Supposedly Funds Newsom's Power Base
2+ week, 5+ day ago (318+ words) Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, revealed on Thursday yet another example of California's out-of-control fraud problem. The latest example involves a state program that pays individuals to stay home and…...
Nick Shirley Explains Exactly How the California Hospice Fraud Scheme Works
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) Independent journalist Nick Shirley has helped expose massive fraud in Minnesota, and now he's set his sights on California, where the fraud is far worse. Governor Gavin Newsom attacked him for his work, of course, because Newsom has aided and…...
Trump Rx Is a Step Toward Making the Pharma Market Finally Work for America
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (518+ words) The Trump administration's latest move appears to continue its promise to put America first. Americans have long paid the highest drug prices in the world, while patients in Europe and Canada receive the same medicines for a fraction of the…...
Feds Freeze $259 M in Medicaid Funds to Minnesota Over Alleged Fraud
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (546+ words) Vice President J. D. Vance announced that the federal government is halting about $259 million worth of Medicaid funds to the state of Minnesota until it cracks down on healthcare fraud." Vance, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. , and Administrator…...
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Care
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (940+ words) Congressional testimony by major insurance company CEOs was as predictable as it was disappointing. They talked about their struggles in a heavily regulated industry and emphasized their essential role in keeping the fragile American healthcare system afloat. Watching it, I…...
U. S. Drug Makers Raise Prices Despite Trump's Affordability Push
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (344+ words) HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agreement was "the best achievement that could happen to our country" and noted America was "paying for all of the innovation in this country and the rest of the world was free riding…...