HEALTH CARE un-covered
Wendell Potter, Joey Rettino, Ron Howrigon, Trudy Lieberman, Rachel Madley, PhD, David Oxman, Zena Wolf, Michael JohnsonPulling back the curtains on how Big Health is hurting Americans and how we got to this point.
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The Margin Myth: Why One of the Insurance Industry’s Favorite Talking Points is Designed to Mislead You
When UnitedHealth Group reported its first-quarter 2026 results, it disclosed something that didn’t make many headlines: an annualized return on equity of 26.2%.
That number — not the profit or operating margin — is what Wall Street uses t...
The Blind Spot in Congress's Health Care Transparency Bill
The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing Wednesday on a package of bills framed around price transparency and lower costs for patients. One of those bills would require mandatory public reporting of ownership s...
No One Likes Medicare Advantage | EP 4
For years, Big Insurance and their allies have argued that the Medicare Advantage program represents the future of Medicare — a more efficient alternative to Traditional Medicare that delivers better care at lower cost. But as too many Amer...
Government Watchdog Agency Finds that Every High-Risk Acute Stroke Diagnosis Submitted by Medicare Advantage Insurers in Audit Was Upcoded
The federal agency that investigates fraud in Medicare and Medicaid reported this week that the government likely overpaid Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers $462 million in 2021 alone due to unsupported acute stroke diagnoses submitted for r...
The $490,000 Denial
When Pamela Talley came home from an Arizona cycling vacation with a surgically repaired broken left wrist and elbow, she knew – as a retired family physician – that she’d be facing a tough recovery.
What the 62-year-old Colorado retiree w...
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Former VP, @cigna. Whistleblower and reformed insurance propagandist. President, @cforhd. Press: [email protected]. Speeches: [email protected].
Joey is a writer
Ron Howrigon is President and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies. He has 18 years of experience in the managed care industry. He has held Senior Management level positions with Kaiser, CIGNA, and BlueCross BlueShield covering much of US.
Trudy Lieberman, a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists, has had a long career in journalism, specializing in health care in recent years.
Rachel is Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. She previously worked for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. She received her PhD from Columbia University and has written for publications including The New York Times.
ICU doctor, med school prof and former Democratic candidate for Congress writing at intersection of health and politics
Zena is a researcher with the Center for Health & Democracy. She previously worked for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren conducting Congressional oversight.
Michael Johnson, a former Director of Public Policy for Blue Shield of California, is a health care policy consultant and advocate for forcing nonprofit healthcare entities to act like true nonprofits.
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