Judgment Day in Washington: Why Andy Slavitt Must Not Run Medicare
Many of us cheered in January of this year when Marilyn Tavenner, the woman who headed the disastrous rollout of the healthcare.gov website, announced she’d be…
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Tag Archive: UnitedHealth Group
Population Health: The Insurance Cartel’s Next Big Move in Dominating Medical Care
The July 21, 2015 Forbes article, “How Population Health Became a Multi Billion Dollar Pay Play for Insurers,” is indication of a further step being taken…
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The Art and Riches of Value-Based Care: A Malevolent New Medical Pseudoscience
Not so long ago there was a time when unconventional treatments—alternative modalities of care—were dismissed by the traditional medical community as being incorrectly presented to patients…
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Our New Godzilla: Health Insurance Consolidation
Update July 24, 2015: Anthem agrees to acquire Cigna for $54 billion, still holding the #2 position—for now. The big three: UnitedHealth, Anthem (Cigna) and Aetna (Humana). Update July 3, 2015: Aetna…
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Optum, Inc. Makes Big Moves Since Rising from the Ashes of UnitedHealth Group’s Infamous Ingenix
Presto Chango, Can a Leopard Change His Spots? UnitedHealth cured the Ingenix stigma by simply changing its name to OptumInsight. It’s as though they made a…
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AARP: The Bigger they are, the Harder they Fall
The AARP Spider Web of Interconnected Companies is Designed to Shuffle Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Around while Serving AARP’s Self-Interested Purposes. Their Real Owner, UnitedHealth…
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Tax-Exempt Medical Vampires Dispense Poison Pills
A Letter to Readers: The Next Phase Has Launched Ladies and Gentlemen, a little history is appropriate for those of you who have not been following the…
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