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Meet the Wall Street darlings ruining our health care

Author
HEAL California
Published
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Episode Link
https://heal-ca.org/meet-the-wall-street-darlings-ruining-our-health-care

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!

How did UnitedHealth Group, America’s largest health insurer by revenue, make billions in profit in the second quarter of 2023? How do UnitedHealth Group, CVS and Cigna control 80 percent of the drug supply market -- and why should we be concerned? 

To find out, we spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executive turned whistleblower, the New York Times bestselling author of Deadly Spin and the president of the Center for Health and Democracy. He is the author of the Substack newsletter HEALTH CARE un-covered which covers out-of-control profiteering in U.S. health care, its impact on everyday Americans, and potential policy solutions. 

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

 

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