Admin, Author at Patients United for Insurance Reform

Health Care’s Colossus: How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients

It’s no secret that UnitedHealth is a colossus: It’s the country’s largest health insurer and the fourth-largest company of any type by revenue, just behind Apple. And thanks to a series of stealthy deals, almost 1 in 10 U.S. doctors — some 90,000 clinicians — now either work for UnitedHealth or are […]

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FTC report slams pharmacy benefit managers, says firms inflate drug costs, squeeze competitors

An ongoing Federal Trade Commission study finds pharmacy benefit managers may have inflated drug costs while squeezing independent pharmacies, enriching some of the largest companies in the country at the expense of patients. The interim FTC report released Tuesday details the market influence of companies known as PBMs, which are

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Health Care’s Colossus: How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients

FTC report slams pharmacy benefit managers, says firms inflate drug costs, squeeze competitors