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Like Wall Street, Current Health Care Policy Privatizes Profit And Socializes Risk

Michele Swenson | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home


Michele Swenson

The excesses of the health insurance industry resemble those of Wall Street and the subprime housing market, typified by privatized profits for insurers and socialized risk for taxpayers and consumers.

Falling in Love -- with Andrew Cuomo

Eve "nyceve" Gittelson | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Eve

The other day, Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General of New York, ventured where no man dare tread. He decided to take on the health insurance industry.

Insurers Accused Of Using "Rigged Data" To Manipulate Customers

ABC News | RICHARD ESPOSITO | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business


The nation's largest health care insurer, four of its subsidiaries and a number of other large insurers are being served subpoenas -- 16 in all -- in ...

Former UnitedHealth CEO To Forfeit $418 Million

New York Times | Eric Dash | Posted 12.07.2007 | Business


In one of the largest corporate pay give-backs ever, William W. McGuire, the former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, has agreed to forfeit at le...