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I keep saying to people, 'Why do you suppose your Medicare Advantage is free?' but many don't want to hear. This investigative piece looks at all the strategies UnitedHealth, the single largest vendor of for-profit insurance Medicare Advantage, did to cut patient care and pump up their profit margins in nursing homes. Via The Guardian: UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents - part of a series of cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, but at times risked residents' health, a Guardian investigation has found. |
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