Dear Scott Gottlieb...
The former FDA Commissioner who spent years making it easier for pharma to jack up prices just got a board seat at the company that denies more care than anyone else in America.
Perfect timing, Scott.
UnitedHealth is actively under Department of Justice investigation. Medicare Advantage profitability is tanking. They’re facing “elevated regulatory scrutiny” that could crater their margins. So naturally they hire the guy who knows exactly how to work the regulatory system from the inside.
This is the revolving door in real time. FDA Commissioner to pharma board member to insurance giant board member. The same people who write the rules that let them deny your chemo then cash the checks from the companies doing the denying.
Meanwhile, hedge funds are dumping shares because even Wall Street knows what’s coming. The company’s own projections show earnings dropping from $21.3 billion to $20 billion by 2028 despite revenue growth. Translation: they’re going to squeeze patients harder to make up the difference.
Simply Wall Street buried the lede harder than a mob funeral. They’re talking about “regulatory expertise” and “investment narratives” while UnitedHealth systematically destroys lives for profit. 83 analysts provided “fair value estimates” ranging from $300 to $847. You know what’s not fair value? Dying because an algorithm decided your cancer treatment wasn’t cost effective.
Gottlieb brings “deep regulatory and healthcare expertise.” Yeah, expertise in making sure the system stays rigged. Expertise in pretending patient safety matters while cashing pharma checks. Expertise in failing upward through the healthcare industrial complex.
The article calls this “heightened policy uncertainty.” I call it corruption so obvious they don’t even hide it anymore. The cop becomes the robber. The referee joins the team. The FDA Commissioner joins the death panel.
Your government official today is your insurance executive tomorrow. Same people, same game, different business cards.
This isn’t a board appointment. It’s a confession that the system is working exactly as designed. For them.
Your vote matters. If this hits home, tell me where you have seen it happen. Add a comment or a rage restack and drop your story in the thread. One reply pushes this in front of more people who deal with the same mess.
Are you new here? My condolences and my thanks. Follow along and stay loud with the rest of us. More voices means more pressure on a system that counts on silence.
#WeThePatients #RevolvingDoor #HealthcareCorruption
SOURCE ➡️ https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/healthcare/nyse-unh/unitedhealth-group/news/is-dr-scott-gottliebs-board-appointment-and-hedge-fund-exit