Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
UnitedHealth Helped Write the Rules. Then It Started Losing.
UnitedHealth helped shape research behind the No Surprises Act expecting greater leverage over providers. Then neutral arbiters started ruling against insurers. Now it wants the rules changed. Wendell Potter’s reporting reveals how healthcare power works behind the scenes.
86% Of Congress Took Money From The Health Insurance Lobby. Now There’s A Tracker With The Receipts.
A new tracker shows that 86% of Congress took campaign money from major health insurance PACs. The biggest checks went to the lawmakers with the most power over healthcare policy, raising a brutal question: who exactly is Congress working for when patients are being denied care?
Trump's Meeting With Insurers Is Already Over Before It Starts
24 million Americans watched premiums double overnight. Now Trump plans to pressure insurers who banked $543 billion in profits over a decade. The solution? HSAs—which create new revenue streams for the same industry while shifting costs onto patients who already can't afford care. This isn't reform.