Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
UnitedHealthcare Invited Journalists to Headquarters to Prove They’re the Good Guys. Then the CEO Called Wrongful Death Lawsuits “One-Offs.”
UnitedHealthcare invited journalists to headquarters to burnish its image. Then its CEO dismissed wrongful death lawsuits as “one-offs.” That phrase says everything about a system where denial, delay, and patient harm are treated as isolated incidents instead of the business model.
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