Health Care Inc.: Crash United, compulsory drugs

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, doctors and other suppliers – reporting how money influences these companies and shaping what we all pay for care. He is also the author of The Health Care Inc. Newsletter. You can reach Bob on the signal on Bobjherman.09.

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A Tick-Tock of the United Health 2025 accident

Last month was a disastrous channel of events for Unitedhealth Group – which until recently was a beloved stock at Wall Street. An event made snowball in the next, which led to more than half of the business value of the company (266 billion dollars) evaporate in the last 30 days.