By Eileen O'Grady
Public Citizen, March 31, 2026
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed a Republican budget reconciliation package into law that will decimate affordable health
Health care in the USA: Money has become the mission
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; and Danny McCormick, M.D., M.P.H.The Lancet, Nov. 29,
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Aug. 5, 2025
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, issue the following consensus statement regarding the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model recently proposed by
Sunlight Report on UnitedHealth Group
Center for Health & Democracy, July 16, 2025
Shining a light on a giant
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Annals of Internal Medicine, June 17, 2025
Abstract
In January 2025, the Republican majority
Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths
Yale School of Public Health, June 3, 2025
In a letter to ranking Senate leaders, public health and policy researchers at Yale University and the University
The Impact of Health Insurance on Mortality
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Annual Review of Public Health, April 2025
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A 2008 review in the Annual Review of Public Health considered the question
Growth of Private Equity and Hospital Consolidation in Primary Care and Price Implications
By Yashaswini Singh, Ph.D., M.P.A.; Nandita Radhakrishnan, B.A.; Loren Adler, M.S.; and Christopher Whaley, Ph.D.
JAMA Health Forum, Jan. 17, 2025
Abstract
Importance: Consolidation of physician practices by hospitals
Less Care at Higher Cost—The Medicare Advantage Paradox
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Stephanie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
JAMA Internal Medicine, July 10, 2024
Abstract: Celebrating a Medicare Advantage (MA) milestone—enrollment
Taking Advantage
Physicians for a National Health Program, May 23, 2024
Executive Summary: Medicare Advantage (MA), the privately-administered version of Traditional Medicare (TM), is causing
Medicare Advantage and Vertical Consolidation in Health Care
By Hayden Rooke-Ley
American Economic Liberties Project, April 30, 2024
A new wave of health care consolidation is underway. Health insurance and retail conglomerates are rapidly acquiring