Who Profits
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Podcast Episode
July 17, 2025
The great American drug shortage isn’t an accident, it’s artificial (from Organized Money)
As a follow-up to our series The Prescription Drug Playbook — all about how you can get...
First Aid Kit
April 9, 2025
We wiped out almost $10K of my roommate’s medical bills
How we tackled nearly $10k out of $14.5k in medical bills...
Podcast Episode
February 3, 2025
How do you deal with wild drug prices?
Tons of people spend so much time and energy trying to get their meds at...
Podcast Episode
June 13, 2024
Meet the Middleman’s Middleman
Way behind the scenes, a hidden player makes billions — cutting what your health insurance...
Podcast Episode
March 21, 2024
Son of Medicare: Attack of the Machines
How UnitedHealth used an algorithm to cut off care for seniors in Medicare Advantage plans....
Podcast Episode
December 21, 2023
When hospitals sue patients (part 2)
Part two of our story with Scripps News and the Baltimore Banner: In some states,...
Podcast Episode
December 7, 2023
When hospitals sue patients (part 1)
We investigate why hospitals sue patients over unpaid medical bills, with Scripps News and the...
Podcast Episode
May 25, 2023
A ‘payday loan’ from a health care behemoth
What does it mean when a single company runs the most U.S. health insurance plans,...
Podcast Episode
July 28, 2022
The Genetic Testing ‘Bait-and-Switch’
Can a health care company make enough people mad to faceactual consequences? In this case,...
Podcast Episode
May 5, 2022
“The Golden Age of Older Rectums” (for investors)
A listener got a pricey quote for her colonoscopy, but the practice she visited seemed...
Podcast Episode
March 17, 2021
Who’s been trying to cash in on COVID vaccinations? (And how did racism help them out?)
With COVID vaccinations ramping up, it’s time to check in: Who’s been trying to make...
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