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A UnitedHealthcare rep called a surgeon in the middle of a procedure to ask if her breast cancer patient's overnight stay was "justified."

Tough Ask

Developments

"Insurance is out of control. I have no other words."

UnitedHealthcare Calls Doctor Mid Surgery To Ask If Her Patient’s Overnight Stay Is Necessary

Amid the fallout from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder, the firm's prescription drug middleman made a huge AI oopsie. 

Claim Game

Are you serious?

UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, the UnitedHealth is now asking journalists to remove or obscure photos of its CEOs' names and faces.

Priority Shift

Behind the scenes, they're working to control the story.

UnitedHealth Is Asking Journalists to Remove Names and Photos of Its CEO From Published Work

Congress is pushing to break up the nation's biggest insurance monopolies after Brian Thompson's murder last week.

Luigi's Law

This is major.

Congress Introduces Bills to Break Up UnitedHealth Group

Comedian Bill Burr was brash in his condemnation of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who he likened to a "gangster."

Gangway

"They're gangsters, dude."

Bill Burr: Murdered Insurance CEO Was a "Gangster"

Before United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered, a lawsuit filed against the firm revealed just how bad its claims-denying was.

Deny, Defend, Depose

Anger at the insurance industry is reached a boiling point.

Murdered Insurance CEO Had Deployed an AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People

Eli Lilly, the maker of Zepbound, is hoping that new studies into off-label treatments will help get the drugs covered by insurance.

Get Covered

Rx/Medicines

"It builds this wall of evidence."

Drug Companies Have a Sneaky Idea to Get Insurance to Pay for Drugs Like Zepbound

A private equity firm has been accused of both taking out predatory policies against an elderly woman and trying to avoid paying her family.

Death Pool

"Senior citizens have no idea who owns a policy on their life, and who wants them dead."

Private Equity Firm Accused of Buying Life Insurance Policies on Old People to Profit From Their Deaths

A public employee in Washington State is suing to get her health insurer to cover Wegovy, the expensive, headline-grabbing weight loss med.

Losses and Gains 

"They’re being penny wise and pound foolish."

Woman Sues to Get Wegovy Covered by Her Health Insurance

After an alleged meteor struck a house in New Jersey, residents began wondering whether insurance covers extraterrestrial damage.

Suburban Meteorite

When a meteorite smashes through your roof, you have to wonder.

New Jersey Ponders Whether Meteor Damage Is Covered by Insurance

Insurance denials are on the rise, and in the case of one newborn baby in the neonatal ICU, they're getting crueler.

Enfant Terrible

"If only the baby could read."

Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: “You Are Drinking From a Bottle”

Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.

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