"As the former VP at Cigna...my colleagues and I across the industry devoted massive amounts of the money—money our customers paid us to cover their medical care—on lobbying, campaign contributions, deceptive PR campaigns...All of that was spent for the sole purpose of maximizing shareholder return. Restricting patients’ access to needed care made [those corps] Wall Street darlings, and made lots of people lots of money while doing little to enhance care." #politics
https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/11/wall-street-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-brian-thompson/
STAT · I used to do health insurance company PR. Here’s what I think the backlash is missingA health insurance company executive turned whistleblower, Wendell Potter thinks that the backlash to the industry is missing something key.