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UnitedHealth antitrust violations are being investigated as reported by Reuters.

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UnitedHealth antitrust violations are being investigated as reported by Reuters. Being a patient in the USA is more frustrating than ever, especially since health insurers reinforced by the Affordable Care Act have caused massive consolidation in the industry. Regulators watched as it happened in both healthcare and other industries. Patients no longer have easy access to their doctors and in many cases, their doctor can no longer afford to be in private practice, while hospitals are hiring doctors as they lose their autonomy. Regulators are finally waking up as we are noticing with the denial of the Jet Blue merger Read More »

Obamacare is driving the price of surgery higher says NBC news; Check out their article here.

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Obamacare is driving the price of surgery higher says NBC news; Check out their article here. What is driving the cost of care higher in the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. While everyone seems to have an opinion, NBC news in their investigative study suggests that consolidation and a lack of marketplace transparency and a true economic responsive marketplace for healthcare services is responsible. The average healthcare inflation appears to hold at 4%, so why are hospitals and surgeons getting 20% or more over what they did 5 years ago. Something is clearly wrong with the fabric of our healthcare Read More »