{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"UnitedHealth\u2019s Dangerous Takeover of U.S. Health Care","description":"This time on CodeWACK! What if the rising cost of health care \u2014 the surprise bills, the shrinking choices, the long waits \u2014 weren\u2019t random at all, but largely the result of quiet, strategic consolidation happening behind the scenes? The Center for Health & Democracy has been working to reveal just this. Founded by former insurance executive-turned-whistleblower Wendell Potter, the organization shines a light on how corporate power shapes the American health care system \u2014 and what it means for patients and families. Joining us today is Rachel Madley, the Center\u2019s Executive Director. A scientist by training and a federal health policy expert, Rachel also brings lived experience navigating the health system with Type 1 diabetes \u2014 giving her unique insight into how policy decisions ripple into real lives. Today, we\u2019re talking about the Center\u2019s recent Sunlight Report, a first of its kind investigation into the corporate structure and expansion of UnitedHealth Group, the largest healthcare company in the world. The report pulls back the curtain on health care consolidation and reveals how deeply corporate expansion is reshaping who delivers care, how much it costs, and who ultimately benefits. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org\/donate. ","author_name":"Code WACK!","author_url":"https:\/\/heal-ca.org\/","html":"