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UnitedHealthcare Caught Paying Off Nursing Homes to Let Seniors Die Because Hospital Transfers were “Too Expensive” (open.substack.com)

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[-] Spitefire@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

People's health is the textbook definition of inelastic demand. It should never have been allowed to be a free market and we should require health insurance providers to be registered non-profits at the BARE minimum.

this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026

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