HEALTH CARE un-covered Show

Wendell Potter and Joey Rettino are joined by former Republican Congressman Jim Greenwood, one of the architects of Medicare Advantage, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) to discuss how a program intended to improve Medicare became associated with prior authorization barriers, denied care, narrow networks, overpayments and growing corporate profits. As scrutiny of Medicare Advantag...

A deep dive into prior authorization's real-world toll — from frontline physicians to federal policy — featuring Seth Glickman, Wendy Dean, and Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) on the rise of AI-driven denials under Medicare's new WISeR model.

In this episode of the HEALTH CARE un-covered Show, we analyze the 2025 earnings reports of seven of the largest insurers in the U.S. — UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health (Aetna), Cigna, Elevance, Humana, Centene, and Molina. Together, they reported nearly $1.7 trillion in revenue, more than $54 billion in profits and $175 billion more revenue than the year before — yet covered roughly 10 million fewe...

In the debut episode of the HEALTH CARE un-covered Show , we examine what may be an inflection point in the health insurance reform debate. Over the past few decades, health insurers have transformed into Wall Street–controlled conglomerates and vertically integrated behemoths that have embedded themselves in the pharmacy supply chain, physician practices and nearly every corner of American health...

This is the trailer for the HEALTH CARE un-covered Show -- which will call attention to out-of-control profiteering in U.S. health care and what that means to everyday Americans.