{"id":1224138,"date":"2025-08-11T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/?page_id=1224138"},"modified":"2025-08-11T04:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:30:20","slug":"unitedhealth-group-investigation-health-care-colossus-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/unitedhealth-group-investigation-health-care-colossus-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care’s Colossus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This series highlights how UnitedHealth Group wields its unrivaled physician empire to boost its profits and expand its influence.<\/h2>\n

Reporters Casey Ross<\/a>, Lizzy Lawrence<\/a>, Bob Herman<\/a>, and Tara Bannow<\/a> spent months interviewing sources and reviewing documents to deliver this unrivaled look into the biggest and most consequential U.S. health care company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Explore the Health Care\u2019s Colossus series<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Part 1<\/span><\/div>\n

How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Part 2<\/span><\/div>\n

How UnitedHealth turned a questionable artery-screening program into a gold mine<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Part 3<\/span><\/div>\n

UnitedHealth pledged a hands-off approach after buying a Connecticut medical group. Then it upended how doctors practice<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Inside UnitedHealth\u2019s strategy to pressure physicians: $10,000 bonuses and a doctor leaderboard<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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UnitedHealth pays its own physician groups considerably more than others, driving up consumer costs and its profits<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Lawmakers call for curbs on UnitedHealth\u2019s growing empire<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Under siege after a tragedy, UnitedHealth grapples with fresh security threats and a customer backlash<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits\n<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Inside STAT\u2019s investigation of UnitedHealth<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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