By R.C.
thursday, may 15, 2025 at 09:01:02 a.m. edt
"developing: justice department launches criminal probe against unitedhealth group, report says"
https://wltreport.com/2025/05/15/developing-justice-department-launches-criminal-probe-against-unitedhealth/
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Not too long ago,the stock price was plunging,the CEO quit,then I lost track.
Another pointless multi-billion dollar fine coming up? They'll write a check and send money out of thin air. Meaningless.
--GRA
UNITED HEALTHCARE PUSHED "KEEPING NURSING HOME RESIDENTS OUT OF HOSPITALS",WHETHER THEY NEEDED THAT CARE OR NOT;BONUSES PAID TO HOMES THAT FOLLOWED THAT EDICT
(ZH)UnitedHealth Group shares dropped as much as 7.5% in premarket trading Wednesday in New York, following a Guardian investigation that revealed the health insurer shelled out "Premium Dividend" and "Shared Savings" bonuses to nursing homes that reduced hospital transfers for sick residents.
The Guardian's investigation is based on thousands of confidential corporate and patient records obtained through sources, public records requests, and court filings, along with interviews with nearly two dozen current and former UnitedHealth and nursing home employees, as well as two whistleblower declarations submitted to Congress.
The report offers a new snapshot into UnitedHealth's daily operations at nearly 2,000 nursing homes across the country, where it manages Medicare Advantage coverage for more than 55,000 long-term residents.
Here are some of the key findings from the report:
UnitedHealth stationed in-house medical teams at nearly 2,000 nursing homes, incentivizing them to lower hospitalizations through financial rewards like "Premium Dividend" and "Shared Savings" payments tied to hospitalization rates.
Internal records show UnitedHealth monitored nursing homes using "admits per thousand (APK)" metrics and set "budgets" for hospitalizations. Facilities with high APKs were denied bonuses.
In multiple documented cases, patients were denied urgent hospital care, leading to serious harm, including permanent brain damage. Whistleblowers say these incidents were hidden or minimized.
Nurse practitioners were pressured to push "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) orders, even when patients had previously expressed the desire for life-saving treatments.
UnitedHealth also incentivized increased enrollment in its Institutional Special Needs Plans by offering large payments to nursing homes, which in some cases leaked confidential patient data to help sales teams directly solicit families—often bypassing consent rules.
The Guardian noted:
In several cases identified by the Guardian, nursing home residents who needed immediate hospital care under the program failed to receive it, after interventions from UnitedHealth staffers. At least one lived with permanent brain damage following his delayed transfer, according to a confidential nursing home incident log, recordings and photo evidence.
A current UnitedHealth nurse practitioner, who recently submitted a congressional complaint regarding the nursing home program, stated:
"No one is truly investigating when a patient suffers harm. Absolutely no one.
"These incidents are hidden, downplayed and minimized. The sense is: 'Well, they're medically frail, and no one lives for ever.'"
GRA:I've seen it personally,the lack of quality care and incompetence. I was at my mom's nursing home 12 hours a day while she rehabilitated and I advocated in her behalf. The staff there hated my guts. Too many blacks "working" there was part of the problem. I cooked at my house for my mom and brought it in,because the food was unedible at this particular "home". Other residents weren't so lucky. Plate after plate of uneaten breakfasts,lunches and dinners were stacked on tables in eating areas. My line was:If you want to go to a place to lose weight,go to a nursing home. Luigi had a point after all.
--GRA
SENATE HEARING EXPOSES COVID VAXX SIDE EFFECTS--AND THE bIDEN MASSIVE COVER-UP
(ZH)The “safe and effective” narrative collapsed on camera during Senator Ron Johnson’s explosive Senate hearing on COVID-19 vaccine injuries Wednesday afternoon.
Senator Ron Johnson brought the receipts, exposing how the Biden administration DELIBERATELY hid vaccine harms from the public.
Then Dr. James Thorp (OB-GYN) revealed miscarriage data so disturbing, it left the room silent.
This is the Senate hearing they never wanted you to see. I turned three hours of footage into a five-minute read.
Senator Ron Johnson opened the hearing with a bombshell: the Biden administration knew about deadly heart risks tied to the COVID shots, and deliberately kept it from the public.
Johnson released newly subpoenaed records exposing a detailed timeline of what officials knew and when. While Pfizer and Moderna received insider updates, doctors and citizens who raised concerns were silenced.
In February 2021, Israeli health officials warned the CDC of “large reports of myocarditis, particularly in young people” following Pfizer injections, just two and a half months after the vaccine received emergency use authorization.
By April, the CDC was already reviewing myocarditis data from Israel and the Department of Defense. But instead of alerting the public, they stayed quiet.
--GRA
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