Craig,
Healthcare isn’t a commodity, it’s a right. But corporate monopolies like UnitedHealth Group see it differently. They’ve rigged the system, consolidating power at every level: insurance, hospitals, pharmacies, even the very doctors you rely on. The result? Skyrocketing premiums denied treatments, and collapsing independent practices.
This is the consequence of decades of federal policies favoring privatization and consolidation. Today, hospital conglomerates and private equity firms dictate who gets care and at what cost. Insurers deny coverage while pocketing record-breaking profits, and small practices are forced to shut their doors because they can’t compete.
UnitedHealth Group exemplifies the worst of this broken system. They control everything, from your insurance provider to the pharmacy that fills your prescriptions and the physician that treats you.
This kind of vertical integration was illegal for banks until the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed.
We need a bold solution: A Glass-Steagall-style reform that breaks up healthcare monopolies, ends conflicts of interest, and ensures quality care for all. Join the fight to dismantle Big Medicine’s stranglehold on our healthcare system.
The unchecked power of corporate healthcare giants doesn’t just make our system unfair, it makes it dangerous. When a single corporation like UnitedHealth Group can dictate what treatments are approved, who provides care, and how much they can charge, patients suffer.
Physicians are being forced to prioritize profit-driven metrics over patient outcomes. Pharmacists are pressured to dispense what’s best for insurers, not individuals. And Americans are paying the highest healthcare costs in the world while seeing no improvement in care quality.
This is what happens when healthcare is treated as a business rather than a basic human right.
History has shown us what happens when monopolies go unchecked. The banking industry’s reckless consolidation led to the Great Depression until Glass-Steagall put guardrails in place.
Demand a healthcare system that works for us, not for corporate profits by adding your name now.
Let’s keep working to break up Big Medicine and put power back in the hands of patients and providers.
- DFA AF Team
