Medicare Advantage Plans Take Top Spot in Shkreli Awards
Medicare Advantage plans took the top spot in this year’s Shkreli Awards, the annual list from the Lown Institute that calls attention to some of healthcare’s most greedy and unethical behavior. The plans’ penchant for defrauding or overbilling Medicare by an estimated $25 billion in 2020 alone by saying beneficiaries were much sicker than they […]
Documentary Seeks Truth Behind ‘Super-Villain’ of Drug Prices
“Pharma Bro,” a new documentary about disgraced former drug company head Martin Shkreli, seeks to shed light on the person once-dubbed “the most hated man in America.” Regardless of his motivations, Shkreli’s name will forever be linked to the crisis of overpriced drugs in the U.S. The documentary, directed by Brent Hodge and released digitally […]