UnitedHealth, the largest health insurer in the United States, engages in aggressive tactics to intimidate critics and suppress negative scrutiny. The investigation highlights a campaign featuring actions against various individuals, including doctors and journalists. The case of Mary Strause and her father is prominent, as their critical docuseries on UnitedHealth was removed from major platforms. The investigation suggests that such measures indicate a desperate effort by the company to quell dissent. The scrutiny of UnitedHealth's practices raises concerns surrounding patient treatment and corporate accountability.
"Companies do this kind of stuff all the time, but UnitedHealth's lawyers were really going after some fairly obscure stuff, and that suggested to me that this was a campaign of desperation."
"There were instances of a very aggressive campaign to shut down criticism and scrutiny from even before the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December."
The investigation reveals how UnitedHealth works to intimidate and silence critics of its often predatory and exploitative treatment of patients."
The story of Mary Strause and her father highlights the efforts against dissent where their docuseries critical of UnitedHealth was removed from platforms like Amazon and Vimeo.
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