Money Over People

The U.S. Department of Labor said that three separate franchises that operate a total of 62 McDonald’s restaurants across four states illegally employed 305 children sometimes without even paying them.

Unaccredited companies, sometimes calling themselves “medical consultants” or “coaches,” suggest they can provide quick turnaround times on claims and higher benefit checks.

Although Horizon says it now has 20 drugs under development, in its 15 years of existence it has yet to license a product it invented. Yet the company has written a new playbook for how to build a modern pharmaceutical colossus.

An EPA survey points out the hidden danger of lead pipes in the water supply system that Florida hasn’t bothered to track.

Instead of negotiating a first union contract as required by law, Starbucks has chosen to fire Alexis Rizzo, a union leader in Buffalo who worked for Starbucks for seven years.

Sara McLin’s son burned his hand on a stove. She took him to an in-network emergency room near their home in Florida which did not treat him. But they sent bills anyway—to her son, so she can't dispute them.

Medicare Advantage insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms, under the guise of scientific rigor, to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for an older patient's treatment.

Though Starbucks claims they are 'progressive,' there is mounting evidence that the company's anti-union efforts include a pattern of flagrant violations of federal labor law.

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.

Few things about the American health care system infuriate patients and doctors more than prior authorization, a common tool whose use by insurers has exploded in recent years.

As philosophers from Socrates to Jesus to Adam Smith have told us over and over: unregulated greed always ends up enriching the few while devastating the rest of society.

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners—and doing so with exquisite timing.

A cadre of newcomers and direct government competition aims to break open the insulin market that three companies—Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk—have long dominated with their escalating prices.

Mounting evidence is showing gas stoves pose a health risk. Not surprisingly, the fossil fuel industry has been pushing back hard. Now, we find out they've known about the problem and have hidden it for over half a century.

Private insurance giants are offering luxury vacations and other incentives for agents to "push seniors into the most expensive Medigap plans."

Paul Davis has “one of the rarest tumors on the planet.” The rare eye cancer requires $50,000-a-week drug treatments to keep Davis alive, and he worries saddling his family with crushing medical debt when he’s gone.