NYT reveals UnitedHealth Group’s attempts to escape scrutiny | HealthLeaders Media

Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealth Group has engaged in a widespread campaign to quash criticism, according to a The New York Times investigation. The findings suggest that the company used legal threats to impede news sources and activists from publishing negative information about the company. The Times investigation began with a tip that a docuseries critical of the healthcare industry was taken off of Amazon and Vimeo after a law firm working with UnitedHealth Group sent a letter claiming defamation. The filmmaker, Mary Strause, had helped manage pharmacies and was hoping to shed light on drug industry middlemen, including UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum Rx.  
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