
Son of Medicare: Attack of the Machines
Reporter Bob Herman from STAT News unpacks his blockbuster investigation about the country’s biggest health care company.
Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. But this episode is almost like a horror movie.
It’s got some of Hollywood’s favorite tropes: Machines taking over. Monsters from separate franchises meeting face to face in a new movie, like Godzilla and King Kong, or Jason and Freddy. And a couple perceptive folks warning everyone, ”Hey, look, something really bad is happening!”
Those folks are Bob and his STAT News colleague Casey Ross. The…
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