[Opinion] Stephen Moore: Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud

Stephen Moore: Hospitals and insurers are getting rich off medical fraud

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Polls show Americans are angry — and rightly so — at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits. UnitedHealthcare just reported jumbo profits so far in 2026, and in 2025, they recorded revenues of more than $400 billion. They are raking in profits from the $1.9 trillion in federal healthcare programs. Two of the largest “nonpro…

Hospitals and Insurers Are Getting Rich Off Medical Fraud

Polls show Americans are angry — and rightly so — at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits. UnitedHealthcare just reported jumbo profits so far in 2026, and in 2025 they recorded revenues of more than $400 billion. They are raking in profits from the $1.9 trillion in federal healthcare programs. Two of the largest “nonprofit” hospital chains, Kaiser Permanente and HCA Healthcare, recorded…