McKinsey and Providence colluded to force poor patients into destitution

“How would you like to pay that today?”

Cory Doctorow
6 min readSep 25, 2022

--

A collage. On the left is an image of a cigar-chomping plutocrat in a top hat. He stands at a control box whose lever is fashioned into a dollar-sign. The control box bears the logo of McKinsey and Company. In one gloved hand, he holds aloft a sad, cloth-capped young man on crutches. On the right is an ogrish thug wielding a club and holding out his free hand in a ‘gimme’ gesture. He wears a doctor’s reflector around his head. Behind them is a hospital ward. On the wall of the hospital ward is t

Providence is a health giant whose anchor is a network of Catholic hospitals. They colluded with McKinsey to steal from their poorest patients, by deceiving them about their eligibility for free care, saddling poor, sick people with crushing debts:

--

--

My Doctor Said My Precancerous Throat Cured Itself

3 min read

May 10

Apple Watch Workouts Have a Great New Feature

4 min read

Dec 17, 2022

“Ambition Spectrum Disorder” now listed on the DSM-5

2 min read

Nov 26, 2022

Nanoparticle Gene Editing Against Cystic Fibrosis

3 min read

Oct 12, 2022

This Muscle in Your Calf Can Do Big Things to Improve the Metabolic Health of the Rest of Your Body

3 min read

Sep 25, 2022

It’s a Core and Hand Day

3 min read

Aug 18, 2022

Pollution and Disasters Break Every Argument Against Medicare for All

4 min read

Aug 16, 2022

Creatine Supplementation and Aging Muscle

4 min read

Jun 21, 2022

Monopolists want to create human inkjet printers

7 min read

Jun 10, 2022

Mark Cuban Has a Solution for the Insane Cost of Prescription Drugs

3 min read

Jun 8, 2022