PULSE 6/13/2025: NWSJ Podcast Reveals Billions Lost to Medicare Advantage Abuse

The Wall Street Journal’s two-part podcast series, Medicare, Inc., offers a critical exposé into how private insurers have profited from Medicare Advantage—often at the expense of patients and taxpayers.

• Part one uncovers how some insurers inflated diagnoses through in-home visits, triggering billions in extra federal payments.
• Part two highlights the human toll, as some of the sickest patients were denied critical care and forced to switch to traditional Medicare, costing the system even more.