ADAM STONE'S OPTUM/UNITEDHEALTH SERIES, 20TH INSTALLMENT: FRUSTRATED LOCAL DOCTORS, ANXIOUS PATIENTS NAVIGATE FRACTURED MEDICAL SYSTEM

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STONE’S THROW: ‘Continuity of Care’ Suffering Across the Area

October 24, 2025----Adam Stone

Frustrated Local Doctors, Anxious Patients Navigate Fractured Medical System

This is the 20th installment in an investigative series launched in December 2022 examining Optum and UnitedHealth, as well as broader issues surrounding corporate medical care.

By Adam Stone

It’s been a minute – about eight months, actually – since my last dispatch in this now nearly three-year-old series on what’s gone so terribly wrong with our medical care. MORE AT STONE’S THROW: ‘Continuity of Care’ Suffering Across the Area | The Examiner News