Comment by blackeyeblitzar

The only solution is to regulate. But if we had politicians with spine, they would enact retroactive fines and jail time, and pierce the veil to go after the executives and owners who profited to recoup these unjustifiable costs that can only come due to anti competitive practices.

And let’s not forget, United Healthcare’s subsidiary Change Healthcare held the breach notifications for MONTHS from affected people. They only got sent out recently, and the company not only refuses to compensate victims in any useful way, but won’t even tell them what information of theirs was compromised (hint: medical records). This affected 100 million patients, many of whom have NEVER been customers of Change or United: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/unitedhealth-hid-its-chang...