This time on CodeWACK! Imagine two patients … same diagnosis, same medication, same country.  Each one needs the same prescription. One gets their care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, the other gets it through Medicare. The price of the exact same drug could be half as much for one patient as for the other. That's not a glitch. It's how the system is designed. Our guest is Bob Coleman, a retired healthcare professional who spent more than 40 years serving veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—as a clinical pharmacist, medical informaticist, and researcher. His latest ebook is called "<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hostile+takeover%2C+how+wall+street+coleman&crid=12ZCJXMD2A38L&sprefix=hostile+takeover%2C+how+wall+street+colem%2Caps%2C336&ref=nb_sb_noss">Hostile Takeover: How Wall Street and Congress Hijacked American Healthcare and How We Can Take it Back</a>."   This is the second of a <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/designed-to-fail-how-insurance-denials-really-work/"> two-part series. </a> Check out the <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Transcript-Coleman-04-27-26-1.pdf"> Transcript</a> and <a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Show-Notes-Coleman-04-27-26.pdf"> Show Notes</a> for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at <a href= "http://heal-ca.org/donate">heal-ca.org/donate</a>.

UnitedHealth's Dangerous Takeover of U.S. Health Care

Code WACK! shines a light on our callous healthcare system and what we can do about it. It reveals the healthcare hassles that - far from being just annoying - threaten our peace of mind, our financial security and at times, our very lives. Join us each week as we chat about the challenges that patients and healthcare providers face, amplifying their voices and examining a range of possible solutions, including Medicare for All.  Powered by HEAL California, a project of the California OneCare Education Fund, Code WACK! informs the vital discussion of healthcare reform.