🚨 The revolving door in healthcare just spun again — and it’s moving faster than ever.
— Forest Park Pharmacy (@ForestParkPharm) November 20, 2025
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has officially joined the board of directors at UnitedHealth Group.
Yes, the same UnitedHealth that isn’t just an insurance company anymore.
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Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has officially joined the board of directors at UnitedHealth Group.
Yes, the same UnitedHealth that isn’t just an insurance company anymore.
They own:
đź©ş Thousands of physician practices
🏥 Surgery centers & hospitals
đź’Š Pharmacies
📋 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)They’re a vertically integrated healthcare giant that touches nearly every part of your medical experience — and now a recent ex-FDA chief is helping guide the ship.
This isn’t illegal. It’s not even unusual anymore.But it IS a cartoonishly blunt reminder of just how cozy the relationship has become between the regulators who are supposed to oversee the industry… and the industry itself.
When the people writing the rules one day are cashing checks from the regulated the next, it’s fair to ask:
Who are these agencies actually protecting?
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