Copy, paste, sue: How class-action lawyers turn morning news into cash
On Nov. 14, 2023, STAT News published an investigation into how a UnitedHealth subsidiary used an algorithm to shape the length of Medicare Advantage rehab stays. By the end of the same day, a class-action complaint against UnitedHealth was on file in federal court. It cited STAT reporting from its March and November articles repeatedly, in some circumstances adopting framing strikingly similar to that used by the journalists........
