Warren Slams Top Medicare Advantage Insurers for High CEO Pay, Stock Buybacks

In recent letters sent to seven major publicly traded health insurers, two U.S. senators take aim at the industry’s fierce lobbying campaign against proposed Medicare Advantage rate adjustments — saying insurers are responding to the proposal by threatening to cut benefits for seniors despite spending billions on executive compensation and stock buybacks.

Corporate finance experts say there are valid criticisms to be made about both rising CEO pay and buybacks, but they argue that larger, systemic issues are driving such behavior across all types of industries.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been reporting and editing in various journalism roles for nearly a decade. Most recently, she was the senior editor of FierceHealthPayer, an e-newsletter covering the health insurance industry. A graduate of Penn State University, she previously served in editing roles at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.

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