- Pasha Healthcare
- Posts
- Stakeouts, Setbacks & Superbugs 🕵️‍♂️🦠: Inside Healthcare’s Plot Twist Week
Stakeouts, Setbacks & Superbugs 🕵️‍♂️🦠: Inside Healthcare’s Plot Twist Week
Texas Medicaid’s got spies, Trump’s FDA is running on fumes, and there’s a superfungus hitching a ride in hospitals—just your average week in healthcare chaos. Let’s break it down before the next plot twist.
Medicaid Insurer Under Fire 🔥 for Alleged Surveillance Scheme
Texas has launched an investigation 🕵🏻 into Superior HealthPlan over claims the insurer hired private investigators to surveil lawmakers, journalists, and citizens while managing state Medicaid contracts.
Key Points
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into Superior HealthPlan for alleged surveillance activities.
CEO Mark Sanders was fired a day after testifying about the company’s use of private investigators.
Lawmakers accused Superior of using surveillance to gain leverage in securing future Medicaid contracts.
House Bill 5061, filed by Rep. Jeff Leach, would prohibit contractors from engaging in surveillance practices.
Why It Matters
Beyond potential breaches of privacy, the allegations raise deeper concerns about how taxpayer dollars are being used to entrench power and manipulate oversight—especially when Medicaid contractors operate with limited transparency and billions in public funds.
Takeaway
Healthcare contractors should brace for tighter scrutiny as legislators push for reforms that bar state-affiliated entities from engaging in surveillance of public officials or private citizens.