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“Health Care’s Colossus”

Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize

STAT, 2025

Author(s): Tara Bannow, Bob Herman, Lizzy Lawrence and Casey Ross

STAT identified UnitedHealth’s accumulation of power and anticompetitive behavior long before the murder of a top executive, calling the company a modern-day Standard Oil deserving of investigation. The series reveals an empire that profits at the expense of taxpayers, patients, and clinicians.

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The Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
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Ursula and Dr. Gilbert Farfel created an endowed scholarship at Ohio University, Ursula’s alma mater, to support establishment of this award. Presented in cooperation with the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, the prize honors excellence in investigative reporting.