Louisiana Illuminator senior reporter Julie O’Donoghue interviews Jeremy White
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Baton Rouge, LA — October 1, 2025 — Louisiana Illuminator senior reporter Julie O’Donoghue sat down with author Jeremy White to discuss his upcoming memoir and the hidden perils of Medicare Advantage Plans. InHumana: An American Healthcare Story tells how White was conscripted into a war with a soulless monstrosity that repeatedly tried to throw his widowed mom’s life away with the surreptitious aid of unregulated artificial intelligence, all while gaslighting them with contradictory cover stories.
When asked about the timing of InHumana’s release, White tells O’Donoghue, “This is the time of year when you see all those slick ads on TV programs that older folks like to watch,” referring to the Medicare open enrollment period. White explains how Medicare Advantage commercials typically promise lower drug costs, and sometimes offer loss leaders like free gym memberships and gift cards, to lure potential enrollees into signing up. “But on the back end, when you need some post-acute care after a major event that hospitalized you,” White warns about the use of unregulated AI, “good luck, because it’s the algorithm that decides.” The seven-minute interview leads off the Sept. 26 episode of The Light Switch podcast from the Louisiana Illuminator, an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is part of States Newsroom.
“When you need some post-acute care after a major event that hospitalized you,” White warns about the use of unregulated AI, “good luck, because it’s the algorithm that decides.”
Months after a stroke and two seizures robbed White’s mom of use of her right side, a federal judge ruled her the victor of their war against Humana for wrongfully denying critically needed care. Their battle, which involved multiple hearings and appeals, is one that fewer than 10 percent of denied Medicare Advantage Plan members like her bother fighting, despite a 90 percent success rate for appeals. A Pulitzer-nominated investigation and two class-action lawsuits—one against Humana, another against UnitedHealth and its co-defendants—would eventually demystify Humana’s wanton gaslighting by revealing the shocking truth behind its inhumane decisions.
InHumana is a timely examination of the medical-industrial complex from the belly of the beast that explores what it means to be human and eviscerates the farce of corporate personhood. White’s genuine humor buoys heavy topics and hard-learned lessons about a nebulous appeals process. His epilogue — which addresses “Deny,” “Defend” and “Depose” — was prompted by a surge of interest in InHumana following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
White Lines Press will publish InHumana: An American Healthcare Story as a 172-page paperback, ebook, and audiobook on October 7. All three versions are available for presale through a host of booksellers, including hundreds of partnered independent bookstores across the country, all listed and mapped on InHumanaBook.com. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be emailed to media [at] redstickcomedy [dot] com.
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