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The health care giant UnitedHealth Group provides health insurance through its UnitedHealthcare subsidiary and also provides medical care through its unit Optum, which has been buying up physician groups.
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Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Much of that can be attributed to post-pandemic inflation, but animal advocates also lay blame on corporations — primarily, the candy company Mars, Inc. — that have bought up a large share of the country’s veterinary hospitals over the past two decades.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
The members were especially upset that a courier company was used to make a bulk purchase totaling more than $25 million to buy up more than 99% of the possible number combinations to win a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot in April 2023.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Durham metro area’s growth in active listings was exceeded by its increase in the number of days on market a house spends before being bought up.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Much of that can be attributed to post-pandemic inflation, but animal advocates also lay blame on corporations — primarily, the candy company Mars, Inc. — that have bought up a large share of the country’s veterinary hospitals over the past two decades.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
The members were especially upset that a courier company was used to make a bulk purchase totaling more than $25 million to buy up more than 99% of the possible number combinations to win a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot in April 2023.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Durham metro area’s growth in active listings was exceeded by its increase in the number of days on market a house spends before being bought up.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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