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No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Amazon One Medical An Amazon-owned primary-care and telehealth provider combining membership-based access, clinics, app-mediated care, and employer plans. One Medical has real convenience value, but Amazon ownership, subscription access, health-data sensitivity, and platform expansion into primary care keep it weak. Amazon-owned membership primary-care provider
DEXTRACTIVE8 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge American Medical Association A national physician professional association whose ethics code condemns unreasonable restraint while still giving physicians professional permission to order involuntary chemical or physical restraint. American Medical Association remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and coercive violence, even where the product or service has practical value. professional association
DEXTRACTIVE6 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Carbon Health A private tech-enabled urgent-care, primary-care, and telehealth company. Carbon Health scores low-middle because easier appointment access is useful, but app-mediated care, private growth financing, billing friction, and health-data sensitivity keep the structure weaker than nonprofit or community-health alternatives. private tech-enabled urgent and primary-care chain
DEXTRACTIVE17 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Civica Rx A nonprofit generic-drug organization created by health systems and philanthropies to reduce drug shortages and make essential medicines more affordable. Civica Rx scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power, and no current penalty outweighs that structure. nonprofit generic medicine company
BQUALIFIED49 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Cleveland Clinic A nonprofit academic medical center and health system providing care, research, education, and widely used public health information. Cleveland Clinic scores above for-profit hospital chains for nonprofit mission and clinical knowledge, but access, billing, and large-system power keep it short of the top tier. nonprofit academic medical center and health system
CPERFORMATIVE40 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge CommonSpirit Health A large nonprofit Catholic health system operating hospitals, clinics, home care, and other care sites across many states. CommonSpirit scores above for-profit hospital chains because it is nonprofit and mission-bound, but scale bureaucracy, billing, charity-care opacity, and Catholic service restrictions keep it qualified. nonprofit Catholic health system
DEXTRACTIVE27 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Concentra A public occupational-health company providing work injury care, employer services, drug testing, physicals, telemedicine, and urgent care. Concentra scores low because workers often encounter it through employer and workers' compensation systems where the customer is not simply the patient. public occupational-health and urgent-care company
DEXTRACTIVE2 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge CPESN USA A clinically integrated network connecting independent community pharmacies with payers and local care partners. CPESN scores well because it strengthens local pharmacy services against PBM and chain consolidation, though it is still a contracting network inside the same reimbursement system. network of independent community pharmacies
AGOOD50 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge CVS Caremark A CVS Health pharmacy benefit manager that administers drug formularies, claims, specialty-pharmacy channels, and plan rules for employers and insurers. CVS Caremark scores very low because the FTC alleges dominant PBMs used rebating and vertical integration to raise insulin costs and steer prescription revenue while patients had little practical control. CVS-owned pharmacy benefit manager
FMALIGNANT-11 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge CVS Health A public health conglomerate combining retail pharmacy, CVS Caremark pharmacy-benefit management, Aetna insurance, clinics, and health-data operations. CVS is a central pharmacy competitor, but its opioid litigation, PBM conflicts, and sensitive-data scale make it a strongly penalized health-market actor. public company
FMALIGNANT-18 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) Core-4
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Direct Primary Care Alliance A membership organization serving direct primary care practices, which use flat periodic fees instead of insurance billing for primary care. Direct Primary Care Alliance scores above ordinary corporate primary care because it supports clearer patient-doctor relationships, but membership medicine can still exclude people who cannot pay the fee. membership organization for direct primary care practices
CPERFORMATIVE40 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Eli Lilly and Company A major shareholder-governed pharmaceutical company with important medicines, including insulin and metabolic drugs, but serious affordability and historical marketing-abuse concerns. Eli Lilly and Company remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and material opacity, even where the product or service has practical value. pharmaceutical company
FMALIGNANT-5 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge En-Vision America / ScriptAbility A company behind ScriptAbility accessible prescription labels, including talking, large-print, Braille, and dual-language labeling. En-Vision America scores well because it solves a concrete medication-safety problem for blind, low-vision, and print-disabled patients, though private ownership and pharmacy-channel dependence limit the rating. accessible prescription-labeling company
CPERFORMATIVE41 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Express Scripts A Cigna/Evernorth pharmacy benefit manager administering prescription benefits, formularies, home delivery, specialty pharmacy, and drug-pricing rules. Express Scripts scores very low because FTC and public reporting identify the three dominant PBMs as core middlemen in high-cost prescription access, including alleged insulin-price inflation. Cigna-owned pharmacy benefit manager
FMALIGNANT-11 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Federally Qualified Health Centers A U.S. safety-net system of community health centers serving medically underserved areas and populations. Federally Qualified Health Centers score well because they move primary care toward community access and lower-income patients, though underfunding, bureaucracy, and variable local governance keep the score below ideal. publicly supported community health-center system
AGOOD54 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge GoodRx A public prescription-discount, telehealth, and healthcare marketplace company. GoodRx can lower cash prices for some people, but it scores low-middle because it is an advertising and subscription-influenced workaround around a broken drug-pricing system rather than accountable medicine infrastructure. public prescription-discount and healthcare marketplace company
DEXTRACTIVE17 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge HCA Healthcare A public for-profit hospital operator with hospitals, surgery centers, emergency rooms, and physician practices. HCA provides essential care capacity, but shareholder control over emergency and inpatient care, billing power, labor pressure, and policy dependence make it a severe healthcare-power case. public for-profit hospital operator
FMALIGNANT-4 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Health Mart A McKesson-owned franchise network for locally owned independent pharmacies. Health Mart scores in the middle because local pharmacy ownership is better than chain consolidation for many communities, but McKesson ownership, PBM contracting dependence, and franchise economics keep it far below fully independent or cooperative care infrastructure. McKesson-owned independent pharmacy franchise network
DEXTRACTIVE31 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Johnson & Johnson A major shareholder-governed health-care company with medicines and medical products, alongside severe opioid and talc litigation and consumer-safety concerns. Johnson & Johnson scores low because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and material opacity, with weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation. pharmaceutical and medical-products company
FMALIGNANT-14 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) Material-2
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Labcorp A public laboratory company providing clinical diagnostic testing and drug-development services. Labcorp scores low-middle because diagnostics are useful and often necessary, but investor control, sensitive health data, network dependence, billing opacity, and life-sciences industry ties limit the evaluation. public diagnostic laboratory and drug-development services company
DEXTRACTIVE10 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company A public-benefit online pharmacy selling many generic medicines with published cost-plus pricing. Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and the institution is less hostile to people with weak bargaining power, though person-dependent governance still limits the evaluation. public-benefit online pharmacy
CPERFORMATIVE41 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Mayo Clinic A nonprofit academic medical center and health system known for specialty care, research, education, and public medical information. Mayo Clinic scores comparatively well because nonprofit medical excellence and public knowledge are real goods, though elite access, billing, and institutional medicine still limit the rating. nonprofit academic medical center and health system
CPERFORMATIVE40 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge McKesson A public healthcare distribution company supplying pharmaceuticals, medical products, pharmacy services, and healthcare technology. McKesson scores very low because essential medicine distribution is useful, but opioid-distribution settlements, shareholder control, scale power, and supply-chain gatekeeping create major accountability failures. public pharmaceutical distribution and healthcare services company
FMALIGNANT-7 tentative score
High confidence (AI) Material-2
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Merck & Co. A major shareholder-governed pharmaceutical company with important medicines and vaccines, shaped by patent power, pricing, and historical Vioxx safety litigation. Merck & Co. remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and material opacity, even where the product or service has practical value. pharmaceutical company
FMALIGNANT-3 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Novo Nordisk A foundation-influenced Danish pharmaceutical company focused on diabetes and obesity medicines, with high product utility and serious pricing and access concerns. Novo Nordisk remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. pharmaceutical company
DEXTRACTIVE1 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge OpenNotes An academic initiative based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that studies and promotes patient access to clinical notes. OpenNotes scores well because it shifts information power toward patients and care partners, though it is an advocacy and research layer rather than a direct healthcare provider. academic healthcare-transparency initiative
AGOOD53 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Optum Rx A UnitedHealth/Optum pharmacy benefit manager administering prescription benefits, formularies, specialty pharmacy, and pharmacy-care services. Optum Rx scores very low because PBM vertical integration and FTC allegations around insulin rebates place it among the strongest prescription-access gatekeepers. UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager
FMALIGNANT-11 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Outside In A Portland nonprofit health center and youth-services organization providing medical care, young-adult support, meals, housing support, drug-user health services, employment resources, and school-based care. It scores highly because it delivers low-barrier health and social infrastructure for homeless youth, low-income adults, and marginalized communities. youth, health, housing, and harm-reduction nonprofit
AGOOD57 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Patient Advocate Foundation A national nonprofit providing free case management and financial aid for people with chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating illnesses. Patient Advocate Foundation scores very high because it helps patients fight insurance, access, and cost barriers directly rather than monetizing confusion around medical bureaucracy. nonprofit patient case-management and financial-aid resource
AGOOD66 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Pfizer A major shareholder-governed pharmaceutical company with important medicines and vaccines, pricing power, and a major historical DOJ health-care-fraud settlement. Pfizer remains weak because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and ideological disavowal, even where the product or service has practical value. pharmaceutical company
FMALIGNANT-1 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Philip Morris International A public tobacco and nicotine company selling cigarettes and smoke-free nicotine products, with addictive lethal products at population scale. Philip Morris International scores low because of documented human harm, ecological harm, and person-dependent governance, with poor loss-bearing fidelity and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation. public company
FMALIGNANT-39 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) Severe-5
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Planned Parenthood A nonprofit federation providing reproductive healthcare, sexual health services, education, and advocacy through affiliates. Planned Parenthood scores well for access to stigmatized and politically targeted care, while ideological conflict, affiliate variation, and healthcare bureaucracy keep it from an unqualified top score. nonprofit reproductive and sexual healthcare federation
BQUALIFIED43 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Purdue Pharma A privately controlled opioid manufacturer whose OxyContin conduct led to federal criminal guilty pleas and mass addiction-related harm. Purdue Pharma scores low because of documented human harm, person-dependent governance, and toxic or materially harmful products, with poor loss-bearing fidelity and extractive economics reinforcing the negative evaluation. private company
FMALIGNANT-25 tentative score
High confidence (AI) Severe-5
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Quest Diagnostics A public diagnostic testing company handling laboratory tests, patient-service centers, employer testing, and clinical data at national scale. Quest scores low-middle because diagnostic testing is medically useful, but patients often encounter it through insurance networks and physician orders while a public company controls sensitive health data and pricing complexity. public diagnostic laboratory and testing company
DEXTRACTIVE12 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
G No vegan or vegetarian badge Rite Aid A private pharmacy retailer selling prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicine, health products, and retail convenience goods after bankruptcy restructuring. Rite Aid scores low because pharmacy usefulness is outweighed by opioid-liability history, sensitive health-data handling, shareholder/creditor control, and weak stakeholder governance. private company
FMALIGNANT-5 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) Limited-1
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Tenet Healthcare A public healthcare company operating hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and related care businesses. Tenet has real care-delivery utility, but investor governance, billing and reimbursement power, and healthcare access dependence keep it low. public for-profit hospital and ambulatory-care company
FMALIGNANT-3 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge ViiV Healthcare A GSK-majority-owned HIV medicines company with Pfizer and Shionogi as shareholders and public access-to-medicines language. The sourced record supports medicine-access and ownership review, while Drag Race sponsorship remains health-marketing context rather than score evidence. HIV medicines company and Drag Race channel sponsor
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Medium confidence (AI)
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge VillageMD / CityMD A Walgreens-controlled primary, specialty, and urgent-care provider group that includes CityMD and Summit Health. VillageMD/CityMD scores low because investor-owned retail healthcare expansion, clinic consolidation, urgent-care billing, and parent-company instability limit patient power despite the practical value of walk-in care. Walgreens-controlled primary and urgent-care provider group
DEXTRACTIVE14 tentative score
High confidence (AI) None found0
No special badge No vegan or vegetarian badge Walgreens Boots Alliance A public pharmacy and retail-health company operating Walgreens and related pharmacy businesses. Walgreens is a central CVS competitor, but its opioid settlements, shareholder control, and sensitive pharmacy-data position make it a low-scoring health retailer. public company
FMALIGNANT-7 tentative score
Medium confidence (AI) Core-4