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Making the Cut: Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Know
A ProPublica analysis of nearly 17,000 surgeons finds stark differences in complications rates for some of the most routine elective procedures.
Popular Blood Thinner Causing Deaths, Injuries at Nursing Homes
Some facilities fail to properly oversee Coumadin. Too much can cause bleeding; too little, clots. Nursing homes are “a perfect setup for bad things happening,” one expert says.
When Wall Street Offers Free Money, Watch Out
Bankers and new accounting rules are emboldening governments to borrow-and-bet their way out of pension problems, a strategy that’s backfired in the past.
Bet Big, Then Go Short
Governments that borrow money to fund their pensions often pay less into their pension funds in future years than they're supposed to. Here’s how the 20 biggest pension bonds deals since 1996 have worked out.
Sen. Grassley Demands Red Cross Disclose Haiti Spending — And Gives Them a Deadline
The “disappointed” Judiciary Committee chairman wants a detailed breakdown of spending on projects, overhead and other issues.
In Rare Step, Workers at California Group Home Unionize
Frontline employees at a San Francisco home for some of California’s most troubled children bid for better pay and a greater role in treatment.
May It Displease the Court: Race and Justice Sotomayor
A book on Justice Sotomayor reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall.
Picturing the Drought
Documenting the water crisis in the West, a photographer confronts distress, beauty and man’s complicity.
Picturing the Drought
Documenting the water crisis in the West, a photographer confronts distress, beauty and man’s complicity.
Transparency Program Obscures Pharma Payments to Nurses, Physician Assistants
New data on drug and device company payments to doctors largely excludes nurse practitioners and physician assistants, though they play an ever-larger role in health care. One advanced-practice nurse pleaded guilty last month to taking drug company kickbacks.
As Hollywood Lobbied State Department, It Built Free Home Theaters for U.S. Embassies
Four U.S. Embassies got upgraded screening rooms last year, paid for by the lobbying arm of the big studios. The industry and the government say there were no strings attached.
New Dollars for Docs
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies paid billions to doctors from late 2013 through 2014, new data shows. Search for your doctor in our interactive database.
A Pharma Payment A Day Keeps Docs' Finances Okay
New data on payments from drug and device companies to doctors show that many doctors received payments on 100 or more days last year. Some received payments on more days than they didn't.
About the Dollars for Docs Data
Details behind our drug company money database.
