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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

849 stories published since 2008

The $3 Million Research Breakdown

Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again. Then the State Released Him.

Sacklers Who Disavow OxyContin May Have Benefited From It

Here’s One Issue Blue and Red States Agree On: Preventing Deaths of Expectant and New Mothers

How Health and Education Journalists Can Turn Privacy Laws to Their Advantage

The Price They Pay

Treating a Common Children’s Ailment Isn’t Cheap

A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies

Unnecessary Medical Care Is More Common Than You Think

Want to Lower Health Care Costs? Stop Wasting Our Money.

How Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers

Some Doctors Still Billing Medicare for the Most Complicated, Expensive Office Visits

We’ve Updated Our Treatment Tracker

How We Measured Birth Complications

Severe Complications for Women During Childbirth Are Skyrocketing — and Could Often Be Prevented

A Prescription for Reducing Wasted Health Care Spending

Want to Host a Community Discussion on Maternal Health? Our Event Toolkit Can Help.

When Buying Prescription Drugs, Some Pay More With Insurance Than Without It

How to Save Money on Your Prescription Drugs

Black Women Disproportionately Suffer Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth. Let’s Talk About It.

Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth

More States Hatch Plans to Recycle Drugs Being Wasted in Nursing Homes

The Breakthrough: A Reporter Goes to Ground Zero for Today’s American HIV Epidemic

Seven Ways Patients Can Protect Themselves From Outrageous Medical Bills

A Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.

Some U.S. Hospitals Don’t Put Americans First for Liver Transplants

New Jersey Bill Would Create Commission Empowered to Probe Deaths Related to Pregnancy and Childbirth

New York City Launches Committee to Review Maternal Deaths

Senators Introduce Bill to Reduce ‘Colossal and Completely Preventable Waste’

How Many American Women Die From Causes Related to Pregnancy or Childbirth? No One Knows.

The Breakthrough: Curiosity Drove Her to Call 1,000 People

Pressure Mounts on Insurance Companies to Consider Their Role in Opioid Epidemic

Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big — And You Pay for the Waste

State Audit Slams New York’s Oversight of Nurses

Senator Calls on Insurers to Improve Access to Non-Opioid Pain Treatments

Attorneys General in 37 States Urge Insurance Industry to Do More to Curb Opioid Epidemic

Why Are Drug Prices So High? We’re Curious, Too.

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

Health Insurance Is Big and Complicated. Help Us Understand It.

Another Thing Disappearing From Rural America: Maternal Care

Why Giving Birth Is Safer in Britain Than in the U.S.

Risky, Overused Medications Prescribed Far Less Often in the Aloha State

We’ve Updated Prescriber Checkup

Many Nurses Lack Knowledge of Health Risks for New Mothers, Study Finds

Generic Drug Prices Are Declining, But Many Consumers Aren’t Benefiting

Take the Generic Drug, Patients Are Told — Unless Insurers Say No

Accreditors Can Keep Their Hospital Inspection Reports Secret, Feds Decide

‘If You Hemorrhage, Don’t Clean Up’: Advice From Mothers Who Almost Died

The Breakthrough: Reporting on Life and Death in the Delivery Room

McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange Connection