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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

854 stories published since 2008

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

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

Accreditors Can Keep Their Hospital Inspection Reports Secret, Feds Decide

by Charles Ornstein,

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

by Adriana Gallardo and Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR News,

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

by Joaquin Sapien,

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

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle,

The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates

by Marshall Allen,

Lost Mothers

by Nina Martin,

‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare, New Report Says

by Charles Ornstein,

Drugmakers’ Money-Back Guarantees: an Answer to Rising Prices or a ‘Carnival Game’

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times,

The Medicaid Threat That Isn’t Getting Much Attention

by Charles Ornstein,

Medicare Halts Release of Much-Anticipated Data

by Charles Ornstein,

Is Trump Administration’s Visa Push a Way to Win Health Care Votes?

by Michael Grabell and Justin Elliott,

Inappropriate Social Media Posts by Nursing Home Workers, Detailed

by Charles Ornstein and Jessica Huseman,

How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill

by Marshall Allen,

Tom Price Bought Drug Stocks. Then He Pushed Pharma’s Agenda in Australia.

by Robert Faturechi,

Have You Had Difficulty Paying For or Accessing Prescription Drugs? We Want to Hear From You.

by Charles Ornstein,

Three Strategies to Defend GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements and Deleted Comments

by Charles Ornstein,

In a Lonely Corner of Coney Island, a Fight Over Care for the Vulnerable

by Joaquin Sapien,

What We’ve Learned So Far About Maternal Mortality From You, Our Readers

by Adriana Gallardo,

The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth

by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR News,

The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth

by Nina Martin,

America’s Other Drug Problem

by Marshall Allen,

Federal Judge Sees New York State Conspiracy to Thwart Care for Mentally Ill

by Joaquin Sapien,

Tom Price Intervened on Rule That Would Hurt Drug Profits, the Same Day He Acquired Drug Stock

by Robert Faturechi,

Introducing the Vital Signs API

by Celeste LeCompte,

Vital Signs

by Sisi Wei,

Is Your Member of Congress Telling It Straight on the ACA? Help Us Fact-Check Them.

by Terry Parris Jr.,

What Hospitals Waste

Marshall Allen,

When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes

David Epstein,

Reliving Agent Orange: What The Children of Vietnam Vets Have To Say

by Terry Parris Jr.,

Alabama Lawmakers Limit Drug Prosecutions in Pregnancy

by Nina Martin,

The Most Important Abortion Case You Never Heard About

by Nina Martin,

The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

David Epstein,

Methodology: How We Analyzed Privacy Violation Data

by Charles Ornstein and Annie Waldman,

New Jersey Psychology Practice Revealed Patients’ Mental Disorders in Debt Lawsuits

by Charles Ornstein,

How Some Alabama Hospitals Quietly Drug Test New Mothers — Without Their Consent

by Nina Martin,

Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail

Nina Martin,

Insurance Lobby That Fought Hillarycare and Obamacare Now Has Sturdy Bridges to Democrats

by Alec MacGillis,

Making the Cut: Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Know

Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce,

U.S. Bishops Take Aim at Sterilization

by Nina Martin,

This Alabama Judge Has Figured Out How to Dismantle Roe v. Wade

Nina Martin,

The Personhood Movement

Nina Martin,

One Drug. Two Prices. A Reporter Struggles to Find Out the Cost of His Son’s Prescription

by Charles Ornstein,

Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case

by Nina Martin,

A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on 'Fetal Harm'

by Nina Martin,

Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD

by Lois Beckett,

Obamacare Q&A: Fears of a Premium 'Death Spiral' Overstated

by Charles Ornstein,

For Uninsured Missouri Reporter, Obamacare Is a Real-Life Story

by Charles Ornstein,

At a Catholic Hospital, a Dispute Over What a Doctor Can Do – and Say

by Nina Martin,

Health Policy Canceled? What We Know and Don’t Know

by Charles Ornstein,