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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

887 stories published since 2008

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana,

Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.

by Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, and Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, photography by Adriana Zehbrauskas, special to ProPublica,

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

by Maya Miller and Annie Waldman,

“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

by Max Blau, illustrations by Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica,

Struggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.

by Max Blau,

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?

by Annie Waldman and Maya Miller,

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance

by Annie Waldman, Maya Miller, Duaa Eldeib and Max Blau, photography by Tony Luong, design by Zisiga Mukulu,

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

by Jeremy Kohler,

Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care”

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler and Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Jessica Kegu, CBS News,

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

by Irena Hwang, Sophie Chou and Duaa Eldeib,

Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act

by T. Christian Miller,

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress

by Duaa Eldeib,

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor,

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today,

Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules

by Aliyya Swaby,

FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings

by Anna Clark,

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Julian Andreone, Medill Investigative Lab,

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum, and David Armstrong, ProPublica,

Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle

by Jeremy Schwartz,

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

by ProPublica,

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility

by Audrey Dutton,

What to Know About the Roiling Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates

by Robin Fields,

The U.S. Government Defended the Overseas Business Interests of Baby Formula Makers. Kids Paid the Price.

by Heather Vogell, ProPublica, photography by June Watsamon Tri-yasakda, special to ProPublica,

A Utah Cleft Palate Team Says Its Approach Is Innovative. Others See a Pattern of Unnecessary Surgeries on Children.

by Megan Rose,

Michigan Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring State Health Plans to Cover Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatments

by Robin Fields and Maya Miller,

Syphilis Is Killing Babies. The U.S. Government Is Failing to Stop the Disease From Spreading.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

Lawmakers Could Limit When County Officials in Mississippi Can Jail People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

We’re Investigating Mental Health Care Access. Share Your Insights.

by Kirsten Berg, Max Blau, Duaa Eldeib, Jeff Ernsthausen, Maya Miller, Lizzie Presser and Annie Waldman,

Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

by Kavitha Surana,

Severe Complications for Pregnant Veterans Nearly Doubled in the Last Decade, a GAO Report Finds

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

After Promising to Make Government Health Care Data More Accessible, the Biden Administration Now Wants to Clamp Down

by T. Christian Miller,

The Year After a Denied Abortion

by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica and Kavitha Surana,

In Crisis, She Went to an Illinois Facility. Two Years Later, She Still Isn’t Able to Leave.

by Molly Parker and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois,

How to Participate in ProPublica’s Stillbirths Memorial

by ProPublica,

A Memorial for the Children Lost to Stillbirth

by Adriana Gallardo and Duaa Eldeib, design by Zisiga Mukulu,

Veterans Affairs Secretary Vows to Increase Staffing at Clinic Tied to Two Deadly Shootings

by ProPublica,

Medicare Certifies Hospices in California Despite State Ban on New Licenses

by Ava Kofman,

How Patients and Doctors Are Navigating the Fallout of the Massive Recall of Philips Breathing Machines

by Liz Moughon,

Congressional Watchdog Will Launch Inquiry Into FDA Oversight of Medical Device Recalls

by Haajrah Gilani, Emma McNamee, Phillip Powell and Juliann Ventura, Northwestern University; and Jonathan D. Salant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Mississippi Counties Jail People for Mental Illness

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

As the U.S. Struggles With a Stillbirth Crisis, Australia Offers a Model for How to Do Better

by Duaa Eldeib,

Health Plans Can’t Dodge Paying for Expensive New Cancer Treatments, Says Michigan’s Top Insurance Regulator

by Robin Fields and Maya Miller,

How the VA Fails Veterans on Mental Health

by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi,

Three Days of Tragedy: How a VA Clinic’s Inability to Help Veterans in Crisis Destroyed Two Families

by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, ProPublica, photography by Loren Elliott for ProPublica,