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854 stories published since 2008

I Set Out to Create a Simple Map for How to Appeal Your Insurance Denial. Instead, I Found a Mind-Boggling Labyrinth.

by Cheryl Clark for ProPublica,

He Needed a Liver Transplant. But Did the Risks Outweigh the Reward?

by Max Blau,

Why Doctors Spend Millions on Fees That Could Be Spent on Providing Care

by Cezary Podkul,

The Hidden Fee Costing Doctors Millions Every Year

by Cezary Podkul,

Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government. How Is He Still Practicing?

by Annie Waldman,

Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, reporting by Mollie Simon, ProPublica,

Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

by Kavitha Surana,

Hospices in Four States to Receive Extra Scrutiny Over Concerns of Fraud, Waste and Abuse

by Ava Kofman,

¿Tiene una arteria bloqueada en la pierna? Esto es lo que debe saber.

por Annie Waldman,

¿Tiene experiencia con la enfermedad arterial periférica? ¿Ha tenido un procedimiento en su pierna? Cuéntenos al respecto.

por Annie Waldman y Maya Miller,

Cenas con bistec, representantes de ventas y procedimientos riesgosos: Dentro del gran negocio de las arterias obstruidas

por Annie Waldman,

En el “salvaje oeste” de la atención vascular ambulatoria, los médicos pueden obtener grandes pagos a medida que los pacientes arriesgan la vida y las extremidades

por Annie Waldman,

How to Use the Updated “Nursing Home Inspect” Database

by Ruth Talbot,

We Updated “Nursing Home Inspect.” Here’s What Changed.

by Ruth Talbot,

Blocked Artery in Your Leg? Here’s What You Should Know.

by Annie Waldman,

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

by Robin Fields,

The Group That Governs U.S. Transplant Policies Voted to Require Testing of At-Risk Organ Donors for Chagas Disease

by Caroline Chen,

Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center

by Max Blau, photography by Lucy Garrett for ProPublica,

In the “Wild West” of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb

by Annie Waldman,

As Residential Care Homes Expand in Maine, Seniors Don’t Always Get the Care They Need

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor; Research by Mariam Elba; Photography by Tara Rice for ProPublica,

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

by Kavitha Surana,

Congressional Committee, Regulators Question Cigna System That Lets Its Doctors Deny Claims Without Reading Patient Files

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

Minnesota Board of Nursing Executive Director Steps Down Amid Accusations of Mismanagement

by Emily Hopkins,

Churches’ Role in Local Election Prompts Calls for Investigations

by Jessica Priest,

The Shadowy Financial Empire Built Around Liberty HealthShare Is Showing Signs of Strain

by J. David McSwane and Ryan Gabrielson,

Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care Is an Unequal Patchwork

by Aliyya Swaby,

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

by Maya Miller, ProPublica, with additional reporting by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum, and David Armstrong, ProPublica,

What You Need to Know About Stillbirths

by Adriana Gallardo and Duaa Eldeib,

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

After Pandemic Delays, FDA Still Struggling to Inspect Foreign Drug Manufacturers

by Irena Hwang,

Utah’s Secretive Medical Malpractice Panels Make It Even Harder to Sue Providers

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Minnesota Lets Nurses Practice While Disciplinary Investigations Drag On. Patients Keep Getting Hurt.

by Emily Hopkins and Jeremy Kohler,

How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country

by Ziva Branstetter,

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

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

Federal Study Calls U.S. Stillbirth Rate “Unacceptably High” and Recommends Action

by Duaa Eldeib,

Have You Faced Barriers to Getting Gender-Affirming Care? Help Us Investigate.

by Aliyya Swaby, Lucas Waldron and Ash Ngu,

This Georgia County Spent $1 Million to Avoid Paying for One Employee’s Gender-Affirming Care

by Aliyya Swaby and Lucas Waldron,

Au bord de la catastrophe

par Caroline Chen, Irena Hwang et Al Shaw, avec la participation de Lisa Song et Robin Fields; Photos prises par Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica,

Ayude a ProPublica y The Salt Lake Tribune a investigar las agresiones sexuales en Utah

por Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune, y Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica,

94 mujeres alegan que un médico de Utah las agredió sexualmente. Esta es la razón por la que un juez desestimó su caso.

por Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica,

How Obamacare Enabled a Multibillion-Dollar Christian Health Care Cash Grab

by J. David McSwane and Ryan Gabrielson,

Minnesota May Chart Its Own Path Dealing With Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

by Jessica Lussenhop,

On the Edge

by Caroline Chen, Irena Hwang and Al Shaw, with additional reporting by Lisa Song and Robin Fields; Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica,

Help Us Report on Assisted Living Facilities in Maine

by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor,

A Christian Health Nonprofit Saddled Thousands With Debt as It Built a Family Empire Including a Pot Farm, a Bank and an Airline

by Ryan Gabrielson and J. David McSwane, graphics by Kolin Pope,

Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban

by Kavitha Surana,

Legislators Demand Hearings on Illinois Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused Patients and Covered It Up

by Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest, and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois,

Help ProPublica and The Salt Lake Tribune Investigate Sexual Assault in Utah

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune, and Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica,