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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

849 stories published since 2008

New Report Says Nurses at Illinois Facility Forced Patients to Dig Through Their Own Feces

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

Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023

by Megan Rose,

Lawmakers Pledge to Fight for Comprehensive Action on Stillbirths

by Duaa Eldeib,

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

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

The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided That Regulation Is Not.

by Anna Clark,

Pressure Mounts for Hospice Reform

by Ava Kofman,

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

by Jennifer Gollan,

What to Know About Cellphone Radiation

by Peter Elkind,

Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.

by Anjeanette Damon,

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.

by Duaa Eldeib,

Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.

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

Congress and Industry Leaders Call for Crackdown on Hospice Fraud

by Ava Kofman,

Pregnant? Here’s What You Need to Know About NIPTs

by Adriana Gallardo, Anna Clark and Mariam Elba,

Medical Care and Politics Go Hand in Hand at a Chicago Safety Net Hospital

by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica,

Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds

by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico,

How to Research Your Hospice (and Avoid Hospice Fraud)

by Ava Kofman,

They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated “Wild West.”

by Anna Clark, Adriana Gallardo, Jenny Deam and Mariam Elba,

After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed.

by Duaa Eldeib,

She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.

by Lizzie Presser, photography by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for The New York Times,

Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle

by Ava Kofman,

What Will UnitedHealth’s New Trove of Claims Data Mean for Consumers?

Cezary Podkul,

A Florida Fund for Injured Kids Raided Medicaid. Now It’s Repaying $51 Million.

by Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

by Kavitha Surana,

Help Us Report on Stillbirths

by Duaa Eldeib, Nadia Sussman, Liz Moughon and Adriana Gallardo,

Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. She Blames a System That Doesn’t Always Listen to Mothers.

by Duaa Eldeib,

Report Finds “Code of Silence” at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients

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

How Effective Is the Government’s Campaign Against Hospital Mergers?

by Allan Sloan and Carson Kessler,

Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

by Kavitha Surana,

Deaths Linked to Neglect, Error Raise Concerns About Quality of Care at This Safety Net Hospital

by Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, with additional reporting by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS,

Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility

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

The CDC Scientist Who Couldn’t Get Monkeypox Treatment

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, photography by Braylen Dion, special to ProPublica,

The COVID-19 Booster’s Public Relations Problem

by Robin Fields,

Are You in a State That Banned Abortion? Tell Us How Changes in Medical Care Impact You.

by Kavitha Surana and Adriana Gallardo,

“The Human Psyche Was Not Built for This”

by Marilyn W. Thompson and Jenny Deam, research by Mollie Simon, illustrations by Kitra Cahana, special to ProPublica,

Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.

by David Armstrong, Patrick Rucker and Maya Miller,

“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.

by Duaa Eldeib,

How Misinformation About COVID Vaccines and Pregnancy Took Root Early On and Why It Won’t Go Away

by Duaa Eldeib,

After Receiving Millions in Drug Company Payments, Pain Doctor Settles Federal Kickback Allegations

by Charles Ornstein,

New York Polio Case Now Connected to Traces of Virus Found in UK and Israel

by Robin Fields,

How Polio Crept Back Into the U.S.

by Robin Fields,

Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

Pharma Companies Sue for the Right to Buy Blood From Mexicans Along Border

by Stefanie Dodt, ARD German TV,

Critical Omissions Plague Texas Gun Background Check Law

by Jeremy Schwartz and Kiah Collier,

“We’re at a Crisis Point”: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures

by Abigail Kramer and Gabriel Poblete, THE CITY,

New York Let Residences for Kids With Serious Mental Health Problems Vanish. Desperate Families Call the Cops Instead.

by Abigail Kramer, THE CITY,

How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler,

New Documents Show How Drug Companies Targeted Doctors to Increase Opioid Prescriptions

by Charles Ornstein,

The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need

by Sarah Smith,

What You Need to Know When You Give Birth in a Country With Rising Maternal Mortality Rates

by Adriana Gallardo,