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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

824 stories published since 2008

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

by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Lee Zurik, WVUE-TV,

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

by Nina Martin,

New York City Launches Committee to Review Maternal Deaths

by Robin Fields,

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

by Marshall Allen,

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

by Robin Fields and Joe Sexton,

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

by Jessica Huseman,

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

by Charles Ornstein,

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

by Marshall Allen,

State Audit Slams New York’s Oversight of Nurses

by Jessica Huseman,

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

by Charles Ornstein,

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

by Charles Ornstein,

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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

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

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

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

by ProPublica,

Another Thing Disappearing From Rural America: Maternal Care

by Adriana Gallardo and Nina Martin,

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

by Kate Womersley, special to ProPublica,

We’ve Updated Prescriber Checkup

by Ryann Grochowski Jones, Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger,

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

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

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

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

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

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

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,

The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth

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

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.,