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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

827 stories published since 2008

What Hospitals Waste

When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes

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

Alabama Lawmakers Limit Drug Prosecutions in Pregnancy

The Most Important Abortion Case You Never Heard About

The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

Methodology: How We Analyzed Privacy Violation Data

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

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

Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail

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

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

U.S. Bishops Take Aim at Sterilization

The Personhood Movement

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

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

Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case

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

Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD

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

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

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

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

California Poised to Broaden Access to Abortions

FAQ: What You Need to Know About Prescriber Checkup

As Health Care Vote Nears, Another Troubling Insurance Story

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