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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

827 stories published since 2008

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 Miller, 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 Miller, 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 Miller, 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 Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, and Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica,

94 Women Allege a Utah Doctor Sexually Assaulted Them. Here’s Why a Judge Threw Out Their Case.

by Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Regulators Overhaul Inspections of Hospice Providers

by Ava Kofman,

Senators Demand Answers About “Alarming” Reports of Excessive and Risky Artery Procedures on Veterans

by Annie Waldman,

Do You Have Experience With Peripheral Artery Disease? Have You Had a Procedure on Your Leg? Tell Us About It.

by Annie Waldman and Maya Miller,

Steak Dinners, Sales Reps and Risky Procedures: Inside the Big Business of Clogged Arteries

by Annie Waldman,

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,