ProPublica
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Charles Ornstein
– Aug 24
Attorneys general for 37 states sent a letter Monday to the health insurance industry's main trade group, urging its members to reconsider coverage policies that may be fueling the opioid crisis. The letter is part of an ongoing investigation by…
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New York Times
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Robert Pear
– Sep 18, 7:56 AM
Keeping 90% of Obamacare is not ok and it's not what we ran on. Conservatives should say no. — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) Sept. 18, 2017…
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Vox
– Sep 18, 2:30 PM
This is the web version of VoxCare, a daily newsletter from Vox on the latest twists and turns in America's health care debate. Like what you're reading? Sign up to get VoxCare in your inbox here. The new Republican plan to repeal Obamacare would…
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New York Times
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Haeyoun Park
– Sep 18
In a new Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana have released a plan that would essentially allows states to come up with their own health care plans using a…
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Foreign Policy
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Thomas E. Ricks
– Sep 4, 2015, 3:01 AM
Veterans are about 20 percent more likely than nonveterans to kill themselves, according to a Veterans Affairs press release issued on Friday afternoon at the close of business. (Traditionally, that's when Washington public affairs types put out…
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BuzzFeed
– Sep 18
A biotech startup called Orig3n and the Baltimore Ravens abruptly cancelled their plans to give away a free DNA test to 55,000 football fans at Sunday's game, apparently because of concerns raised by state health officials. “Orig3n received…
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News From The Associated Press
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Dave Collins
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- At Connecticut's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital, staff members put a diaper on a patient's head, threw food at him, poured water over him, put salt in his coffee, kicked him and placed a mop on his head after…
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statnews.com
– Sep 18, 1:30 AM
my Mason had toughed it out for hours one day this past July, trying warm soaks and heating pads and deep breathing to soothe pain that felt like her bones were being sawed with a rusty blade. She knew this was a life-threatening emergency of…
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USATODAY.com
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Jayne O'Donnell
– Sep 17
Former surgeon, Dr. Bikram K. Paul, discusses the safety issues facing the go-to hospital for Congress and the White House, Medstar Washington Hospital Center. Hospitals that fail to report or address safety problems, including those that increase…
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The New Yorker
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Charles Bethea
Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, Georgia, is a hundred and forty miles southwest of Atlanta. Past razor-wire fences and security checkpoints, there's a small, hot room where visitors who've received permission can meet with detainees. A few…
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