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Journalists Turn to Themselves for Obamacare Stories
by Charles Ornstein .article-full .article > blockquote { background: #f7f7f7; padding: 20px 20px 10px; margin: 10px 0px; font-weight: 200; }After months of hype and hysteria, insurance policies...
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Roe V. Wade and Some of the Best Reporting on Abortion
by Blair Hickman , Christie Thompson and Kara BrandeiskyOn the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the legal battles over abortion in the United States still rage. We’ve compiled some of the more...
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Some Predictions on How Medicare Will Release Physician Payment Data
by Charles OrnsteinThe federal government’s announcement last week that it would begin releasing data on physician payments in the Medicare program seems to have ticked off both supporters and...
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Guards May Be Responsible for Half of Prison Sexual Assaults
by Joaquin SapienA new Justice Department study shows that allegations of sex abuse in the nation’s prisons and jails are increasing — with correctional officers responsible for half of it — but...
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Podcast: Outsourcing Labor, Injuries to the Growing Temp Industry
by Minhee Cho The temp industry is one of the fastest growing job sectors in the U.S. – currently employing a record 2.8 million workers – but according to a ProPublica analysis of workers’...
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Consumers With Canceled Insurance Plans Shifted to New Ones Without Their...
by Charles OrnsteinWhen California pharmacist Kevin Kingma received a letter last fall notifying him that his high-deductible health plan was being canceled because of the Affordable Care Act, he...
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Spy Agencies Probe Angry Birds and Other Apps for Personal Data
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Hidden Financial Ties Rattle Top Health Quality Group
by Marshall Allen When the team of patient safety experts volunteering for the National Quality Forum met in 2009, it was no exaggeration to say lives were on the line. The dozen committee members...
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FAQ About NSA’s Interest in Angry Birds and Other ‘Leaky Apps’
by Julia Angwin and Jeff LarsonAs we detailed on Monday, documents show the NSA and its British counterpart have been probing advertiser data on smartphone apps, which can include your gender, income,...
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Income Inequality Near You
by Al ShawJan. 28: Income equality is expected to be a major theme of President Obama's State of the Union address tonight. Explore the income equality of your county, based on data from the 2010...
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Can’t Get Through to Your Health Insurer? Vent on Twitter
by Charles Ornstein #twitter-widget-1, #twitter-widget-2, #twitter-widget-3, #twitter-widget-4, #twitter-widget-5, #twitter-widget-6, #twitter-widget-7, #twitter-widget-8, #twitter-widget-9,...
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Privacy Tools: Opting Out from Data Brokers
by Julia AngwinIn the course of writing my book, Dragnet Nation, I tried various strategies to protect my privacy. In this series of blog posts, I try to distill the lessons from my privacy...
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State Department Finally Releases List of ‘Special Government Employees’
by Justin Elliott and Liz DayLast year, Politico reported that former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin had a special arrangement under which she simultaneously worked for the State Department and a...
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Tire Tracker
By Ben Chartoff, Harlo Holmes, Brian Jacobs, Aurelia Moser, Gabriela Rodriguez and Marcos Vanetta, Knight-Mozilla OpenNews; Al Shaw and Mike Tigas, ProPublicaUse this database to look up how your tires...
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Tire Tracker
By Ben Chartoff, Harlo Holmes, Brian Jacobs, Aurelia Moser, Gabriela Rodriguez and Marcos Vanetta, Knight-Mozilla OpenNews; Al Shaw and Mike Tigas, ProPublicaUse this database to look up how your tires...
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The PTSD Crisis That’s Being Ignored: Americans Wounded in Their Own...
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As the Media Gets Bored With Obamacare, Is the Public Starting to Get on Board?
by Charles OrnsteinWe have now passed several key milestones in the open enrollment cycle for the Affordable Care Act: The deadline to sign up for coverage that was effective in January, the due date...
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Senator Cites ‘Serious Concerns,’ Demands National Quality Forum Records
by Marshall AllenAn influential senator is demanding copies of contracts and conflict-of-interest policies from the National Quality Forum after allegations that kickbacks were paid to influence its...
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Using Prescriber Checkup: A Quick Guide
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Are You Etan Patz?
by Joaquin Sapien The 30-year-old American man had set up a nice life for himself in Europe. He’d been there two years. He had a good job with a company he liked, doing fulfilling work. He had a wife,...
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