Profile 07.18.2018
How one woman’s fight to create “everybody in” health care nearly killed her
Donna Smith, a major force behind expanding the U.S. health care system, is hanging up her hat.
Commentary 07.10.2018
Nataline Could Have Been 28 Today If Not For A Health Insurance Decision
I’ve been asked many times if there was one thing, one moment, that led me to leave my job at a big health insurance corporation. Yes, there was, and it occurred five days before Christmas in 2007.
Health care, Investigations 07.03.2018
FDA Boss Confirms Opioid Crackdown Is Aimed at Cheaper Prescriptions, Too
“We need to give the criminal purveyors of these products no quarter,” Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner, said.
Analysis, Health care 06.25.2018
Health Insurers Writing Big Checks to Democrats as Single Payer Support Grows
As the support for a single-payer, “Medicare-for-All” health care system in U.S. grows, so do the contributions from the health insurance industry.
Investigations, Money 06.20.2018
See How Ready Your State Is for the Next Recession
What Americans earn and save and how much they’re in debt varies wildly, but where you live — and the overall health of the economy there — could be a factor in how the next recession impacts you. Check our map to see how your home state is doing.
Investigations, Money 06.19.2018
Big Win for Banks Could Mean Bigger Recession for You
What we found: Banks are using their influence on Congress to lighten their paperwork, but some of that paperwork was helping to protect America’s economy.
What you can do: Follow Tarbell to track the risks of easing rules for financial institutions—and prepare for the next recession.
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Solution 06.21.2018
How All Americans Can Prepare for the Next Recession
Two things you can do, and three ways government might help to survive the next economic slump.
Announcement 06.14.2018
Tarbell story on government collusion with pharma prompts call for DOJ investigation
A Tarbell story has led to a call for a Department of Justice investigation by a top Florida lawmaker.
Health care, Investigations 06.14.2018
Trump administration seizing cheaper medications from Canada and other countries
Unable to afford U.S. drug prices, patients have long filled their prescriptions by ordering cheaper drugs from overseas. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is dramatically increasing how many of those shipments are stopped at the border.
Commentary 06.12.2018
The Plot to Push Michael Moore Off a Cliff
The story of the great lengths the health insurance industry went to blunt the impact of Michael Moore’s SiCKO and turn public opinion against him.
Solution 06.05.2018
The Fight Over Philly’s New Soda Tax
All Mayor Jim Kenney wanted to do was give underprivileged North and West Philadelphia kids a chance and pay for it with soda pop. So why is that tearing the city apart?
Survey 05.31.2018
How Do You Feel About the Next Recession?
Most experts predict the next recession will hit America in 2020. Are you ready?
Take our survey.
Health care, Solutions 05.30.2018
Rethinking How Drugs Are Sourced
You’re not alone in wanting to fix a broken system that perpetuates high prices.
Health care, Investigations 05.29.2018
Rigged Drug Prices at Pharmacies and Hospitals
What we found: Drug stores and hospitals cloak the profits they make on your medications in complex contracts and confusing billing.
What you can do: Seek out the cash price for your prescription. Often it will be cheaper than your copay.
Health care, Investigations 05.24.2018
Secret Deals Drive Higher Prescription Drug Costs
What we learned: The arrangements between drug manufacturers and insurance middlemen are accelerating price increases.
What you can do: Support new proposals to bring transparency to the drug pricing system.
Solution 05.22.2018
America’s Broken Drug Supply Chain: What You Can Do
6 ways to combat high drug prices and fight for transparency in our drug supply chain.
Health care, Investigations 05.22.2018
Drug Suppliers Are Hiding The Profit They Make Off You
What we learned: The US drug supply chain is designed to keep prices high – and you in the dark.
What you can do: Find cheaper prices for your prescriptions and check out new nonprofit drug companies trying to bring costs down.
Commentary 05.17.2018
Fewer Arizonans Will Have to Go to Mexico for Dental Care, Thanks to Bill Signed by Governor
Across the country, expanding the dental workforce to include dental therapists is one of a very few health care proposals that attracts support from lawmakers in both parties.
Commentary 05.14.2018
Novartis Got Caught, Trump Talked Trash, But Big Pharma Won Again Anyway
Yes, Novartis secretly paid Trump lawyer Michael Cohen $1.2 million to gain insights into the president’s thinking on health care. But there is more to it.
Health care, Investigations 05.07.2018
Did Reckitt Benckiser Group Profiteer Off Recovering Addicts?
Thirty-six state attorneys general and others allege that the manufacturer of Suboxone, a balm for America’s opioid crisis, gamed regulators and manipulated the market to overcharge consumers.
Health care, Investigations 05.02.2018
Keeping International Pharmacies Under a Cloud
The drug industry worked with the Obama administration to sow safety fears about cheaper medications from foreign sources.
Solution 04.26.2018
Big industries skewing science: What you can do
6 ways you can spot biased research and help expose false findings.
Solution 04.26.2018
Greater disclosure can combat moneyed manipulation of science
Many organizations demand transparency about funders and authors of industry-backed studies.
Investigations 04.25.2018
Funding Bias: The Hidden Danger Lurking in Industry Studies
What we learned: Why you should be concerned some scientists bias their results to benefit their corporate funders over the public welfare.
What you can do: Join Tarbell in finding false, industry-funded research.
Investigations 04.24.2018
Industry-Funded Studies and the Skewing of America
What we learned: Research funded by companies pervades government policy making and regulatory agencies. Slanted and misleading data has a long history of helping corporate bottom lines while endangering public health and welfare.
What you can do: Learn to spot a suspect study by asking the right five questions.
Investigations 04.24.2018
Five telltale signs that industry cash funded a study
What we learned: How to spot research that is biased to support corporate profits over people.
What you can do: Educate yourself by researching how products you use, like prescription drugs, have caused harm to others.