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Buyer Beware: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ warning and watch lists for nursing homes is not widely publicized, and the rating system is not easy to understand.
Every first-term Representative for the Democratic party accepted some form of money from the health care industry. Dig into the data to see more.
Discharged patients are often faced with limited choices and information about what comes next.
An Appalachian physician explains how just five insurance powers control most of the market and what that means for patients.
Under the Influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
Under the Influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
Under the Influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
Under the Influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
Big Health is already investing in presidential candidates and senators it deems worth watching.
Under The Influence is Tarbell’s weekly report on corporate influence in policy and politics. Subscribe to the newsletter at the top of the page!
“There are millions of people in this country who can’t afford to go to the dentist. Millions.”
We have the first quarter results on campaign contributions in the 2020 presidential elections. Strap in for a long election cycle.
“Legislation authorizing dental therapists to practice has received bipartisan support and usually has both Democrats and Republicans as sponsors.”
Hospitals tout their research budgets as a reason to choose them over the competition. Patients would make much better decisions by knowing their infection or readmission rates.
An Appalachian physician explains how health care system mergers result in staff layoffs and have negative effects on his community’s economy.
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Under the influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
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Rochester Drug Cooperative’s rapid rise and criminal charges raise questions about the National Community Pharmacists Association, a lobbying organization and network that says it has independent pharmacists’ issues at heart.
Health care industry propagandists proceed cautiously at first-ever hearing on Medicare For All bill.
Propagandists are trying to force Congress and voters to make fear-based choices about health care.
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Under the Influence is Tarbell’s weekly roundup of stories and ideas related to how special interests operate in America.
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They’re marketed as cheap, quick coverage, but this type of insurance won’t necessarily be there when you need it.
Former Iowa governor Terry Branstad, who privatized Medicaid, was a founding member of the influential, Koch-brother affiliated American Legislative Exchange Council and now his legacy causes chaos for patients, doctors and hospitals in the state.
When health care issues remain unaddressed, as in Iowa, county governments suffering from restricted cash flow are more easily tempted into selling off their hospitals and nursing homes to large private companies.
On this episode, Wendell and Joey discuss health care reform, Rural America and the state of health care journalism with past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and Tarbell.org contributor, Trudy Lieberman.
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