How doctors working for one health insurer deem claims medically unnecessary without opening patient files. Our latest on denied care propublica.org/article/cigna-…

Want to know what happened when your health insurer decided not to cover a drug or treatment your doctor prescribed? You have a right to obtain documents detailing the behind-the-scenes deliberations. Here is how to make the request - propublica.org/article/find-o…

Congressional committee and state regulators looking into health insurer Cigna's system for quick denials of some claims as medically unnecessary. Our story - propublica.org/article/cigna-…

How St. Jude's aggressive national fundraising negatively impacts local charities and hospitals hundreds of miles away from the Memphis children's cancer center washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Great piece from Evan Allen on sober home operator who lived lavishly while knowingly under scrutiny. Now he faces federal indictment. bostonglobe.com/2023/05/23/met…

NBC affiliate KARE 11 follows up on our story of a Penn State student battling health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare to cover the cost of his life-saving drugs, detailing lies, laughter and behind the scenes efforts to deny his care. youtube.com/watch?v=JsosQu…

Breaking News: The Sacklers, the owners of Purdue Pharma, will be shielded from civil liability in exchange for up to $6 billion to address the opioid crisis. nyti.ms/43freqN

Justice Alito didn't answer our questions. Instead, he wrote an opinion piece attacking as unfair a story he hadn't read. propublica.org/article/samuel…

Singer’s hedge fund came before SCOTUS at least 10 times in cases where his role was often covered by the mainstream media. In 2014, the court agreed to resolve a key issue in a battle between his hedge fund and Argentina. Alito did not recuse himself. propublica.org/article/samuel…

Fighting a denial from a health insurer is never easy - even when you are a top litigator. Find out how a Louisiana lawyer won a battle to get his cancer care covered. propublica.org/article/blue-c…

We've created an easy-to-use tool to help people denied care by their health insurer acquire their claim file. This info can include phone recordings, case notes and other records to help appeal a denial. projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

‘This is really expensive, how do we stop payment?’” Read how a Michigan insurer denied potentially life-saving care to a cancer patient despite a state law mandating it pay propublica.org/article/priori…

Doctors sanctioned by medical boards and with histories of multiple malpractice payments are deciding if health insurers will cover your medical treatments propublica.org/article/malpra…

It’s Wednesday, February 7, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023. 315 DAYS AGO. For the “crime” of practicing journalism in Russia. FREE EVAN TODAY! #IStandWithEvan

“Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” said former Cigna medical director Dr. Debby Day about the pressure put on her to rapidly review patients’ cases. My latest on health insurance denials with Patrick Rucker propublica.org/article/cigna-…

Dr. Debby Day was catching errors in patient files reviewed by Cigna nurses in the Philippines — wrong name, wrong body part, wrong disease — but she said her bosses didn’t want to hear about the mistakes. They told her to work faster. propublica.org/article/cigna-…

Devastated to hear of the passing of Marshall Allen. He was a gracious and brilliant colleague who focused his journalism on helping those exploited and harmed by the healthcare system. He was also an extraordinary Dad and husband. Help his family here gofundme.com/f/support-for-…

This South Park take on the US health system hits the high notes while getting the details right (we have to talk to our medical director; this needs to be faxed, etc) A brutal and brilliant take down youtu.be/VAfy26xs6e0

Team Trump tried to kill this story. They sent us a cease-and-desist letter demanding the story not be published. Read it. propublica.org/article/donald…

A physician/comedian's take on what happens when a big insurer interviews doctors for jobs reviewing claims.