Insurance Archives

Economics

A Wild Night at the Workers’ Compensation Expo

Hummer limos, go-go dancers, a live alligator, and glowing aliens in spandex can all be found at the national workers’ comp and disability expo. Journey into the little-known workers’ comp industrial complex.

Michael Grabell

Economics

The Destruction of Workers’ Compensation

Over the past 25 years, the giant meatpacking company Tyson Foods has taken a lead in pushing for changes in workers’ comp in state after state—often to the detriment of workers.

Michael Grabell

News in Brief

Team Hillary and the Insurance Lobby

After insurers helped to torpedo Hillary Clinton’s 1993 health care reform, its lobby sought influence among Democrats through a new kind of Washington firm with ties to the Clintons.

Alec MacGillis

Economics

Learning to Make Sense of Dollars and Cents

Only nine percent of 15-year-olds in the U.S. demonstrate the type of financial competency necessary to make informed decisions.

Terri Friedline

Social Justice

Frustrated by the Theft of Your Health Care Data? You’re Not Alone

One consumer was the victim of hacking attacks on two different health insurers; a company’s privacy officer didn’t realize that health insurer Anthem even had her data. “It gives you a new perspective when you’re actually one of the folks whose data is disclosed.”

Charles Ornstein

Social Justice

The Drugs Cost Too Damn Much

Why are prescription drugs, like ipilimumab, so expensive?

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

A Look at the Secretive Society That Could Determine the Supreme Court’s Obamacare Case

For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda. In King v. Burwell, its influence could eliminate health insurance subsidies for millions of people.

Nina Martin

Social Justice

Why Isn’t the Department of Health and Human Services Penalizing More Hospitals for Failing to Protect Medical Records?

Federal health watchdogs say they are cracking down on organizations that don’t protect the privacy and security of patient records, but data suggests otherwise.

Charles Ornstein

Social Justice

When Good Health Insurance Doesn’t Do You Any Good

The most unusual thing about Rabbi Ben-Tzion Welton's struggle with unanticipated medical expenses may be that he's so far avoided bankruptcy.

Gary Cohn

Environment

When It Comes to IVF, Who Should Call the Shots?

When the expert opinions of doctors, government regulations, insurance limitations, and patient desires collide, who gets to decide the if, when, and how of fertility care?

Olivia Campbell