Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen appears in the following:

The Truth About 'Top Doctors'

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Marshall Allen on “I’m a Journalist. Apparently, I’m Also One of America’s “Top Doctors.”’

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Insurers Hand Out Cash and Gifts To Sway Brokers Who Sell Employer Health Plans

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Independent brokers help employers choose health benefits for their staff but are paid by the health insurance industry, creating financial incentives to sell more without regard to cost.

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Tracking Your Health, A History of Anti-Fascist Movements, 'Cracked Up'

Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Marshall Allen on “You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True.” Gord Hill & Mark Bray on "The Antifa Comic Book." Michelle Esrick & Darrell Hammond on "Cracked Up."

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You Snooze, You Lose: How Insurers Dodge The Costs Of Popular Sleep Apnea Devices

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night's rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs.

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A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices

Tuesday, October 02, 2018

A former health insurance executive has made it her mission to bring down high health care costs. She's demanding a better deal for employers — and the workers whose care they pay for.

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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Without scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on public data about things like race, marital status, your TV consumption and even if you buy plus-size clothing.

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Why Your Health Insurer Doesn't Care About Your Big Bills

Friday, May 25, 2018

Patients may think their insurers are fighting on their behalf for the best prices. But saving patients money is often not their top priority. Just ask Michael Frank about his hip surgery.

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How Hospitals Waste Billions on Unnecessary Treatments

Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Journalist Marshall Allen discusses his recent investigation for ProPublica that examines the epidemic of unnecessary treatment is wasting billions of healthcare dollars a year.

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Epidemic Of Health Care Waste: From $1,877 Ear Piercing To ICU Overuse

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Unnecessary or needlessly expensive care costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Patients, employers and taxpayers are footing the bill.

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Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big, And You Pay For The Waste

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

When eyedrops dribble down your face, it's not your fault. Drugmakers have long known that their drops of medicine exceed the capacity of the human eye. Why didn't companies make the drops smaller?

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That Drug Expiration Date May Be More Myth Than Fact

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive, vital or scarce. And that's even though the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.

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HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

After an influential task force of experts said evidence didn't support some cancer screenings, it became the target of lawmakers, including Rep. Tom Price and others with health industry ties.

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Doctor Confesses: I Lied To Protect Colleague In Malpractice Suit

Friday, September 23, 2016

A surgeon who lied on the witness stand about his partner's skills is haunted by the deception nearly two decades later. Now retired from medicine, the regretful witness is a patient advocate.

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Rehab Hospitals May Harm A Third Of Patients, Report Finds

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Patients sent to rehabilitation facilities to recover from medical crises or surgery too often suffer additional harm from the care they get there, according to research by U.S. health officials.

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Medical Errors Are No. 3 Cause Of U.S Deaths, Researchers Say

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

If not for flawed classification of deaths, medical mistakes would be the third leading cause of U.S. deaths, Johns Hopkins researchers say. They're calling on the CDC to track deaths from errors.

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Alleged Patient Safety Kickbacks Lead To $1 Million Settlement

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Dr. Chuck Denham, once a leading voice for patient safety, will pay $1 million to settle civil allegations that he took kickbacks to promote a drug company's product in national health quality guidelines, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Denham, a patient safety consultant from Laguna Beach, Calif., had allegedly ...

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Patient Safety Journal Finds Violations, Tightens Standards After Scandal

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The aftershocks of what some have called the patient safety movement's first scandal continue to reverberate in the medical community, most recently in the current issue of the Journal of Patient Safety.

The journal's editorial team reviewed 10 articles by Dr. Chuck Denham, the publication's previous editor, and said ...

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The 2 Things That Rarely Happen After A Medical Mistake

Friday, November 21, 2014

Patients who suffer injuries, infections or mistakes during medical care rarely get an acknowledgment or apology, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report.

Their study was based on responses of 236 patients who completed ProPublica's Patient Harm Questionnaire during the one-year period ending in May 2013 ...

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Medical Company May Be Falling Short Of Its Patient Safety Ideals

Monday, October 06, 2014

When medical device entrepreneur Joe Kiani announced his commitment to eliminating medical mistakes, he did it with panache. His medical device company, Masimo Corporation, funded the launch of a nonprofit called the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. And at its flashy inaugural summit in 2013 – featuring former President Bill Clinton ...

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What The U.S. Health Care System Can Learn From Ebola Outbreak

Friday, August 15, 2014

Jeanine Thomas is a well-known patient advocate and active member of ProPublica's Patient Harm Facebook Community. But this week, she contributed in another forum: the World Health Organization.

The WHO selected Thomas to serve on the ethics committee that recommended making experimental drugs available to Ebola patients in ...

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