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How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
The FDA says abortion pills are safe if taken as directed. Here’s what patients should expect.
Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.
At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.
Arizona suspended scores of behavioral health providers as authorities investigated them for defrauding the American Indian Health Program. The state’s actions left patients homeless and without treatment.
New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage
The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.
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Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress
The bill expands the use of existing federal money to be used to fight stillbirths. Lawmakers cited ProPublica’s reporting on the issue as key to adding urgency and building support for the measure.
Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment
Supporters say the measure is a step forward in curbing the number of people jailed during civil commitment. But some local officials say the impact will be limited unless the state makes other changes, including adding psychiatric beds.
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FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings
The agency issued a rule that brings new scrutiny to a range of critical lab-developed tests, including certain cancer and prenatal screenings. ProPublica previously reported how lab-test accuracy and marketing had skirted federal oversight.
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Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths
Series: America’s Mental Barrier: How Insurers Interfere With Mental Health Care
Series: Veterans Without Assistance: Investigating Mental Health Care in the VA System
Series: Long-Term Challenge: Maine’s Lax Oversight of Residential Care Facilities
Series: With Every Breath: Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect
Series: Arterial Motives: The Big Business of Clogged Arteries
Series: The Hospice Hustle: How a Visionary Movement Became a Plaything for Profiteers
Series: Culture of Cruelty: Inside Illinois’ Mental Health System
Series: Stillbirths: When Babies Die Before Taking Their First Breath
Series: Crisis Point: How New York Wrecked Mental Health Care for Kids
Series: HeartWare: Deadly Malfunctions, FDA Inaction and Vulnerable Patients
Series: St. Jude’s Unspent Billions: Behind the Hospital’s Claims to Donors
Series: Birth Rights: Investigating Florida’s NICA Program
Series: State of Denial: Inside Arizona’s Division of Developmental Disabilities
Series: Critical Condition: Investigating the Business of Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals
Series: Coronavirus: The U.S. Response to COVID-19
Series: Opioid Billionaires: The Deceptive Marketing of OxyContin
Series: A 911 Emergency: Rhode Island’s Deadly 911 Flaws
Series: The $3 Million Research Breakdown: University of Illinois at Chicago’s Troubling Study
Series: Sloan Kettering’s Crisis: A Reckoning Over Industry Ties
Series: A Sick System: Repeat Attacks After Pleading Insanity
Series: Trauma After Tragedy: PTSD in First Responders
Series: Stuck Kids: Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals
Series: Health Insurance Hustle: The Confounding Way We Pay for Care
Series: Heart Failure: The Decline of a Historic Transplant Program
Series: Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths
Series: Wasted Medicine: Squandered Health Care Dollars
Series: Policing Patient Privacy: Patient Privacy and Medical Care
Series: Examining Medicare: A Closer Look at Medicare Part B
Series: Obamacare and You: The Rollout of the Affordable Care Act
Series: Overdose: Acetaminophen and Accidental Overdoses
Series: Nursing Homes
Series: Patient Safety: Exploring Quality of Care in the U.S.
Series: Dialysis: High Costs and Hidden Perils of a Treatment Guaranteed to All
Series: Dollars for Doctors: How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
Series: Omniscan: Specter of MRI Disease Haunts General Electric
