Health Insurance and Costs

Campaign Contributions and Health Reform

<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Follow the money</em>. That simple phrase – though never uttered by Bob Woodward’s most famous source – has propelled countless reporters to dig deeply into all manner of news stories.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">And nearly four decades after Woodward and Carl B

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Poverty and Class

As Insurance Runs Out, A Diabetic Journalist Fears for His Life

<p>Robert Steinback is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Miami Herald columnist who was laid off in 2008. His COBRA health insurance ends in January, and, because he has diabetes, no insurer will offer him an individual policy. Other alternatives, such as a HIPAA policy, are prohibitive

Chronic Disease, Health Insurance and Costs

Dennis Terry takes inventory at the Mandela Food Cooperative on Seventh Street in west Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

Day IV: Preventing disparities at forefront of health care reform

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Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

The Rev. Jeffrey M. Parker prays during a service at Community Reformed Church in the Sobrante Park neighborhood.

Day III: Residents battle to overcome health inequities

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Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Food and Nutrition

John Fitzpatrick awaits his appointment during his monthly asthma clinic at Children's Hospital Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on T

Day II: Health problems persist when options are limited

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman, participants in the
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Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition, Patient Safety and Ethics