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Dan Gorenstein

Senior Reporter

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Dan Gorenstein is the former senior reporter for Marketplace’s Health Desk, covering the business of healthcare.

Prior to Marketplace, Dan spent more than 11 years at New Hampshire Public Radio. He got his start in journalism at the Chicago Reporter, an investigative journal that examines race and class disparities in the Chicago area. He’s won numerous national and local awards, including the Society of Professional Journalist Sigma Delta Chi investigative reporting award.

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For authoritarian rulers, control of social media is key

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 19, 2016
The failed coup in Turkey showed social media are now as important as traditional.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks on CNNTurk via Facetime call in the early morning hours of July 16, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Transgender patients protected under health care rules

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 18, 2016
New regulations from Health and Human Services prohibit gender discrimination.
Seventy percent of transgender people have experienced discrimination in health care, according to one study.
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Drug prices still escalating and not stopping any time soon

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 14, 2016
Drug price inflation soars even as prices in the wider economy are stable.
Americans continue to spend on drugs at an increasing rate. 
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New class of generics could save consumers, insurers billions. FDA is moving carefully.

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 13, 2016
The European Union has some 20 "biosimilar" generics on the market; the US has one.
Pre-filled syringes of the adalimumab biosimilar. The biosimilar is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.
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Obama's hopes for the future of health care

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 12, 2016
Since the start of Obamacare, 20 million more Americans have insurance.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the Affordable Care Act in Washington, D.C. back in 2013. During the event, Obama defended the reasons why the Affordable Care Act was originally implemented. 
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Doggie drugs hit market with a bang

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 1, 2016
July Fourth fireworks can cause canine consternation.
Fourth of July fireworks can make some dogs anxious, so pharmaceutical companies are making drugs to help.  
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A slimmed-down GE Capital highlights pros and cons of "too big to fail"

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 29, 2016
In the last year, GE Capital has sold off $180 billion dollars of its business
The entrance of General Electric (GE) Celma, GE's aviation engine overhaul facility in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 8, 2016. 
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What Brexit may mean for the pharmaceutical industry

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 28, 2016
Drug makers are raising concerns Brexit could delay regulatory approval, slow down funding for basic research
British drug makers could face new regulations and road blocks for research as the U.K. prepares to leave the EU. 
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What are the true costs of Medicaid?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 27, 2016
19 states haven't expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Ariel Fernandez (L) sits with Noel Nogues, an insurance advisor with UniVista Insurance company, as he signs up for the Affordable Care Act.
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Report says state laws do little to curb opioid abuse

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 24, 2016
One of those measures includes making it hard for patients to get prescriptions from multiple doctors.
Alice D'Arpino (2nd L) of Mansfield, Massachusetts, holds a picture of her brother Emmett Scannell, who was killed by heroin overdose, as her mother Aimee D'Arpino (L) speaks during a news conference on the opioid epidemic May 19, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. 
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