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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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Health insurance spikes in 2017 may mean more competition

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 28, 2016
Premiums are on the rise, but savvy consumers are shopping for the best deals
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What are tech companies doing to stop distracted driving?

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 27, 2016
Distracted driving is a public health crisis. But there are no easy fixes.
The number of Americans that use their phone while driving is up in spite of widespread bans. 
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Medical journal's critics say it should share more data

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 27, 2016
The New England Journal of Medicine is coming under scrutiny for transparency.
Critics of the New England Journal of Medicine say it's not transparent enough.
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Turns out hedge funds have an incentive to control drug prices

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 25, 2016
Hedge funds are joining groups who want to lower prescription prices for consumers.
Big Pharma doesn't like the patent review board. But organizations that want to lower prescription prices for consumers love it, and they're being joined in their fight by people who aren't usually seen as champions of consumer rights — hedge fund managers.
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Watching the new health insurance market unfold in real time

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 20, 2016
A busy week for health insurers shows how the market is changing
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Study says limited effect if major insurer leaves health exchanges

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 19, 2016
UnitedHealth is now leaving most of the exchanges it had participated in.
UnitedHealth had initially entered 34 exchanges.
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The government may want a refund for its $30 billion investment in electronic medical records

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 14, 2016
A new study has found many electronic records to be incomplete.
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While major U.S. banks are cleaning up their books, the shadow banking system is dirtying its hands

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 12, 2016
The role of non-banks has increased 400 percent in the past three years, one analyst says.
Goldman Sachs has reached a $5 billion settlement over the home mortgage crisis. 
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Every last dollar you make affects your life expectancy

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 11, 2016
Some poor people live longer than other poor people, according to a new study.
There are not only life expectancy disparities between the rich and the poor, but the poor and the poor.
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Doctors are talking to their patients about money more than they used to

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 7, 2016
Is this harming patient health?
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