SHORT BIO
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.
Latest Stories (640)
U.S. may be turning corner in the fight against obesity
Feb 26, 2014
The decrease in youth obesity rates could slow healthcare costs.
Paying doctors for value instead of volume
Feb 25, 2014
All the changes to the nation's health care system have led to some broader discussions, including changing the way doctors and hospitals get paid.
GOP eyes big reforms for nation’s tax code
Feb 25, 2014
Congressional Republicans expect to unveil their plan.
Researchers are finding nuggets of truth in bad jokes
Feb 24, 2014
Bad jokes can be good for you, if they help you access information.
Hospitals are sharing data to save lives
Feb 14, 2014
Sharing data and best practices have caused dramatic savings
Healthcare teams 'wrapped around' patients
Feb 11, 2014
Making primary and specialty care for the poorest - and sickest - patients accessible
Delivering better medical care, at $15 an hour
Feb 10, 2014
Community health workers: an inexpensive and extremely effective medical resource
Problems in the U.S. drug pipeline
Feb 10, 2014
Ahead of the release of a GAO report and a Congressional hearing Monday on drug shortages, we look at what’s behind the increasing number of problems in the U.S. drug pipeline (quality control and closed plants are two reasons) and play out how the shortages affect the cost of delivering care and patients’ health.
Where is Microsoft going next?
Jan 31, 2014
There’s a lot of chatter out there about who will be named as Microsoft’s next CEO. And there’s questions swirling about whether Bill Gates will step down as board chair.
Americans who have bought Obamacare are getting a good deal
Jan 30, 2014
Some 3 million Americans have bought health insurance through a state or federal exchanges. According to a new report, contrary to many initial concerns, consumers might actually be getting a pretty good deal.