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)
8.5 million Americans love sleeping pills: CDC
Aug 29, 2013
A look at the modestly growing market for sleeping pills in the U.S.
Wal-Mart to provide benefits to partners of gay employees
Aug 28, 2013
The nation's largest employer will give healthcare benefits to same-sex partners of full-time employees starting next year.
It's the return of the debt ceiling debate
Aug 27, 2013
Brace yourself. The debt ceiling showdown is coming back.
Cancer drugs are big money for big pharma
Aug 26, 2013
Amgen and AstraZeneca have both snapped up smaller firms that make cancer drugs.
'Trump University' sued for $40 million by New York attorney general
Aug 26, 2013
Donald Trump's for-profit university made false claims according to New York's attorney general.
Getting to know the sickest patients
Aug 21, 2013
Researchers are trying to understand why so-called "super utilizers" keep coming back to the hospital over and over again. Finding answers could cut health costs dramatically.
Another Obamacare delay: Out-of-pocket limits pushed to 2015
Aug 13, 2013
A key consumer protection of the Affordable Care Act that limits out-of-pocket expenses that a consumer might have to pay for their own health care has been pushed back until 2015.
Simple math adds up to a $147 million school
Aug 7, 2013
Atlanta is opening a brand-new school with a high price tag, including spending on a fancy cafeteria and gym.
Setting up shop where the sick are
Aug 2, 2013
In Camden, NJ, one small doctor's office tries to make a big gain in holding down costs by moving closer to the sickest seniors.