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)
1-800-Obamacare
Jun 24, 2013
The Obama administration launches its new HealthCare.gov website to get people signed up.
The FAA answers: Why can't I use my iPad at takeoff?
Jun 21, 2013
The productivity loss of takeoff and landing.
When insurance is too expensive no matter what
Jun 21, 2013
Federal subsidies will make it easier for millions of Americans to buy health coverage, but millions still won't be able to afford it.
Doctors look to change the economics of obesity
Jun 18, 2013
The American Medical Association votes to classify obesity as a disease in a move that will broaden coverage for related treatments.
Will coordinating health care cut your medical bill?
Jun 13, 2013
Accountable care organizations are supposed to be one of the money-saving saviors of health care reform, but some fear they could drive prices up.
In NSA surveillance, what choice do companies have?
Jun 7, 2013
New revelations show the federal government’s spying program isn’t contained to just telecommunications giant Verizon.
FDA to consider lifting safety warnings on Avandia, but is it too little, too late?
Jun 5, 2013
The FDA is expected to take another look at controversial diabetes drug Avandia after researchers at Duke have concluded the drug doesn't increase the risk of cardiovascular death as previously reported.
A health datapalooza: Washington and private health care's quest to mine health data
Jun 3, 2013
For two days, nearly 2,000 data geeks, entrepreneurs, federal bureaucrats and medical folks will descend on Washington, D.C., hoping to help solve the nation’s health care crisis through algorithms and spreadsheets.
Banning belly putts and big hits
May 22, 2013
Golf plans to disallow anchored putts, and the NFL is tinkering with ways to keep football players safer. How do you change the rules in sports without hurting popularity and profits?
How Medicare Part D changed the drug industry
May 22, 2013
The prescription drug plan has created millions of senior customers for the pharmaceutical industry over ten years.