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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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The media blitz on health care bill begins as lawmakers head home for holiday

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 30, 2017
Advocacy groups prepare to petition Senators undecided on the health care bill.
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How did we end up with health insurance being tied to our jobs?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 28, 2017
It started with a national wage cap during WWII.
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Why home health monitoring devices could improve care and costs for chronically ill patients

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 27, 2017
Remote monitoring allows doctors to keep an eye on their patients with chronic conditions and intervene before a health crisis.
Cheryl and Steven Larson stand in front of a fountain. Cheryl Larson jumped at the chance to volunteer for a remote monitoring program, ImagineCare, that Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system in New Hampshire was launching.
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Will health insurers pull out of Obamacare exchanges in 2018? The deadline looms.

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 21, 2017
Today  is the deadline for insurers to submit plans for selling policies on the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. The political climate has destabilized the market for many insurers, and 44 counties have already decided to pull out entirely, leaving thousands potentially without coverage. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Is competition the solution to high drug prices?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 14, 2017
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling supports a new class of generic drugs.
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A health plan to encourage seniors to get the care they need

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 6, 2017
A House committee is set to hold a hearing on a plan to lower costs for people on Medicare. The bipartisan legislation would let Medicare make some basic services cheaper for patients with chronic conditions. A diabetes patient who’s prone to blindness, for example, would get cheaper eye exams. It’s a model private insurers are […]
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Will Apple introduce a smart speaker to rival Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 5, 2017
Apple’s highly anticipated developer conference starts today. Among the new iPad and MacBook iterations likely to be revealed, one completely new product could be announced — a Siri-controlled smart speaker to rival Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Home. Apple could be late to the game on this one, but with its massive ecosystem, it has the […]
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Are doctors and patients ready for home health monitoring?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 1, 2017
There's lots of optimism as manufacturers crank out medical devices, but no one knows if the approach will save money.
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Inside Trump’s budget, a big cut for Obamacare’s healthcare.gov

by Dan Gorenstein
May 23, 2017
The site where about 10 million people shop for insurance could get harder to navigate.
If the proposed cuts to healthcare.gov go through, it will make it that much harder for the millions who use the site to get coverage, said Jessica Altman, chief of staff at the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
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If $7 billion in Obamacare subsidies disappear, insurers will likely raise premiums

by Dan Gorenstein
May 23, 2017
Legal wrangling between the Trump Administration and House Republicans leaves $7 billion of Obamacare subsidies in question. That has health insurance executives reaching for antacid, because it means they may have to jack up premiums. They have to assume that fewer people will buy health insurance if they don’t get subsidies to pay for it, […]
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