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)
'Admission' vs 'Observation': Medical worlds apart
Dec 6, 2013
Instead of admitting Medicare patients quickly, hospitals are "observing" them for as long as two days.
Arts and culture contribute more to U.S. economy than tourism
Dec 6, 2013
New calculations on the contribution that arts and culture make to GDP reveal a larger impact than tourism.
How post-ACA health care is like the airline business
Dec 5, 2013
The question for hospital executives in Camden, N.J., and around the country, is how to manage a new wave of patients.
Is healthcare.gov really fixed?
Dec 2, 2013
The claim is that healthcare.gov is fixed to the point that it works for 9 out 10 consumers.
Another Obamacare delay, this time for small business
Nov 27, 2013
December 1 is a big day for the Obama administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Bad weather, cancelled flights: You're not getting home for Thanksgiving that easily
Nov 27, 2013
The best laid travel plans can fall through when the system comes under the kind of pressure common at Thanksgiving.
Why California needs ACA cancellations to stay
Nov 22, 2013
California says no to letting insurers reissue canceled plans for another year. And it’s not just because the policies are substandard. Without those customers on the exchanges the whole thing could collapse.
White House changes course on the word 'Obamacare'
Nov 21, 2013
Many would say that the unveiling of Obamacare has been one of the worst product launches in history.
Lots of questions, answers surround end-of-life care
Nov 20, 2013
Marketplace's health care reporter discussed covering how doctors die, and end of life care.
Obamacare: Down for the count?
Nov 12, 2013
By all accounts, about 50,000 people have made it through the federal exchanges.