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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.
Latest Stories (640)
With home building up, will McMansions return?
Aug 22, 2012
Nationwide, home-building permits are at a four-year high. But coming off the Great Recession, is there a market for luxury homes?
Aetna buys Coventry Health Care in a Medicaid land grab
Aug 20, 2012
The $5.7 billion deal with let Aetna double its number of Medicaid members.
A work-around for sanctions in Syria
Aug 13, 2012
There are lots of ways that U.S. companies get around sanctions in foreign countries. But the trail isn't easy to follow.
Cigar smoking among black high schoolers on the rise
Aug 10, 2012
American teens are smoking cigarettes less these days. But the number of black high school students who smoke cigars has nearly doubled in recent years.
Dressage is not your average horse play
Jul 31, 2012
Mitt and Ann Romney are bringing new attention to the elite sport and sport of the elite -- by co-owning an Olympic horse.
The long and short of maternity leave
Jul 25, 2012
Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Meyer plans to return to work within weeks of having a baby. Her decision has other women talking.
Who gets Medicaid and who doesn't?
Jul 24, 2012
It's supposed to be a health care program for the poor. But over the years, the definition of poor has changed.
Outside of drought areas, farmers predict strong year
Jul 24, 2012
Farmers who've escaped the drought are pulling in high prices for their crops.
WellPoint gears up for Medicaid bonanza
Jul 9, 2012
The giant health insurer will acquire competitor Amerigroup Corp. for nearly $5 billion in a bid for more Medicaid business.
Hospital lobbyists gear up after health care ruling
Jul 6, 2012
They stand to gain big if states expand Medicaid. But it's going to be a battle, and states like Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina have already said they don't want to expand the program.