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ANALYSIS: Don't turn your back on Ryan's Medicare plan

By Wendell Potter

Rep. Ryan's plan is shelved for the moment, but health insurers are sure to bring it back

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Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

GAO says Medicare regulator followed the rules in Humana smackdown

By Joe Eaton

OPINION: Rep. Ryan's budget plan is a "Path to the Poorhouse"

By Wendell Potter

FACT CHECK: Democrats' repeat ‘end Medicare’ cry is wrong, again

By FactCheck.Org

The weekly watchdog: Sept. 19 - Sept. 23

By Bill Buzenberg

In case you missed them, catch up on this week's top investigations from iWatch News

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Have you seen a new doctor since enrolling in Medicare?

Excluded groups want in on health information technology funding

By Kimberly Leonard

Gov't auditors doubt legality of Medicare bonuses

By The Associated Press

Fuzzy math? Rising costs in government's digital health stimulus

By Fred Schulte

Senators want more aggressive action to curb rampant Medicare fraud

By Joe Eaton

Hatch, Coburn, says federal health program for the elderly isn't weeding out scamsters, bad doctors

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Medicare fraud included phantom services, equipment

By Laurel Adams

Senators Grassley, Wyden push to make Medicare billing data public

By Joe Eaton and David Donald

After banned from Medicare, podiatrist bills $1M for fake care, including double-amputee's feet

By Ben Wieder

FACT CHECK: Bachmann wrongly calls the health care law the largest entitlement program in history

By FactCheck.Org

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Health information technology: Incentives may not always serve intended purpose

By Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard

Some payments may be going to doctors who have been using electronic health records for years

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Hospitals request government help in curbing possible billing abuses

By Fred Schulte

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Growth of electronic medical records eases path to inflated bills

By Fred Schulte

IMPACT: Administration official asks for Medicare billing review

By Fred Schulte

Fuzzy math? Rising costs in government's digital health stimulus

By Fred Schulte

Spending could be double the Obama Administration's public estimate of $19B

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Telehealth bill aims to expand health IT access for home care providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

ANALYSIS: Losing the public relations war

By Wendell Potter

Doctors skittish about health technology despite promise of big federal bucks

By Susan Jaffe

Electronic health records probe expands to hospitals

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Switch to electronic health records could miss federal targets

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

Cut in stimulus spending suggests early estimates of the cost for the switch were too optimistic

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GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

Excluded groups want in on health information technology funding

By Kimberly Leonard

Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Medicare: An entitlement out of control

By David Nather

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ANALYSIS: An abiding faith in reform

By Wendell Potter

Golden State insurance commissioner optimistic about health reform and hopes for single-payer system

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A single-payer plan for Vermont

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Losing the public relations war

By Wendell Potter

OPINION: Could nonprofit health insurance plans be the real reformers?

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: The battle for Vermont's health

By Wendell Potter

FACT CHECK: Will health care law raise insurance premiums?

By FactCheck.Org

Republicans exaggerate an increase caused by the new law, but Obama promised lower premiums

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Analysis - Ryan's Medicare plan would be a windfall for insurance companies

By Wendell Potter

Analysis — Lone star state ‘reform’ a Texas-sized distortion

By Wendell Potter

Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Losing the public relations war

By Wendell Potter

ObamaCare backers are being outhistled

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A single-payer plan for Vermont

By Wendell Potter

Emergency room visits up 11 percent in last decade; health care reform could drive numbers higher

By Laurel Adams

In health care, number of claims denied remains a mystery

By Danielle Ivory

Fuzzy math? Rising costs in government's digital health stimulus

By Fred Schulte

ANALYSIS: Supreme Court likely to uphold Obamacare as constitutional

By Wendell Potter

Supreme Court likely to uphold constitutionality of health care reform because insurance firms need new customers

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OPINION: Could nonprofit health insurance plans be the real reformers?

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Frustrated small business owners among single-payer's biggest fans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Another family's tragic tale of unaffordable health care

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Why the insurance industry needs Obamacare to stay in business

By Wendell Potter

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