
Gretchen Morgenson
Senior Financial Reporter at NBC News
Senior financial reporter, NBC News Investigations; Pulitzer Prize 2002; former NYT, WSJ; new book on predatory finance https://t.co/pO8kzsEDnr
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Gretchen Morgenson
May 30, 2025, 6:00 AM EDTAfter Blake Pfeifer, a veteran plumber in Colorado Springs, Colorado, underwent emergency stomach surgery at a nearby nonprofit hospital in 2022, he struggled to understand the bills flooding in for his weeklong stay. The initial charge for the procedure at the University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital Central was $104,000, his records show. Because Pfeifer had no insurance and would be paying out of pocket, he was quoted a discounted price of $58,124.
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Gretchen Morgenson
New York state’s top financial regulator struck a $40 million settlement Thursday with Block Inc., the parent of Cash App, the popular money transmission service, after having found the company had “serious compliance deficiencies” related to its anti-money laundering program and transaction monitoring processes.
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2 months ago |
nbcnews.com | Gretchen Morgenson
When Martha Bray and her husband moved into River Glen of St. Charles, a senior living community west of Chicago, she figured it would be her last home. The couple loved the neighborhood’s tree-lined streets, tended lawns and tidy red-brick townhomes. The Brays paid a $314,000 entry fee for their townhouse in 2013, plus a monthly maintenance fee. They didn’t own the property, but if they decided to leave, their contract promised they’d receive 85% of the current value determined by a local realtor.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
cnbc.com | Gretchen Morgenson |Laura Strickler
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency abandoned some of its plans to slash contract spending for veterans' health care services this week after a revolt by front-line Veterans Health Administration employees who contended many of the cuts would imperil safety at the agency's almost 1,400 hospitals and clinics. What had been a list of 875 VA contracts scheduled for termination a little over a week ago has now become 585 canceled contracts, the VA said Monday.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
msn.com | Gretchen Morgenson
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