Patrick Rucker
Wall Street and Finance Reporter at The Capitol Forum
Author and reporter covering finance for @capitol_forum. @ProPublica contributor. Ex Chicago Tribune. Financial Times. Reuters.
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Dec 7, 2024 |
scheerpost.com | T. Christian Miller |Patrick Rucker |David Armstrong
By T. Christian Miller, Patrick Rucker and David Armstrong / ProPublica and The Capitol ForumThis article was originally published on October 23, 2024. Every day, patients across America crack open envelopes with bad news. Yet another health insurer has decided not to pay for a treatment that their doctor has recommended. Sometimes it’s a no for an MRI for a high school wrestler with a strained back. Sometimes for a cancer procedure that will help a grandmother with a throat tumor.
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Dec 5, 2024 |
scheerpost.com | David Armstrong |Patrick Rucker |Maya Miller
By David Armstrong, Patrick Rucker and Maya Miller / ProPublica & The Capitol ForumThis article was originally published on February 2, 2023. In May 2021, a nurse at UnitedHealthcare called a colleague to share some welcome news about a problem the two had been grappling with for weeks. United provided the health insurance plan for students at Penn State University.
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Nov 7, 2024 |
cnn.com | T. Christian Miller |Patrick Rucker |David Armstrong
This story was originally published by ProPublica. It co-published with The Capitol Forum. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Every day, patients across America crack open envelopes with bad news. Yet another health insurer has decided not to pay for a treatment that their doctor has recommended. Sometimes it’s a no for an MRI for a high school wrestler with a strained back.
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Nov 2, 2024 |
fhicommunications.com | T. Christian Miller |Patrick Rucker |David Armstrong
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Uncovered – How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to PatientsDialing for Dollars: America’s largest insurers hire EviCore to make decisions on whether to pay for care for more than 100 million people.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
cancertherapyadvisor.com | T. Christian Miller |Patrick Rucker |David Armstrong
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Every day, patients across America crack open envelopes with bad news. Yet another health insurer has decided not to pay for a treatment that their doctor has recommended. Sometimes it’s a no for an MRI for a high school wrestler with a strained back. Sometimes for a cancer procedure that will help a grandmother with a throat tumor.
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🤔CFPB staff have been locked out of the office so who filing these briefs?
🚨BREAKING🚨: The Trump admin just quietly took steps to back off protecting Americans from predatory mortgages. The CFPB is no longer just dropping the ball—its new leadership is actively working to weaken consumer protections Read here 👇👇 https://t.co/PUVx6KOBqW https://t.co/DEf3U8QH6d
True. Heads were spinning across the mortgage industry today. “The DOGE guys are knocking down walls without knowing where there’s financial plumbing,” said a mortgage industry source. “Eventually, they are gonna to put a hole through something that matters.” @Capitol_Forum
NEW from me: Russ Vought was on the verge of breaking the mortgage market by shutting down a core function provided by CFPB. But he blinked, and in so doing revealed that regulation is actually pretty important. (link below) https://t.co/g8BKV8PB2g