Robin Fields
Reporter at ProPublica
Global health reporter, ProPublica; formerly managing editor at ProPublica, cat servant
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2 months ago |
salon.com | Robin Fields
Reporting HighlightsA Record Price: The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease, spinal muscular atrophy, grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2 million per dose. Cashing In: While taxpayers and small charities funded the drug’s early development, executives, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits.
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2 months ago |
cnn.com | Robin Fields
Breakthrough drugs like Zolgensma and other gene therapies are adding to the nation’s ballooning bill for prescription drugs, absorbed by all Americans in the form of rising insurance premiums and taxes for public programs like Medicaid. Owen Gent, special to ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
propublica.org | Robin Fields |Maya Miller |Duaa Eldeib |Kirsten Berg
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease, spinal muscular atrophy, grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2 million per dose. While taxpayers and small charities funded the drug’s early development, executives, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
flipboard.com | Robin Fields
4 hours agoPsychologist Adam Grant’s 10 Percent Principle Will Make You Instantly SmarterWant to be instantly smarter? Remember this simple, actionable rule of thumb from the star psychologist. It’s true that IQ is a relatively fixed trait, which means our intellectual horsepower doesn’t change much over our lifespans. A Fiat cannot magically turn into a Ferrari. But how you maintain …1 hour ago38 of the best MIT courses you can take online for freePursue your passions without spending anything.
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Jan 12, 2025 |
cancertherapyadvisor.com | Robin Fields |Maya Miller
This article was originally published on ProPublica as part of a partnership with Scripps News. In a victory for many cancer patients in Michigan, the state’s top insurance regulator told health plans last week that they cannot deny coverage for clinically proven cancer treatments, and she made it clear for the first time that this includes cutting-edge genetic and biologic therapies.
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Refusing payment for medical care and drugs has become a staple of health insurers’ business model, consumer advocates said. Less than 1% of claim denials are appealed and that’s money “left on the table that the insurers keep,” one said. https://t.co/fT4K9wvOOW
State and federal regulators have the power to compel health insurers to reveal how often they refuse to pay for treatments, tests and drugs. Why are most plans’ denial rates still a closely held secret? https://t.co/fT4K9wvOOW
2/ In July 2020, 67% of Rockland County kids 2 and under had gotten the three recommended polio shots. That number now stands at 60% -- and in some zip codes it’s as low as 37.3%.