@fieldsrobin

Global health reporter, ProPublica; formerly managing editor at ProPublica, cat servant

 New York
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Joined June 2008
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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. propublica.org/article/how-o…

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.

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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? propublica.org/article/how-o…

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.

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Add Nassau County to the list of places in New York where health officials have now found poliovirus in sewage. The others: Rockland, Orange and Sullivan counties and NYC
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The Nassau County sample has been genetically linked to the case in Rockland County, which paralyzed an unvaccinated man.
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a State Disaster Emergency health.ny.gov/press/releases…
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A new @CDC report on polio case in Rockland County, NY, illustrates how vaccination rates have eroded, creating vulnerabilities to disease: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/m…

Public Health Response to a Case of Paralytic Poliomyelitis...

This report describes a case of polio in an unvaccinated adult resident of New York and highlights why it’s important to stay up to date on recommended poliovirus vaccination.

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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%.
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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%.
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@propublica18 Nov 2014
Firestone used Liberia plantation for business of rubber. Taylor used it for business of war. propub.ca/1yPzadA
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Iconic US co Firestone bankrolled Liberian despot Charles Taylor. The untold story. @txtianmiller & J. Jones: propublica.org/article/fires…
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Coming tomorrow: A @ProPublica investigation into the @RedCross "Secret Disaster" after #Sandy. Preview: youtu.be/R08kjc7ty6g
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@propublica17 Apr 2014
#SegregationNow: 60 years after #BrownvBoard, @ProPublica investigates school resegregation propub.ca/1qMyemW
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Robin Fields retweeted
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@propublica10 Oct 2013
Fed examiner who took on @GoldmanSachs — and was fired — files wrongful termination lawsuit propub.ca/15qXXZp
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Who sanctions NY prosecutors for abusing their authority? no one really bit.ly/YZCNec. Check out @ProPublica
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Robin Fields retweeted
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@propublica14 Dec 2012
Exclusive: What Karl Rove’s dark-money nonprofit told the IRS. propub.ca/UXDSEz
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Kim Barker@Kim_Barker14 Dec 2012
Just what did Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS tell the IRS it planned to do in its application? We get it first: propub.ca/UXDSEz
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Polluting water with the EPA's approval? Check out the latest in @ProPublica series on injection wells bit.ly/QSTYPe
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Great story in LAT about how dr's prescription contribute to overdoses lat.ms/Tq8pIB--shows value of autopsy records
Dialysis chain DaVita hit with shareholder lawsuit accusing chief exec, others of breaching fiduciary duty bit.ly/S896E4
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Dialysis giant Fresenius reports it's investigating whether it violated US anti-bribery laws, WSJ reports on.wsj.com/N42Izm
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