gretchen morgenson
@gmorgenson
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Senior financial reporter, NBC News Investigations; Pulitzer Prize 2002; former NYT, WSJ; new book on predatory finance https://t.co/pO8kzsEDnr
New York City
Joined November 2013
As the gulf between rich and poor widens across America, here's the why, the how and the who. Coming April 25, 2023.
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RT @pewtrusts: "Oftentimes, people don't even know they're supposed to be in the courtroom talking about their medical debt," says @NBCNews….
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After multiple insurance denials over 9 months, a cancer survivor sent an appeal letter using AI. She was approved. The insurer now calls her denials "a processing error." via @nbcnews.
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Stephanie Nixdorf's insurance company repeatedly declined to cover a drug to treat her arthritis. That changed after she sent an appeal letter crafted with help from AI.
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Secrecy, high fees and subpar returns worry CalPERS participants.
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A forensic pension investigator was hired to provide clarity about the fund’s investments, the high fees it pays to big Wall Street firms and its lagging performance.
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A brain surgeon battles United Healthcare so she can keep treating kids on Medicaid.
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A massive hack of the insurance giant set off a chain of events that has left some doctors’ practices on financial life support.
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These health services for veterans are on the chopping block. VA employees say care will suffer.
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The list of contracts on the chopping block hasn't been made public, and the VA declined to provide it. NBC News reviewed documents identifying 200 of the contracts scheduled for cancellation.
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They were told to get extra breast cancer screenings. Then they got stuck with the bill. via @nbcnews.
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The FDA began requiring mammogram providers to notify women with dense breast tissue that they could need further screenings to rule out cancer. But such screenings cost money, out of pocket, for...
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Is a private equity-owned technology juicing servicemembers' rents? Senators want to know.
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Lawmakers want to know whether landlords’ higher rents are based on a technology being probed by prosecutors.
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RT @bobby_jags: Gretchen Morgenson’s book These are The Plunderers about the destructive, malign and predatory force which is US private eq….
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RT @freegolds: Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires? @gmorgenson
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During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
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RT @ParrotCapital: These Are the Plunderers is absolutely must-read and must-give as a gift to friends and family:.
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Much has been written about the widening gulf between rich and poor and how our style of capitalism has failed to provide a living wage for so many Americans. But nothing has fully detailed the...
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RT @ParrotCapital: @gmorgenson and @JoshRosner both did a bang-up job on their These Are The Plunderers book. It is required reading to un….
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RT @coryklippsten: THE AGE OF SCAMBLING.Trump Coin and the Wild West of Non-Bitcoin Crypto. By @coryklippsten .January 20, 2025. Bitcoin co….
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What can Angelenos expect when filing insurance claims with FAIR plan? A fight.
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Insurance companies run California’s FAIR Plan in secrecy and have stinted on claims and violated state laws, insurance regulators and customers allege.
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Secrecy, unreasonably low settlements and delays. What LA homeowners can expect from their last resort insurer as they pick up the pieces.
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Insurance companies run California’s FAIR Plan in secrecy and have stinted on claims and violated state laws, insurance regulators and customers allege.
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"A pervasive culture of noncompliance." Justice Department Sues KKR for Serial Violations of Federal Premerger Review Law.
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The Justice Department today filed a civil lawsuit against KKR & Co. Inc. and over a dozen of its investment advisors and funds (collectively, KKR) for repeatedly flouting the premerger antitrust...
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RT @damboradio: Editorial: Public pensions fuel private equity damage via @toledonews.
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A bipartisan report released Jan. 7 by the U.S. Senate Budget Committee concludes private equity ownership of health-care facilities puts profits ahead of ...
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Honored to reeeive this recognition from @lowninstitute on healthcare reporting!
theguardian.com
Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples
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