Dan Gorenstein

Senior Reporter

Dan Gorenstein is the former senior reporter for Marketplace’s Health Desk, covering the business of healthcare. Prior to Marketplace, Dan spent more than 11 years at New Hampshire Public Radio. He got his start in journalism at the Chicago Reporter, an investigative journal that examines race and class disparities in the Chicago area. He’s won numerous national and local awards, including the Society of Professional Journalist Sigma Delta Chi investigative reporting award.

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Dec 20, 2017
Corporate tax overhaul could mean a big windfall for banks
The Republican $1.5 trillion tax bill has been delayed because of procedural challenges from the Democrats. But when it does finally go through, one of the big winners will be banks. That’s because most of their business is here in the U.S., so they often pay higher taxes than other industries. A corporate tax rate […]
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Dec 15, 2017
Health insurance ads were up this year despite a slashed budget
Today is the last day to enroll in Obamacare insurance plans. Earlier this year, the Trump administration slashed the Affordable Care Act advertising budget by $90 million, so many people assumed there would be far fewer TV ads encouraging people to sign up. But it turns out there’s been 51 percent more insurance commercials compared […]
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Dec 13, 2017
California consumers are buying gold health insurance plans in record numbers
Obamacare’s open enrollment period closes for most states Friday. Thanks to a complicated federal formula, a spike in premiums this year has given consumers who are eligible for subsidies more money to buy insurance. And early signs suggest some people in California and Washington state are going for the gold —the gold, normally expensive, plans. […]
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Dec 12, 2017
What the merger of CVS and Aetna could mean for customers
Dan Gorenstein/Marketplace
With access to Aetna's 47 million customers, CVS wants to transform its stores into "health care hubs."
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Dec 6, 2017
Your restaurant tips may not go to your server under proposed rule change
The Department of Labor has proposed changes to Obama-era rules about tipping. The changes would let employers pool tip money from workers who earn at least minimum wage and share it with non-tipped workers or use it to “make capital improvements, lower prices, or hire additional workers.” The public comment period is remarkably short, with […]
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Dec 5, 2017
Wedding cake case goes to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments today in the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. He said a state law forbidding discrimination on grounds of sexual discrimination forces him to act against his Christian beliefs. Supporters of the couple argue that if you go […]
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Dec 4, 2017
Investors make a bet to lift Boston-area neighborhood out of poverty
Darren McCollester/Newsmakers
Local nonprofits created a private equity fund and found a way to minimize the investment risk.
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Nov 25, 2017
The mysterious jump in Obamacare enrollment
We’re half-way through the Obamacare open enrollment period and we’ve got a bit of a health care mystery on our hands. Earlier this week, federal health officials reported nearly 800-thousand consumers selected plans on healthcare.gov – the federal website where people shop for plans under the Affordable Care Act. It’s the third consecutive week enrollment […]
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Nov 22, 2017
What would happen to Obamacare if people weren’t required to buy health insurance?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The individual mandate has been central to the Affordable Care Act.
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Nov 17, 2017
Holiday travel up with consumer confidence
A resurgence is stocks, healthier home values and a low unemployment rate is boosting consumer optimism, which in turn means even more people are expected to travel this Thanksgiving holiday. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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