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Los Angeles Somehow Paid More For Water During A Flood
The 2022 California floods were a partial blessing for a state that had previously seen at least three continuous years of drought.
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Maryland Governor Blames His Predecessor For His Own Overspending
In the introductory letter for the Maryland 2026 fiscal year budget, Governor Wes Moore resolves to right the state’s fiduciary ship from the financial…
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L.A. Fire Roundup Part II: Budget Discrepancies, Diversity, And More Arson Reporting Oddities
LAFD Reported A Very Different Budget Total
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Los Angeles Fire Roundup: Fire Funding, Forest Raking, Missing Reservoirs, and Arson
Following the recent firestorm that swept through and destroyed a large portion of Los Angeles, various accusations have been levied at the mayor of the…
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California's FAIR Plan Didn't Really Collect Premiums
Because of heightened risks from fire in recent years and state policies restricting changes in insurance rates, numerous home insurers have left…
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December 2024

UnitedHealthcare Maybe Didn't Deny All That Much
The recent assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Harrington has brought additional attention to the behemoth insurer who was accused of…
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Not Just Measles: The Other Vaccines Developed After The Disease Already Disappeared
A previous story on Investigative Economics detailed how deaths due to measles had largely disappeared by 1961 when the measles vaccine was developed…
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Episode 23: Obamacare, UnitedHealth, and Medical-Loss Ratios
For more on UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG), I highly recommend Matt Stoller’s writing on the subject at Big wherein he details how the FTC under Khan lost…
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More Recent Flagrant Spending: Climate, Broadband, and Indian Health Services
While the pandemic was known to have caused the federal government to spend wildly through programs like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)—with over…
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The V.A.'s $1.5 Trillion Financial Reassessment
In 2022, the net cost of running the U.S.
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HHS's Spending Spree
In 2018, payments for Medicaid switched to a block grant system for certain states, including the largest state Medicaid system: California.
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November 2024

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