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Duaa Eldeib
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 1d
They are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them.

How a little-known appeal could force your insurer to pay for lifesaving care

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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 27d
He wanted to die. His wife fought for him. A psychiatrist was their last hope.

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“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · Jul 1
A year ago, I got a tip from a source: there was an influential child abuse pediatrician in Minneapolis whose judgment on diagnoses of child abuse had been called into question: Dr. Nancy Harper. So I started digging… 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/chil...
A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.
A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · May 27
In light of today’s recommendation on COVID vaccines for pregnant women, this 2022 piece by
@deldeib.bsky.social is newly relevant.

COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · May 6
So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @propublica.org!

Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.

Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 5
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · Mar 27
I want to hear from you
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 27
4/ If you worked at the CMS overseeing Medicaid/Medicare, talk to @deldeib.bsky.social. Contact her at 312-730-4797 on Signal.

You can read her previous healthcare coverage here: www.propublica.org/people/duaa-...
A ProPublica social media graphic with information on reporter Duaa Eldeib. The federal agencies she covers are the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Her email is duaa.eldeib@propublica.org and her Signal is 312-730-4797.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · Mar 20
So excited for tonight's premiere of "Before a Breath," an incredibly moving documentary from @propublica.org. We're so grateful to Debbie, Kanika and Stephanie.

Please join us on YouTube tonight at 7 CT/8 ET to watch the film. Director @nadiasussman.bsky.social & I will be answering questions live
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 17
More than 20,000 stillbirths occur in the U.S. every year.

“Before a Breath,” a new documentary from ProPublica premiering March 20, shines a light on the aftermath of loss through the stories of three mothers working to make pregnancy safer.

📌 Set a reminder:
Before a Breath: America’s Stillbirth Crisis | FULL DOCUMENTARY
“Before a Breath” follows three mothers who have lost children to stillbirth and are striving to make pregnancy safer. Every year, more than 20,000 pregnanci...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 1
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.

Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 27
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨

Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
A black mobile billboard truck parked near the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in D.C. On the side and back of the truck, a LED screen reads: Are (were) you a government worker? ProPublica journalists want to hear from you. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips.
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Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff.bsky.social · Feb 24
"Empathy really does mean...spending days listening to the worst moments of people’s lives, having them run through my head again and again so that I can turn them into something that might shift the needle in someone who has never thought about those experiences."

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Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · Feb 22
What’s being lost as health experts are caught in the drive to shrink the federal government?

Today’s story w/ @anniewaldman.bsky.social is about the ones working to save lives

We’re going to keep reporting & want to hear from you. Reach me on Signal 312.730.4797 or at [email protected]
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · Feb 22
NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work.

"We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed."

w/ @deldeib.bsky.social:

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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Feb 6
Massive NEW team effort: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · Dec 31
Yesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions.

Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny

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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · Dec 30
Today we published a story that took months to report & starts with a judge questioning an insurance company lawyer about how he could stand by a defense that “seems to be not true”

Read about how insurers rely on doctors when denying coverage & what judges said

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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...
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