Individual investigations reveal facts. Series reveal systems. Each collection below groups related investigations into a coherent picture of how power operates — and who pays the price.
A single investigation can reveal a fact. A series reveals a system. When you read that one hospital overcharged patients, that is news. When you read that 4,000 hospitals systematically overcharge patients using the same billing codes, that is a pattern — and patterns point to causes, and causes point to solutions.
Our series are designed to give you the full picture: the history, the current state, the people responsible, and the policy changes that could make a difference. Because understanding a problem completely is the first step to fixing it.