Boston Scientific has struggled for years with pacemaker batteries that can fail unexpectedly, which has been linked to at least 7 deaths. Internal company records and a previously unpublished FDA inspection report helped me tell the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
NEW: A biotech company donated $5M to attend a March 1 dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
The company's co-owner brought a flier opposing a pending change limiting Medicare $ for his products.
The next day, Trump posted the flier on Truth Social.
The next month, the Medicare change was tabled.
Here's a gift link to the story (by Sarah Kliff, @bykatiethomas.bsky.social & me) showing a real world effect of Trump's pay-for-access operation.
In this case, it benefited companies making a product that helps patients, but also that Medicare has dinged for “abusive pricing practices.”
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Business is booming for CoreCivic, a for-profit operator of detention facilties. The company has secured hundred of millions of dollars in contracts, those detained there say that $$$ doesnt translate into care.
Our story. @bykatiethomas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
Detainees and their lawyers told us about long waits to see a nurse, and delays in getting medicine or being taken to the hospital in emergencies (CoreCivic disputes this and says it provides quality care).
Acadia Healthcare’s CEO is getting a $1.8 million bonus for the extra work he will need to do to respond to federal inquiries into the company’s practices. The bonus comes after the stock lost 70 percent of its value. My story with @jsgatnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
We’re looking to speak to medical providers who have worked in ICE facilities. If this is you or someone you know, please reach out. There’s a survey at the end of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
A for-profit company, CoreCivic, operates many ICE detention centers, including the one in Texas that houses children. It has a checkered track record of providing medical care. With @jsgatnyt.bsky.social and Melena Ryzik. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/b...
NEW: A biotech company donated $5M to attend a March 1 dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
The company's co-owner brought a flier opposing a pending change limiting Medicare $ for his products.
The next day, Trump posted the flier on Truth Social.
The next month, the Medicare change was tabled.
