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Rachana Pradhan

Rachana Pradhan has been involved in several high-impact projects as a health care reporter, including an investigation into former HHS Secretary Tom Price’s extensive use of private jets at taxpayers’ expense. The investigation, which resulted in Price’s resignation, was a 2018 finalist for the American Society of News Editors’ O’Brien Fellowship Award and earned an honorable mention in the White House Correspondents’ Association’s Edgar A. Poe award.

Health

White House Left States On Their Own To Buy Ventilators; Inside Their Mad Scramble

Rachana Pradhan Jun 16, 2020

One state health official said they didn’t think there was “egregious price gouging” from manufacturers, but officials nonetheless had little choice but to pay what was asked. Louisiana also overshot orders out of fear that ventilators…

Health

Abbott’s Fast COVID Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say

Rachana Pradhan Apr 23, 2020

Trump and federal health officials have promoted the ease with which the Abbott test can be given to patients, whether at a drive-thru site or a doctor’s office. File photo: Shutterstock, licensed. Lab personnel say worries are mounting…

Finance

The COVID-19 Bailout That’s Left Every Hospital Unhappy In Its Own Way

Rachana Pradhan Apr 16, 2020

Roughly two-thirds of the HHS coronavirus money has yet to go out the door, ensuring that a fierce lobbying effort from all parts of the health sector will continue to target the White House, HHS and Congress, which continues to negotiate…

Health

Trump Touted Abbott Lab’s Quick COVID-19 Test But HHS Department Document Shows Only 5,500 Are On…

Rachana Pradhan Apr 2, 2020

Labs in all 50 states were set to receive roughly the same number of Abbott’s test cartridges and the devices on which they run ― 100 tests and 10 or 15 devices — the document shows, regardless of how many confirmed COVID-19 cases…