Eli Cahan

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy,” Joy says. “It feels like the world has moved on.” Long Covid is setting back a generation of kids--likely against their federal rights Our @rollingstone.com investigation www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social! Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa... #scicomm

Some new patients now wait 6 to 10 months to see a primary care doctor. In my new @jama.com story, I dug into why. We're training too few PCPs in places that need them, making it harder for international doctors to stay, and underpaying the whole field. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #MedSky

#MedNews: The US primary care shortage is deepening, leaving millions without timely access to care. What will it take to rebuild the workforce?

Lately, existential threats where once-vanquished viruses make a devastating comeback are no longer hard to imagine. Across the globe--amid widespread aid cuts--experts are concerned an old foe may be on its way back. Polio. My latest via @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

From @emcahan.bsky.social reporting from the frontline of the global health care crisis: "If polio spreads unchecked abroad, it increases the risk of resurgence here at home, putting American families at risk.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... via @RollingStone

Katerina's anorexia hospitalized her over & over. Even still, eventually, she found a way thru. Then, insurance cut her off. People w/severe mental illness are frequently denied life-saving care. That's dangerous. It also may be illegal. Via @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The judges also awarded a strong honorable mention to @willfitzgibbon.bsky.social of @theexamination.org, as well as @petersgoodman.bsky.social and Samuel Granados of @nytimes.com, for their investigation into lead poisoning resulting from battery recycling.

.@harrisalexc.bsky.social and @semerriam.bsky.social of @miamiherald.com have won the 2025 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing  from NPF, revealing how climate change & street flooding are reshaping life & property values in South Florida. nationalpress.org/award-story/...

ICYMI: Senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare, called Benjamin Landa an example of “giant corporate health care interests that prey on the vulnerable and...exploit loopholes at taxpayers’ expense.” Lots more inside. www.propublica.org/article/benj...

Last summer, Benjamin Landa, the nominee for Ambassador to Hungary, donated $5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Now, a facility he co-owns is in litigation with federal health agencies over an estimated $31M in Medicare overbillings. By @emcahan.bsky.social

A New York nursing home is suing the Trump administration to stop the government from recouping alleged Medicare overpayments. That facility is co-owned by the man nominated by the Trump administration to be ambassador to Hungary. By @emcahan.bsky.social

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination as ambassador to Hungary, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now the facility is suing to stop collection. @emcahan.bsky.social

1 month after Trump nominated Ben Landa, who owns >100 nursing homes, for Ambassador to Hungary, the President's own agency estimated his facility received over $31 million in excess taxpayer money via Medicare. Landa then sued the gov. It's just the beginning. www.propublica.org/article/benj...

Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments, by @emcahan.bsky.social

I'm incredibly grateful to run Boston again on behalf of Boston Medical Center. Amid devastating federal budget cuts--and more to come--BMC's work helping the sickest kids, infants, and babies is more important now than ever. Please consider supporting us: www.givengain.com/project/eli-...

The steps by HHS to hamstring the CDC (and state departments) have imperiled the public’s health for political purposes, neighborhood docs, officials, and national experts told me. It's all putting kids' lives in the balance. My latest for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

"That’s the trope: they’re just being a teenager. And I heard that exact language pretty much from almost every family that I spoke to, which was that at some point someone said to them, They're just being a teenager. " @emcahan.bsky.social 🔗 www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/eli...

Investigative journalist and pediatrician @emcahan.bsky.social joined me to discuss the magnitude of the #longCovid crisis in the youth population of the US, addressed in their recent @rollingstone.com piece. 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/long-c...

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations. Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations. Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators. By @emcahan.bsky.social

ICYMI: Some psychiatric hospitals across the country are illegally turning away patients, with few consequences. Most are owned by multi-billion dollar for-profit companies. I spoke with @opb.org about our @propublica.org reporting www.opb.org/article/2025...

“The executive branch is using the shutdown as cover for a...targeted dismantling of leadership across the agency," an official told @statnews.com "It’s designed to sow chaos...and cripple the federal scientific infrastructure that protects Americans’ health." www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

👀 On our radar: Few consequences for psychiatric hospitals that break the law Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up. ✍️ @emcahan.bsky.social @ProPublica.org

EMTALA requires universal care for “emergency medical conditions” regardless of a person’s insurance status. In the decades since its passage, some patients have died hours after failing to receive care they were legally entitled to. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations. Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators. By @emcahan.bsky.social

ICYMI: Psychiatric Hospitals Are Violating EMTALA by Turning Patients Away, by @emcahan.bsky.social

For 15 years, over 90 psychiatric hospitals across the country have violated a law giving patients access to emergency care, with or without insurance. Almost all the facilities faced the same lack of consequences, a ProPublica investigation found. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Eli Cahan, #NIHCM Journalism Grantee, releases a second @propublica.org article on mental health facilities and consolidation. Read more: bit.ly/4nBnZo1 | @emcahan.bsky.social

Over 90 psych hospitals have violated EMTALA since 2010. The vast majority are for-profit Yet only a handful have faced sanctions. When they have, the penalties are trivial vs $$ billions these companies, like UHS & Acadia, raked in last yr Part 2 @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/psyc...

NEW: For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. by @emcahan.bsky.social

NEW: Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up. by @emcahan.bsky.social