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Eli Cahan

@emcahan.bsky.social

@BostonChildrens @HarvardMed via 🌉🗽🌴〽. Black ink: @RollingStone @ABC @JAMA_current. Fan: Words, Numbers, Wolverines. Younger twin. Tips: emcahan@proton.me

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Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Last August, some teens went day-drinking. The party was pretty standard, until a classmate passed out. Then, Rilan used Narcan. Opioids are a leading killer of American kids. But, kids like Rilan struggle to get the antidote. My latest @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Naloxone Is a Proven Fix for Overdoses. So Why Can't Teens Access It?

Naloxone can prevent fentanyl overdoses, but prescribing laws, minor consent laws, and Good Samaritan laws in many states keep teens from carrying it.

rollingstone.com

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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...

'Going Home to Die': People With Eating Disorders Need Special Care. Insurers Are Denying It

Insurers are using loopholes in a mental health parity law to get around paying for expensive in-patient care.

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Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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...

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo ago

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

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 4mo ago

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

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

propublica.org

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

propublica.org

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

propublica.org

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, 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 ...

propublica.org

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

'More Kids Will Die': Measles Are on the Rise -- and Doctors Say There's No End in Sight

U.S. measles outbreak has hit 2,000 confirmed cases amid Trump and RFK Jr.'s assault on vaccines and the CDC. Doctors and health experts weigh in.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 9mo ago

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

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

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 ...

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Amy 🌤️@cloudsandsunshine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you Dr. Alexandra Yonts (who was interviewed for this piece). The clinic at Children’s National in DC is beacon of hope with only a handful of US Pediatric Long Covid clinics still running. @pidringer.bsky.social #PedSky #LongCovidKids

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“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...

Alyssa Harad@alyssaharad.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Took me awhile to read this excellent, deeply researched and reported piece. So grateful to @emcahan.bsky.social and @rollingstone.com giving Long Covid in kids the attention it deserves and for highlighting the difficulties of getting a diagnosis and support. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

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Amy 🌤️@cloudsandsunshine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you @emcahan.bsky.social for your incredible work on this piece and thank you @rollingstone.com for publishing it. So many families trusted you with their stories. #LongCovidKids

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Once again Rolling Stone knocks it out of the park with Covid coverage. Long Covid is real and it is a serious threat to our long term health. It’s already surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in kids. Yet tons of doctors and schools won’t even recognize it:

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“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...

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

rollingstone.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · 10mo ago

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

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

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 ...

propublica.org

Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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...

Some psychiatric hospitals, including in Oregon, are turning away patients and violating the law, new reporting finds

Cedar Hills Hospital in Portland violated federal law. But reporting from ProPublica found that many psychiatric hospitals that turn away or discharge patients too early face few consequences.

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Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“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...

‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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Knowable Magazine@knowablemag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

👀 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

Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

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.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 10mo ago

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

Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

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.

propublica.org

ProPublica@propublica.org · 10mo ago

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

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

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 ...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 11mo ago

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

Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.

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.

propublica.org

NIHCM@nihcm.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

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 ...

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Eli Cahan@emcahan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

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 ...

propublica.org