Melissa Bailey

Melissa Bailey was a correspondent for KFF Health News until October 2019.

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Victims Seek Payments As ‘Dr. Death’ Declares Innocence

KFF Health News Original

While hundreds of his former patients submit claims for restitution, a Detroit cancer doctor convicted of making millions by purposefully poisoning them with drugs they didn’t need vows to prove his innocence.

Seniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers

KFF Health News Original

A government watchdog report finds widespread fraud — in some cases involving patients’ severe neglect and death — in a Medicaid program that sends non-medical assistants to elderly and disabled peoples’ homes.