Chad Terhune Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

I write about the cost and quality of U.S. health care. I've investigated how some companies are reaping excessive profits in Medicaid despite subpar patient care. I've exposed how device makers and regulators put patient safety in jeopardy.

Greater Los Angeles Area

At the Times, I covered the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, created the only searchable database of Obamacare doctors for consumers and broke the news about insurance giant Blue Shield losing its tax-exempt status. In 2015, I investigated a series of superbug outbreaks linked to contaminated medical scopes and how a leading device maker hid deadly.

I worked on the magazine's investigative team, writing cover stories on "Subprime Wolves" during the financial crisis, how health insurers secretly shaped the Affordable Care Act in their favor and the data mining of your prescription drug history. I also worked for SmartMoney magazine in 2011.

I covered corporate giants such as Coke, Pepsi and Home Depot, and I was a frequent writer for Page One. I published a series of investigative stories on health insurance that won a National Press Club award. Based in the Atlanta bureau, I was part of the team that covered Hurricane Katrina and the $3 billion accounting scandal at HealthSouth. And I.