scott waas

More recently, Murray Waas won the Barlett-Steele Award in Business Investigative Reporting for stories that he wrote for Reuters about the health insurance industry. In its citation making the award, the judges said:

“Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Dropped by Insurer” by Murray Waas of Reuters received the top gold award of $5,000. A four-month Murray Waas investigation revealed that a giant health insurer had targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer for aggressive investigations with the intent to cancel their policies. An exhaustive study by Murray Waas of records, hearings and federal data, as well as dozens of interviews with experts, officials and patients led to the story.