Sarah Fentem
Producer Sarah Fentem comes to Side Effects after covering health policy for the Indiana Public Broadcasting regional news collaborative.
Sarah is in charge of Side Effects' digital and social media presence. She also edits for web and contributes story ideas and radio reporting. Her favorite topics include health insurance availability, big pharma and the death industry.
As a native midwesterner, Sarah believes local audiences deserve high-quality comprehensive, in-depth news coverage and is proud to cover health care issues for a heartland audience.
In her free time, Sarah likes to run, organize her home while watching the Golden Girls and explore nature. She lives in south Indianapolis with her fiance, Elliot.
Favorite podcasts: What the Health? from Kaiser Health News, Planet Money and vintage Radiolab.
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Health care advocacy groups are tentatively celebrating news that the Senate’s latest health care bill is dead. But after months of protesting the GOP’s... -
When health care costs so much, who decides who receives treatment? Earlier this summer, a huge insurer refused to reimburse emergency visits it deems ... -
This year’s Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration is in full swing. The event is the Expo organization’s biggest annual fundraiser, which runs through...
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Although the new(er) addiction treatments Vivitrol and Suboxone get more attention, methadone--which some regard as a relic from the '70s and '80s-... -
The Urban Institute reports that Medicaid spending on drugs used to treat opioid addiction and overdoses has risen sharply, raising questions about the potential impact of Medicaid cuts. -
The Indiana Republican party may have gotten more than it had bargained for after it invited users to share their “Obamacare horror stories” in a... -
Medicaid spending on three important medications used to treat opioid addiction increased 136 percent nationwide between 2011 and 2016, according to a... -
Two of the four insurers currently offering plans on Indiana’s Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace announced Wednesday they were pulling... -
A woman was taken to the hospital Monday afternoon after she says U.S. marshals dragged her out of a protest at Senator Todd Young’s Indianapolis office... -
Only two health insurers will offer plans next year on Indiana’s Affordable Care Act exchange, according to proposed rate increases posted by the...
