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Keith Epstein

Keith Epstein is a correspondent in BusinessWeek's Washington (D.C.) bureau, working on investigative pieces.

From 1986 until 1999, Epstein was an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and Newhouse News Service. His work has included examinations of medical experimentation on patients without their consent, and preventable transportation disasters that recurred while fixes made their way through federal bureaucracies.

Epstein has worked for The Miami Herald, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The Tampa Tribune, and has freelanced on a variety of topics from travel to problems in the nonprofit industry for a number of publications, including The Washington Post, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Contribute Magazine.

Recent Articles by Keith Epstein

October 29, 2009

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Pork!

President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates want to leave the Cold War in the past—finally—and reshape the U.S. military into more of a ...

October 14, 2009

Inside the Business War Against Tax Reform

Industry appears to have won its fight to postpone President Barack Obama's corporate tax reform initiative by stressing two themes: that tightening tax rules would ...

September 29, 2009

Will HelloWallet Transform Online Financial Advice?

Even in good times, it can be tricky to navigate the waters of personal finance. And yet, amid the devastation wrought by the Great Recession to investment and ...

August 6, 2009

Questions About Golden Rule

Even as UnitedHealth Group (UNH) has helped shape the reform debate, some lawmakers have accused it of harming consumers. Several members of the House Energy & ...

August 6, 2009

The Health Insurers Have Already Won

As the health reform fight shifts this month from a vacationing Washington to congressional districts and local airwaves around the country, much more of the battle ...

July 21, 2009

Senate Votes to Kill F-22 Fighter Program

It was never just about the F-22 fighter jet. The Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and President Barack Obama have won a significant symbolic and strategic ...

July 15, 2009

Vote Delay Keeps F-22 Alive, For Now

The Air Force doesn't want it. Defense Secretary Robert Gates refuses it. Even the F-22 Raptor fighter jet's maker, Lockheed Martin (LMT) isn't fighting for it. And ...

March 31, 2009

Hewitt Has Sights on Namesake Tax Firm

Taking back his namesake brand and pioneering company has never been far from the mind of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service (JTX) founder John Hewitt. Over the past two ...

February 2, 2009

Tax and Consulting Woes Sink Daschle

After several days of fighting to keep his nomination on track to head the Health & Human Services Dept. and be President Barack Obama's health-care czar, former ...

February 2, 2009

Taxes Bite Another Obama Nominee

More Obama nominee tax problems: Now Nancy Killefer is pulling out as the President's choice to be a pioneering "chief performance officer" for the government. The ...