Cost of Care

A patient undergoes CT scan testing at Southwest Imaging Center in Dallas. (Mona Reeder/The Dallas Morning News)

Medical care in Dallas is delivered in a broken market where doctors, hospitals and other providers shower patients with services of diminishing value but staggering cost. In a series of stories, The Dallas Morning News examines how the actions of doctors, hospitals, insurance companies and the government have combined to make Dallas one of the highest-spending communities in the nation.

At the Edge of Life The Dallas Morning News spent a year exploring efforts to improve end-of-life medical care, gaining unprecedented access to Baylor University Medical Center's palliative-care team and spending months interviewing clinicians, patients and families.		DNA Exonerations The Dallas Morning News spent most of 2008 investigating Dallas County's 19 DNA exonerations as well as current felony cases to document flaws in the witness identification process.

State of Neglect Texas has long been hard on the weak and vulnerable. But it isn't only the poor and afflicted who need help; everyone relies on state government for some protection. Not everyone receives it.		Choosing Thomas Facing death can be hardest for a family expecting new life. Follow T.K. and Deidra Laux's journey after they learn that their unborn son has a genetic disorder.

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	Toxic Neighbors A Dallas Morning News investigation has found dozens of sites with hazardous chemicals that are close to residential neighborhoods.

	Unequal Justice Texas is known for killing its killers. But it might also free you on probation - if you murder the right person.

	Immigrant Students Immigration, particularly teens from rural Mexico, poses a major challenge for Dallas-Fort Worth public schools.

	Faces of TYC Brutality, sexual abuse, failed leadership and questionable business dealings often went unchecked at the Texas Youth Commission.

	The Fight for Sugar Hill • Chapter 1: A rock on Sugar Hill • Chapter 2: Death in the family • Chapter 3: Walk of faith

	Losing Chuck, Finding Sallie • Part 1: Stratton's wife sure he'll come back • Part 2: Wife struggles to move on • Part 3: Together again

	TAKS Cheating Look at test score results, see where the cheating schools are and more.

	TXU Buyout The proposed TXU buyout offers no long-term advantages to customers, according to an independent study commissioned by The Dallas Morning News

	Affordable Housing Crisis Dallas is the ninth-largest city in the U.S., and it's not getting any smaller. The question: Where are they all going to live? Part 1: Is Dallas losing its livability? Part 2: Forest Heights back from brink

	Yolanda's Crossing Yolanda Méndez Torres' odyssey reveals hidden abuse that's all too common.

	Unequal Justice Tyrone Brown, a poor, black high school dropout, got a life sentence after he tested positive once for marijuana while on probation for a robbery. Mr. Brown was released in March 2007, less than a year after The Dallas Morning News reported the disparity between Mr. Brown's case and that of a well-connected white man.

	Holes in DISD's screening process Employees with history of serious offenses slip through the cracks.

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