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Frequent fliers

An investigation of readmission penalties, an element of the Affordable Care Act designed to reduce costs and lead to more coordinated healthcare.

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Main Street: Findlay, Ohio

Need to Know travels to Ohio to assess how workers are faring after the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs over the past 35 years.

The Border Series

Dying to get back

For those coming into the country illegally, it is now more deadly, more lethal, than at any time in recent U.S. immigration history.

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Searching for answers

19-year-old Gladys Dominguez shares her search for information about her father who was lost crossing Arizona state's border desert.

numbers in the news

Following the money: Tax breaks

New CBO report echoes the findings of Need to Know's "A tale or four tax returns."

- Need to Know aired on PBS from 2010 to June 2013. For more original field reporting and in-depth analysis of the day's national and international news, tune in to the PBS NewsHour Weekend newscast, premiering on Sept. 7 and airing on Saturdays and Sundays.

Need to Know is a production of Creative News Group (CNG) in association with WNET. Marc Rosenwasser is Executive Producer. Need to Know is made possible by Bernard and Irene Schwartz, Mutual of America, Citi Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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