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Showdown over Medicare Advantage looms
In support of a range of folks including President Obama and his local orthopedists, Gilbert Cranberg takes on Medicare Advantage…
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Top HHS positions remain vacant
Dave Helling of The Kansas City Star found vacant positions at the highest levels of many government agencies, including the…
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Federal document provides info, ideas in 20 areas
AHCJ member Eileen Beal suggests that people doing social service writing might be interested in the federal government’s Catalog of…
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15 areas get a share of NIH’s stimulus funding
The NIH has designated $200 million of its stimulus money for 200 or more “Challenge Grants” in specific areas where…
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Tattoo parlor inspection records yield insight
Jennifer L. Boen of The News-Sentinel reviewed five years of tattoo parlor inspections in Fort Wayne, Ind., and found that,…
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Mont. Democrat leads Senate health charge
The Boston Globe‘s Lisa Wangsness reports that Montana Democrat and Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus has become a leader…
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Private food auditors didn’t stop outbreaks
Michael Moss and Andrew Martin of The New York Times reviewed several major recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and discovered…
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Politics trumped FDA scientists’ objections
The Wall Street Journal‘s Alicia Mundy chronicles how political lobbying can overcome scientists’ objections and influence the FDA approval process.…
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COBRA: Under-covered and misunderstood?
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors, reviewed recent media coverage of the federal…
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Underinsured face higher bills, bankruptcy
In Time, Karen Tumulty used the story of her brother’s kidney problems and resulting medical bills to look into the…