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Business pushes screenings despite guidelines
Jeff Baillon, a reporter for KMSP-Minneapolis/St. Paul, saw Life Line’s ubiquitous mailers (here’s the one AHCJ’s Gary Schwitzer received) in…
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Hospital claims reform causing financial woes
Sean Kelly of WCVB-Boston reports that, despite suing the state on the grounds that financial difficulties caused by Massachusetts Health…
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Lieberman picks apart Baucus changes
In her latest post on CJR.org, AHCJ immediate past president Trudy Lieberman picks apart the Baucus bill, with a special…
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Is Baucus’ excise on ‘Cadillac’ plans too broad?
The New York Times‘ Reed Abelson writes that the excise tax on premium health insurance plans that Montana Sen. Max…
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Census data on insurance coverage: The recap
The Census Bureau couldn’t have timed the release of its first American Community Survey data on health insurance coverage in…
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Abandoned mercury mines taint water, fish
As The New York Times‘ Toxic Waters captures attention across the country, the Associated Press has released its own story…
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Project looks at high price of health care in Dallas
In their “The Cost of Care” package, Dallas Morning News reporters seek to explain why, as Jim Landers says in…
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Health journo goes it alone without insurance
Freelance health writer and AHCJ founding member Duncan Moore has gained national attention recently for his Los Angeles Times piece…
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OIG: Are we ready for a flu pandemic?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has released two reports assessing just how prepared Americans…
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Walking school bus hopes to cut traffic, obesity
Just in time for International Walk to School Day (Oct. 7), Bobbie O’Brien of public radio station WUSF-Tampa reports on…