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Cost report full of ideas for state-level stories on reform
We get inundated with reports and issue papers, but every once in a while it’s a good idea to pick…
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Star-Telegram incident is a cautionary tale about ‘Obamacare horror stories’
In November, the Fort Worth Star Telegram wrote about several people who were “losing” under the Affordable Care Act. A…
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Understand role of catastrophic health plans and who’s eligible
So did the Obama administration let potentially millions of Americans buy the same kind of “junk” insurance policies that were…
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Lieberman: Media didn’t prepare public for website meltdown, cancellations
(Full disclosure: Kenen is Politico’s health care editor.) Former AHCJ president and Columbia Journalism Review contributor Trudy Lieberman – in a…
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HealthCare.gov issues affect Medicaid enrollment
Here’s another HealthCare.gov problem – and a workaround – that haven’t gotten much attention. People can apply for Medicaid (traditional or expanded)…
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Calculator caution: Using online tools outside marketplaces can be unreliable
You have all probably gotten some emails about this website or that app that can give costs of various health…
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Beware of ‘health plan nostalgia’ in reporting on insurance cancellations
Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) of the Los Angeles Times has done some fine reporting about the bottom line on the health insurance…
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Online tool uses state, federal data to track marketplace enrollments
The federal government plans to release exchange enrollment figures once a month (here’s the first report), and they’re expected to…
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Covering Health Policy’s cancellation crisis
A few weeks into the cancellation crisis – some of which could be mitigated by the delay President Obama just announced – here’s…
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What we know – and a bit of what we don’t – about HealthCare.gov
I’m not particularly tech savvy but, one month into the HealthCare.gov website mess, here’s some of what I think we…