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Delaying Affordable Care Act not as simple as it sounds
With all the website woes, you are going to hear a lot more about “delaying” the Affordable Care Act. But…
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Reporter looks at why, how clinic banned drug reps and their samples
Six years ago, a clinic in Oregon made the decision to ban representatives from the pharmaceutical companies. The doctors and…
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Reporters provide insight into causes of insurance marketplace glitches
As one of my colleagues emailed me the other day: “Life’s a glitch.” We know we’ll be hearing A LOT…
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Reference tool for covering insurance exchanges
The other day we gave you a Twitter list of many of the state-based health insurance reforms (courtesy of Huffington…
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Health Policy D-Day? Or not for a few more months?
At the AHCJ event we had in Washington, D.C., a few weeks ago, I talked about why there’s nothing magical…
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Tracking exchange activity
If you want to track activity in state exchanges across the country, Jeff Young of Huffington Post has put together…
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Government shutdown doesn’t stop ‘Obamacare’ but may have consequences
A brief explanation of why a government shutdown over “Obamacare” won’t shutdown “Obamacare:” Congress is fighting (among other things) over…
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Online tool can help reporters offer facts, context to Health Policy choices
This guide to Obamacare from California’s KQED, written by Lisa Aliferis, is very user friendly. It is an overview of…
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Despite ACA, remember that millions will remain uninsured
Who will still be uninsured a decade from now? We know millions of people are going to get covered under…
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Three stories illuminate how doctors’ fees are established
Most of the posts I do here have a take-home message tailored to the rollout of the health law: here’s…