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Snapshot of state health spending yields some surprises
The Wall Street Journal and Louise Radnofsky did a nice package of interactive graphics and maps on state health spending. As…
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Answering the big questions about insurance exchanges, states to watch
We write a lot on this blog about state developments, the exchanges and Medicaid expansion, as that’s a huge part…
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Quick lessons for covering state implementation of the health care law
At Health Journalism 2013, I led a panel about state implementation of the health law (Angie Drobnic Holan of the…
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Timeline shows upcoming developments in exchanges
As many of you know, Gary Cohen, the head of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (the HHS…
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Writing about co-ops: A taste of the complexity
I wrote about co-ops as an undercovered Health Policy topic last month and provided some resources about how to cover…
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Premium shock: The story isn’t as simple as it seems
You’ve seen lots of stories – and you may well have written some – about how much the cost of…
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Insurance co-ops faded from view but still ripe for analysis
Former AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, in a CJR “Second Opinion” post, recently pointed out a story that was largely untold–…
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‘The insured and the unsure:’ What will businesses do?
I clicked on an Economist story on the future of employer-sponsored health insurance to get a sense of what picture…
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HHS gives some states flexibility in decisions on health insurance exchanges
A headline in The New York Times recently confused some people – initially including me. “States Will Be Given Extra…
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Story highlights parents affected by state decision on Medicaid expansion
Ron Jackson of Oklahoma Watch wrote one of the best stories I’ve seen laying out the policy dimensions and the…