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Report card shows erosion of health insurance coverage in the states
The coronavirus has certainly pushed the health care system into a crisis. Still, even before the pandemic began earlier this…
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Wide variations in health care providers’ charges raise questions about the right rate
Early last month, a report from the Pioneer Institute in Boston showed that Massachusetts consumers could have saved $22 million…
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Report shows wide variation in what insurers pay providers versus what Medicare would have paid
During the coronavirus pandemic, any number of good news stories seem to get little or no coverage because most health…
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N.C. journalist goes to Europe for lessons about opioid crisis
Last year, Taylor Knopf, a health care journalist at North Carolina Health News, spent more than a week out of…
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Pulitzer finalists explain how to use court documents to cover hospitals’ predatory billing practices
Court documents are among the best sources for journalists covering the aggressive tactics tht hospitals and health systems use when…
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Brenner leaves UnitedHealth Group to return to primary care
One of the nation’s most innovative physicians is leaving UnitedHealth Group to start a primary care practice in New Jersey.…
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Journalist digs through data sources to show how deal changed Montana’s insurance market
Covering health insurance in a less-populated state can be a significant challenge for journalists because most often, there’s not enough…
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Short-term, limited-duration health plans assailed in Congressional Democrats’ report
Short-term, limited-duration insurance plans threaten the health and financial well-being of American families, according to a recent staff report from…
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Even in a pandemic, it’s important to keep the price transparency issue in perspective
A federal judge last month ruled against the American Hospital Association and other hospital groups in their lawsuit against the…
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Time to track how the pandemic is hurting health care provider finances
While the death of more than 120,000 Americans related to the novel coronavirus is the most important story, the economic…