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Health Policy
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3 angles to pursue when covering medical debt
Last Monday, the White House announced four steps to ease the burden of medical debt on health care consumers. The…
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Why the US nursing home system is ‘in desperate need of an overhaul’
A recent comprehensive and detailed report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine called for a revamping of…
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Equifax, Experian, TransUnion to remove some medical debt from credit reports
People in the United States will soon get some help addressing costly health care; three major consumer credit rating agencies…
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Why limiting insulin out-of-pocket costs solves only part of the problem
Last fall, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $2.2 million domestic spending plan called Build Back Better (BBB)…
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5 angles to consider when covering drug-price reform
Want to know why little gets done when the U.S. Congress takes up proposals to control drug prices? One recent…
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One reporter follows the money to show why Build Back Better failed
In December 2021, Jessie Hellmann, a politics reporter, wrote about how the Medicare Advantage program survived cuts that health policy…
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Covering Medicaid expansion: One reporter shows the contrast in bordering states
Dozens of journalists have reported how 38 states and the District of Columbia have increased eligibility in their Medicaid programs…
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3 reasons to cover new laws on hospital billing and medical debt
At least 10 states are taking steps to limit hospital billing practices to protect low-income residents from incurring hospital and…
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New webcast to address overhauling care and limiting costs for patients with diabetes
Last month, the National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC) issued a 192-page report urging an overhaul of diabetes care and an…
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ACA hits open-enrollment record, but swift action is needed to prevent rate hikes next year
After a record number of consumers signed up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Bob Herman…