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Health Policy
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House passes first bill to expand the ACA
The House recently passed a Health Policy bill – and it’s a definite win for the incrementalists. The Democratic presidential…
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Pandemic changes, or pauses, state approaches to health coverage
Before the new coronavirus pandemic, expanding health insurance was a hot topic in the presidential campaign. States were considering a…
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Fate of COBRA reforms in the HEROES Act
Democrats in Congress have several ways that they’d like to address the millions of newly unemployed and uninsured Americans during…
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Ask the experts: What do you want to know about COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic is quickly evolving and finding up-to-date answers to questions from experts has been challenging for many journalists.…
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AHCJ announces winners of 2019 health journalism contest
Investigations into flawed or corrupt health-care practices won many of the top honors in the Association of Health Care Journalists’…
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Congress, regulators offer financial relief for Americans seeking tests, treatment for new coronavirus
The just-passed multibillion-dollar Families First Coronavirus Response Act includes free diagnostic testing for the new COVID-19 illness — for those…
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VOX series examines the approach of four countries to universal coverage.
In a new How I Did It essay, Dylan Scott of Vox explains how he and colleagues Ezra Klein and…
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Actuaries report on shortcomings of short-term, limited-duration health plans
New research about short-term, limited-duration health plans shows that none of the plans studied covered pre-existing conditions and all had…
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Covering crowdsourced medical bills: Don’t skip these important questions
You’ve all seen the GoFundMe and other crowdsourcing campaigns for health care, on social media or elsewhere. They are probably…
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Proposed federal budget filled with cuts to programs benefiting older Americans
The Trump Administration’s proposed $4.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2021 features plenty of reductions to spending for Medicare, Medicaid and…
