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Health Policy
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AHCJ fellow tells how she examined hospital community benefit, post-ACA
Beth Kutscher, a Modern Healthcare reporter who recently become the publication’s California bureau chief, has covered health care finance for…
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Time to take a look at local efforts to tackle health, poverty
Perhaps 2016 will be the year of the gap – tackling the issue of the working poor who fall between…
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Understanding the federal spending deal and how it affects the ACA
We’ve just posted a tip sheet to help you understand four main ways the big year-end tax and spending deal…
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Getting the facts straight in the ACA reform debate
Many of us spend time fact-checking what political candidates say during the debates. But sometimes we need to fact-check the…
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Looking back at 2015 on Covering Health
Bacon, chocolate, vaccines and Mark Cuban: Those were the topics of some of the most-read Covering Health posts of 2015.…
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One thing to keep in mind when reporting on growth in health care spending
The latest health care spending trends are out from the Medicare actuaries – and most reporters focused on how spending…
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Will jobs beat ideology to spur Medicaid expansion in the South?
We’ve written extensively about Medicaid expansion and the impact on hospitals that have many low-income uninsured patients that would be…
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How much can Kentucky’s next governor unravel an ACA success story?
The off-year Kentucky governor’s election put the future of the Affordable Care Act into question in that state. Kentucky is…
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Those who assist with health plan enrollment now have expanded roles – are they prepared?
One clear lesson that health law advocates have drawn during the first two enrollment seasons under the Affordable Care Act…
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Finding fresh ways to report on Medicaid, changes in health care system
The Washington, D.C., chapter of AHCJ held an event about Medicaid in late October with Matt Salo, who leads the…