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Health Policy
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Putting a human face on Maryland’s unique all-payer system
Sarah Gantz has been fascinated with Maryland’s Medicare waiver since the Baltimore Business Journal hired her to write about health…
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What ACA enrollment numbers tell us – and what they don’t
By now you have heard of “Dentalgate.” The administration, twice, released ACA enrollment numbers this fall that included nearly 400,000…
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Why do rural hospitals close and what does it mean to communities?
Jayne O’Donnell and Laura Ungar had an interesting story recently in USA Today about rural hospital closures. The pace of closures…
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What the Republican win might mean for the Affordable Care Act
Come January, the Republicans will have big majorities in the House and the Senate – majorities they have not had…
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A one-year assessment of the ACA
The New York Times recently pulled their reportorial and graphics know-how together to do a one-year assessment of the ACA.…
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When covering health insurance is personal
California journalist Randy Dotinga has written several pieces about his own efforts to obtain health insurance. His “long-running tale of…
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Looking ahead to the second ACA enrollment period
We’re closing in on the start of the ACA’s second open enrollment season. Both Kevin Counihan, the new HealthCare.gov “CEO”…
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Tips on covering hospital mergers and acquisitions
Hospitals across the country are merging – both with other hospitals and with other health care entities such as clinics and…
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D.C.-area journalists get tips on upcoming ACA stories
Open enrollment is coming again. And with millions of new people signing up for health insurance and renewing their plans…
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About 115,000 could lose insurance coverage based on residency issues
We wrote earlier this month about the Sept. 5 deadline for people who had signed up for ACA coverage through…