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Health Policy
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Star-Telegram incident is a cautionary tale about ‘Obamacare horror stories’
In November, the Fort Worth Star Telegram wrote about several people who were “losing” under the Affordable Care Act. A…
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Understand role of catastrophic health plans and who’s eligible
So did the Obama administration let potentially millions of Americans buy the same kind of “junk” insurance policies that were…
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National look reveals gap in access to pediatric dental care
Catherine Saint Louis of The New York Times took a hard national look at the pediatric dental benefits being offered…
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Lieberman: Media didn’t prepare public for website meltdown, cancellations
(Full disclosure: Kenen is Politico’s health care editor.) Former AHCJ president and Columbia Journalism Review contributor Trudy Lieberman – in a…
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Cost reports show financial health of hospitals, amount of charity care they provide
Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit investigative journalism team, recently published a two-part series on hospitals based on financial data obtained for every…
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Colo. advocates predict newly insured patients will overwhelm dentists
Hundreds of thousands of adults and children in Colorado will soon get dental coverage thanks to health care reform efforts…
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HealthCare.gov issues affect Medicaid enrollment
Here’s another HealthCare.gov problem – and a workaround – that haven’t gotten much attention. People can apply for Medicaid (traditional or expanded)…
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Experts suggest story ideas based on ACA implementation
Plenty of good story ideas await journalists willing to explore the nooks and crannies of the nation’s health care law.…
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New reports out on health care costs, transparency and new insurance strategies
Three reports – all on various aspects of health care costs – caught my eye today: The State of the Art of…
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Calculator caution: Using online tools outside marketplaces can be unreliable
You have all probably gotten some emails about this website or that app that can give costs of various health…