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Insurance
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Report shows health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws
A recent report indicates that health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws for people with employer-sponsored…
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In 2020, employers’ benefit plans will promote more virtual care and focus on high-cost claims
Companies that pay for employer-sponsored health insurance are continually seeking ways to cut health care costs and improve the care…
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Will the ACA individual mandate case go directly to the Supreme Court?
Under the most usual course of events, the Supreme Court would not consider (again) the fate of the Affordable Care…
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New tip sheet explains ‘partial Medicaid expansion’ – and why it hasn’t happened (yet)
Since the Supreme Court ruling in 2012, states have been warring over whether or not to expand Medicaid. Now, some…
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Maternal deaths among black women focus attention on the need for policy and payment reform
For the past several years, health care journalists have correctly focused on the rising rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the…
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Year-end wrap-up: What your colleagues are reading
We’re closing in on the end of the year and the inevitable annual lists. We thought this would be a…
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Congress strikes taxes that helped pay for the ACA
Remember all those taxes and fees meant to pay for the Affordable Care Act? The ones that keep getting delayed,…
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New BMJ resource connects health journalists to established experts
The British Medical Association’s BMJ, one of the oldest and most respected family of medical journals, has launched a tool…
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Globe Spotlight journalist reports on the link between economic inequality and financial toxicity in health care
Two of the biggest issues the Democratic candidates are addressing in the presidential race are economic inequality and the need…
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Tweeting and Tennessee: The story of a block grant
Tennessee is pursuing a variant of a block grant for Medicaid (although it’s not strictly a block grant but more…