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Insurance
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A look at how states are addressing balance billing abuses
We’ve all read about patients who were careful to choose an in-network doctor or hospital but still ended up with…
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Things to keep in mind about the King v. Burwell SCOTUS ruling
The court ruled that the subsidies were integral to the functioning of insurance markets under the ACA, and that Congress…
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Notes and quotes from King v. Burwell decision
Here are just a few notes, key quotes and links to coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the subsidies…
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States, consumer groups take steps to help with ‘surprise’ medical bills
Amy Trent, a health care reporter for the News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., found an ideal source for an…
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Proposal would change how hospitals bill for services after acquiring physician groups
When health policy experts talk about ways to improve how Medicare and commercial health plans pay for care, they often…
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Return to McAllen illustrates changes ACA has brought to health care system
In June 2009, Atul Gawande wrote an influential New Yorker article, about the community of McAllen, Texas, which has some…
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Eight-part series on hepatitis C finds unique moment in an epidemic
While working on a documentary about opioid addiction, Kristin Espeland Gourlay, the health care reporter for Rhode Island Public Radio, discovered…
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Journalists expose weaknesses in Idaho’s fragmented, threadbare mental health system
Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran a series titled, “In Crisis,”…
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Debunking myths designed to hinder price, quality transparency efforts
When writing about transparency in health care prices and quality, journalists should expose the myths that health care providers promote.…
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Experts make some predictions about SCOTUS ruling
Will fretting over King v. Burwell be remembered in the same breath as worries over Y2K? Or will the calamity…