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Insurance
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U.S., Canadian health care systems share some challenges
Lieberman recently returned from a monthlong visit to Canada as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. She lectured on the American health…
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As new year begins, consumers lack data to make informed health care decisions
One of the biggest health care news stories of 2013 was the lack of price transparency. But consumers need much…
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Idaho publishers seek access to health care price information in antitrust case
News publishers in Idaho have asked the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to unseal pricing information…
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Report shows how reference pricing brings down costs
One issued we pursued during the AHCJ webcast last month (The cost of health care: Is transparency possible?) is whether…
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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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Will price transparency drive up health care costs?
Will increased price transparency in health care drive up costs? That’s what a health plan association executive suggested last week…
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Survey: Employers expect health benefits to cost more; small companies consider dropping coverage
Here are two issues to watch in the coming year: How many employers will drop health insurance coverage in the…
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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…