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Drilling down into numbers uncovers Marketplace glitch
Ten days before the (expected) close of open enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the federal exchange’s window-shopping tool – the one…
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Rural health providers alarmed by regulatory changes #ahcj14
Attend AHCJ’s free Rural Health Journalism Workshop for a better understanding of what’s happening – or will be happening –…
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Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data
AHCJ hosted a webcast about the CMS data, featuring several CMS officials and Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter at ProPublica and…
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Lack of access to dental care leads to expensive emergency room care
In recent years, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have drawn millions of poor and underinsured patients coping with dental problems. Yet…
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Using data from exchanges, journalists report on the true cost of health insurance
When the federal and state exchanges opened for business on Oct. 1, 2013, health care journalists found a trove of…
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Survey: Older patients like, want medical homes
Older patients like the kind of team care delivered in medical homes and most of those who get this care…
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How to talk about death and dying #ahcj14
Journalists need to talk about death responsibly and honestly, and should be part of the communication process between provider and…
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Hospitals rethink charity for those passing on Obamacare
The basic calculation uninsured people had to make this first open enrollment season in the ACA is whether to get…
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Researchers ‘owe’ the public information about financial ties #ahcj14
When writing about medical studies, reporters should always ask researchers about any financial relationships with drug companies or device manufacturers.…
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Covering ACA numbers? The semantics matter
With big new sign-up numbers coming out of the state and federal exchanges, Politico health care reporter Kyle Cheney reports…