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Going deep on hospital closures and their human impact
Pittsburgh’s dominant health system closed a hospital in the economically depressed town of Braddock four years ago and soon after…
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ACA rules force health insurers to increase spending on care delivery
A new report on how health insurers are complying with the medical loss ratio rules shows insurers spent more on…
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Reporting team scrutinizes Medicare Advantage
The Center for Public Integrity’s series unearthing potential fraud and waste under the Medicare Advantage program had little help —…
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Breaking down court rulings on Affordable Care Act subsidies
Even for those of us who cover the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more or less full time, July 22 was…
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What do you really know about the social determinants of health?
It’s hard to think clearly about Health Policy if you ignore the social determinants of health, that is, how each…
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Health costs, journalism and transparency: One site opening door to price data
Here’s a resource for health care costs – and a creative journalistic model of crowdsourcing, data collection, mapping, reporting and…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the giant dental benefits company that took over…
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GAO report on medical loss ratio finds insurers spend little on quality improvement
The U.S. Government Accountability Office generated some minor headlines last week when it reported on how much health insurers paid…
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Clearing the air on a WHO study
Last week, I encountered yet another example of why it’s so important to always read the whole study — not…
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Elder advocates release international model human rights convention; will go before UN
The Chicago Declaration on the Rights of Older Persons — a proposed international convention that aims to provide legal protections…