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Funding of long-term care remains an unanswered question
Most policymakers and experts agree the U.S. needs to do a better job of addressing the rising demand for long-term…
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Reporter shares how to integrate effects of social determinants in health stories
It’s easy to blame disadvantaged people for engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for developing diabetes. Rhiannon Meyers,…
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Cost reports show financial health of hospitals, amount of charity care they provide
Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit investigative journalism team, recently published a two-part series on hospitals based on financial data obtained for every…
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Mosquito-borne disease appears in West Indies
A nasty virus just landed on America’s doorstep. Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
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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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Colo. advocates predict newly insured patients will overwhelm dentists
Hundreds of thousands of adults and children in Colorado will soon get dental coverage thanks to health care reform efforts…
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New resources explain role of dental therapists
Dental therapists have the potential to expand access to oral health care, though opponents (such as the American Dental Association)…
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Series on income inequality explores the health consequences
The greatest public health problem is not heart disease. It’s not cancer. And it’s not mental health. It’s inequality. That’s…
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Congressional update at GSA touches on upcoming stories
What’s really happening with aging policy in Washington? At last week’s annual Gerontological Society of America Conference in New Orleans,…
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Medicare changes payments for outpatients, home health care
Late Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its final hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment schedule…