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NPR: Reform arguments confuse folks
NPR’s Liz Halloran reports that while many understand that the nation’s health system may need to be changed, and that…
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Reform coverage that raises important questions
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, writing for CJR.org, points to several stories about health care reform that raise important questions about…
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Politifact, AP fact check health care claims
Angie Drobnic Holan, writing on the St. Petersburg Times‘ Politifact site, has composed a point-by-point debunking of a lengthy anti-reform…
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Senate idea: Tax plastic surgery to pay for reform
Peter Cohn of NationalJournal.com reports that the Senate Finance Committee has discussed, among other things, a 10 percent tax on…
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Health care news coverage on the rise
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at how the U.S. news…
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Press not explaining how plan will affect consumers
AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman recently appeared on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, with Marcia Angell, M.D., a senior lecturer in…
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Why Canada’s system does and doesn’t work
Susan Taylor Martin of the St. Petersburg Times explored Canada’s universal health care system, seeking to dispel rumors and misconceptions…
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Obama, media find reform issues tough to explain
NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving takes a look at why President Obama’s prime-time news conference last week failed to…
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Reporter calls out legislators citing Lewin Group
David S. Hilzenrath of The Washington Post writes about the Lewin Group, the consulting firm whose research has been cited…
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AP fact checks Obama’s press conference
Associated Press Writers Calvin Woodward and Jim Kuhnhenn look at some claims President Obama made in last night’s prime-time news…