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Government
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Overcoming cautious officials to tell stories of mental illness
Many of you will already be familiar with “Mental Breakdown,” the CHCF Center for Health Reporting and Modesto Bee joint…
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Federal funding of migrant health clinics under fire
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz spotlights a 50-year-old federal effort to provide health care to migrant farmworkers, one which provides…
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Covering state responses to Supreme Court decision on Affordable Care Act
If the Supreme Court strikes key parts – but not all – of the 2010 health law, the best chances…
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Get familiar with alternatives to ACA’s individual mandate
The Supreme Court this month – probably June 28 but maybe a bit earlier – will rule on the Affordable Care…
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Campaign wants some immunity for docs who apologize
According to my mother, it sometimes isn’t enough to just say you’re sorry. In The Kansas City Star, Alan Bavley…
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Experts share challenges of setting up state insurance exchanges
Setting up a state insurance exchange is a complicated endeavor – made more so by the bitter politics of Health…
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Investigative reports lead to Senate investigation into painkiller promotion
Following up on reporting efforts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today and ProPublica, a Senate committee has launched investigation into…
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Investigation finds hospital’s leader spent public money on personal interests
Reese Dunklin and Sue Goetinck Ambrose of The Dallas Morning News document how Kern Wildenthal, the former UT Southwestern Medical…
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Reuters explains Big Food’s remarkable lobbying success
Investigating for Reuters, Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts analyzed lobbying records and found that, in the past few years, the…
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Tulsa World investigates billing, compensation at ambulance utility
The Tulsa World‘s Ziva Branstetter has, for months now, been doggedly investigating the billing practices of the Emergency Medical Services…