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Health policy
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$150 billion of stimulus headed to health care
Dr. Robert Steinbrook broke down health care’s share of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – also known as the…
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First chapters of latest sourcebook are online
Confused about covering health issues? The Alliance for Health Policy, a nonprofit that bills itself as nonpartisan health policy education…
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AHCJ members part of new St. Louis health section
In an encouraging move, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will be placing greater emphasis on health coverage with the planned launch…
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Stimulus funds study of effectiveness of treatments
Robert Pear reports in The New York Times that $1.1 billion of the $787 billion federal economic stimulus package will…
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Jost discusses consumer-driven health plans
In the latest installment of the Columbia Journalism Review‘s “Excluded Voices” series, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors,…
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Doctor suggests reforms to stop foodborne illness
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dennis G. Maki, M.D. takes a look at foodborne illness, the sources…
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Group tackles shady practices of Calif. insurers
In California Lawyer, Jeanette Borzo tells the story of how Los Angeles city attorneys and a private law firm teamed…
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Prevention vs. treatment in global health
AHCJ members Christine Gorman and Maryn McKenna participated in a blog experiment, in which a group of people decide to…
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Employee benefits reference free for journalists
Health journalists will be able to get their hands on a traditionally strong reference book for free. The first complete…
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Health costs, reform high on state legislatures’ lists
The National Conference of State Legislatures compiles an annual list of issues it predicts will dominate the year’s legislative sessions.…