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Health policy
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Looking back at 2015 on Covering Health
Bacon, chocolate, vaccines and Mark Cuban: Those were the topics of some of the most-read Covering Health posts of 2015.…
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International panel formed as resource for journalists
Six AHCJ members are part of a new international effort to share information about how other countries’ health systems work.…
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Workshop will help reporters translate medical research to audiences accurately
Even if you only cover health care occasionally, you run across myriad medical studies and health claims. The results and…
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Gauging ‘success’ at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, created by the Affordable Care Act, is trying new ways of delivering health care and…
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President’s Corner: Stark reflects on conference, latest AHCJ developments
Health Journalism 2015 made me smarter. I’ll give two examples. First, there was the pleasure of listening to Abraham Verghese,…
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Ms. Seegert goes to Washington
When the confirmation email arrived in my inbox late Friday afternoon, I had all but given up on obtaining press…
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Proposal would change how hospitals bill for services after acquiring physician groups
When health policy experts talk about ways to improve how Medicare and commercial health plans pay for care, they often…
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VA secretary addresses some of department’s challenges #ahcj15
More than 140 journalists at Health Journalism 2015 gathered early Friday to hear Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald – and to…
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Native American tribe wields sales tax to promote healthier eating
Hoping to encourage healthier eating habits, leaders of the Navajo Nation have imposed a potentially precedent-setting tax on junk food…
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Health Journalism 2015 agenda covers gamut of health care
We have posted descriptions of nearly all of the panels planned for Health Journalism 2015 and it’s an agenda packed…