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Health policy
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The other part of Health Policy: Changing the delivery of care
Reforms to the health care delivery system have been overshadowed by the Affordable Care Act enrollment story but there are stories galore…
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SCOTUS: Some things to note as we wait for a decision
On March 4 the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell. A ruling is expected in late June…
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Sullivan, autobiography recognized with NAACP Image Award
Louis W. Sullivan, who spoke to Health Journalism 2014 attendees about his just-released autobiography, has won an NAACP Image Award…
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Discount drug pricing: Cutting through the controversy
Independent journalist Lola Butcher reports that debate about the government’s 340B Drug Pricing Program continues to build as the program expands. “Like…
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Experts share realities behind generic, specialty drug pricing
Health journalists received a few lessons in economics during a discussion last week on some alarming drug trends – largely…
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Covering an ACA grant for ‘superusers’ in Pennsylvania
Most of us have heard about “super-users” – patients who are constantly in and out of the hospital, running up…
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In sad, compelling stories, journalists are documenting a mental health care system in crisis
Imagine the outcry if patients with cancer or any other chronic condition lacked standard, appropriate care. Such ill treatment would…
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AHCJ members report on health spending in Mozambique
Noam Levey, who received a 2013 AHCJ Reporting Fellowship on Health Care Performance, recently reported on health care spending in…
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Connections between housing, health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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Health care industry reacting to overtesting, overtreatment
The American health care system wastes an estimated $750 billion a year, according to the Institute of Medicine. At a…