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Health policy
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Mass. governor welcomes journalists, focuses on cost containment #ahcj13
Expanding access to health care and improving quality while containing costs are issues Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says are central…
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Insurance co-ops faded from view but still ripe for analysis
Former AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, in a CJR “Second Opinion” post, recently pointed out a story that was largely untold–…
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Aging adults face universal issues of access to care, poverty, discrimination
The aging of the population is a global trend, and one that will affect developing countries even more than the…
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Hospitals to workers: Get flu shot or get fired
In a story that could be replicated in many areas, The Morning Call‘s Tim Darragh writes that hopitals, both locally…
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Tips for finding local stories about Health Policy
Last week, Stacey Singer, of The Palm Beach Post, and I led a workshop on “Ten Local Health Stories” (actually we…
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Coming soon: Three new films about health care
We know of at least three new movies coming out on health care – overtreatment, undertreatment, cost, quality, the uninsured,…
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Business groups may change tune on Medicaid expansion
We’ve all been reporting on how health care providers – particularly safety nets and public hospitals – are going to…
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Candidates to answer questions on science, policy
President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney will answer a series of questions about science and related policy. The…
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No simple solution for gaps in oral health care
The lack of oral health coverage that affects more than 100 million Americans is a problem that will only be…
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Experts outline key points about Health Policy ruling
Now that the first wave of dust from the Supreme Court ruling has settled, we know we will be looking…