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Long-term care insurance premiums jump
As the population ages and costs continue rising, paying for long-term care is a big issue for middle class families.…
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Aging in place becoming more popular, possible
In the latest installment in The Associated Press series on growing old in America, David Crary explores how the health…
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Florida hospitals sidestep state constitution, keep records under wraps
Writing for BrowardBulldog.org, an independent investigative news site serving South Florida, Amber Statler-Matthews reports that hospitals are going to what…
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Reporters spend 10 weeks immersed in end-of-life care
Toronto Globe and Mail reporter Lisa Priest and photographer Moe Doiron spent two-and-a-half months embedded in a 20-bed critical care…
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Antipsychotic use booms among Canadian kids
Writing for The Vancouver Sun and Postmedia News, Sharon Kirkey and Pamela Fayerman, report that, in an environment where the…
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New outlet to cover food, environment outlet opens with story on N.M. dairy regulation
Under Editor-in-Chief Sam Fromartz, The Food and Environmental Reporting Network has published its first story, a look at pollution and…
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Seattle hospitals love building costly ERs
The Puget Sound emergency room construction boom is in full swing, and Seattle Times reporter Carol Ostrom has taken a…
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Calif. center, ethnic outlets partner to examine elderly day care’s demise
The California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting partnered with no fewer than nine different organizations to produce a sprawling…
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DoD spent nearly $363 million on weight-loss surgeries in past decade
Reporting for KIRO-Seattle, Chris Halsne used FOIA requests to find out how much the military’s TriCare plan is paying for…
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Medicaid programs slow to act against system exploiters
At ProPublica, senior reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have published the latest turn in their ongoing analysis of conflicts…