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Affordable Care Act
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Election could affect ACA’s expansion of dental care
Dental coverage might not have grabbed top billing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the law does…
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More data on effect of state insurance rate reviews available
A few weeks ago we gave you an overview of insurance rate review under Health Policy. Some states have the…
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Experts make predictions for future of health insurance exchanges
By Nov. 16, states must make firm decisions about whether they will run a state exchange, whether they will allow…
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Immigrant health gets spotlight at workshop
More than 50 journalists gathered at AHCJ’s fall workshop in San Antonio to understand and better report stories on the…
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State countdown: Fate of exchanges after elections
Just days after the November elections, states will have to make final (or reasonably final) decisions about whether they are…
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Graphics illustrate critiques, common myths about Health Policy
For those of you who like pictures (or infographics, as the cool kids call them), we have two for you.…
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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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Effects of ACA’s insurance rate reviews vary based on state
So all those headlines about how the Affordable Care Act’s insurance rate reviews are keeping premium hikes more reasonable and…
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Patients paying for confusion over prevention vs. treatment under ACA
Under the Affordable Care Act, certain high-value preventive services – such as colonoscopies – are supposed to be free. No co-pay…
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Be ready to cover innovations to prevent elder abuse
Think of a vulnerable older woman whose caregiver empties out her bank account, or a cognitively compromised homebound older man…