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health care costs
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Series examines life expectancy disparities
In their Contra Costa Times series “Shortened Lives,” Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman start by profiling three different people from…
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J-S: No reform measure will get majority support
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s Guy Boulton breaks down polling data and political strategy to demonstrate that, while a large majority of…
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Insurers trick Facebookers into writing Congress
This year, Facebook launched a virtual currency that allows users to buy extra items in popular games. Now, according to…
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Utah tests hybrid bundled payment system
The Salt Lake Tribune‘s Lisa Rosetta explains Utah’s new bulk payment pilot program, which aims to drive down costs by…
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Bankruptcy: Health insurance for the desperate
In The New York Times, reporter Kevin Sack visits Nashville, Tenn. to tell stories from the front lines of health…
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One town’s end-of-life talks lead to living wills
NPR’s Joseph Shapiro has unearthed an outlier in the nation’s health care cost numbers, one which demonstrates the reality of…
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NYT Mag takes deep look at data-driven medicine
David Leonhardt, writing for New York Times Magazine, profiles Brent James and Intermountain Healthcare, the hospital network he helps oversee.…
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Industry unleashes millions to fight sugary drink tax
Joe Eaton of the Center for Public Integrity and Christine Spolar of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund look into how…
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ProPublica: How will reform apply to individuals?
Photo by jayKayEss via Flickr. Olga Pierce, one of the keepers of ProPublica’s Eye on Health Care Reform page, is…
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We have public options now. Are they any good?
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…