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Health care reform
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HHS publishes insurance prices, Consumer Reports explains reform
The first big wave of health care reform implementation has brought with it a mini-boom in consumer-oriented explainer sites and…
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Get up to speed on Sept. 23 insurance changes
Start with this primer from the AP’s Carla K. Johnson, an AHCJ board member. The big lesson is that you’ll…
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Pharmaceutical spending varies geographically
The New England Journal of Medicine has examined geographical variation in Medicare drug spending, an area the authors said previous…
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‘Main Street’ informed, skeptical on Health Policy
In her blog on CJR.org, AHCJ Immediate Past President Trudy Lieberman updates what is becoming an annual franchise: Her summer…
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Article looks at evidence behind back surgery
In the Star Tribune, Janet Moore seeks to counter aggressive spinal surgery with equally aggressive journalism. It’s a comprehensive take…
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How reform will affect America, group by group
In Health Affairs (AHCJ members get free access), economist Joseph Newhouse considers how health care reform will affect four major…
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New rules affect patients’ insurance appeals
Kaiser Health News’ Phil Galewitz and Michelle Andrews have an update on health care reform implementation, pointing out that new…
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PEJ: Reform coverage centered on politics
Six basic facts about how the media handled coverage of health care reform have been distilled from a study of…
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Blame aggressive treatment, tech for rising costs
Wholesome, clean-living and thrifty, Provo, Utah, has always been a Dartmouth Atlas darling. But in recent years, health costs in…
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#AHCJ2010 early coverage roundup
Apart from the announcement of the FDA’s infusion pump regulation push, the biggest appearances out of Health Journalism 2010 in…