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insurance
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Reporting on the future of state high-risk pools
As we noted yesterday, the special high-risk pools created by the federal health law to cover some people with pre-existing…
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Revisit how high-risk insurance pools are working in your state
It’s a good time to take a look at the high-risk pools. There are two basic kinds of high-risk pools…
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Vermont co-op plan suffers surprising setback
We’ve written several times about the role of co-ops in the states (here and here) and posted a lot of…
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Keep caveats in mind when writing about climbing premiums, Health Policy
Insurers are beginning to file their rate requests and, naturally, they are beginning to generate headlines as well as more…
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Industry group concerned parents may drop dental coverage
An estimated 5.3 million children are expected to get dental coverage next year through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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Answering the big questions about insurance exchanges, states to watch
We write a lot on this blog about state developments, the exchanges and Medicaid expansion, as that’s a huge part…
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Quick lessons for covering state implementation of the health care law
At Health Journalism 2013, I led a panel about state implementation of the health law (Angie Drobnic Holan of the…
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Freelancing: Keys to negotiating fair contracts
Being an independent journalist doesn’t mean you have to acquiesce to the dictates of sources – or of clients. The key…
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Timeline shows upcoming developments in exchanges
As many of you know, Gary Cohen, the head of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (the HHS…
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Writing about co-ops: A taste of the complexity
I wrote about co-ops as an undercovered Health Policy topic last month and provided some resources about how to cover…