Past Contest Entries

ACA and rural health

One story examines the way Health Policy is playing out in one of America’s sickest, poorest regions as the Affordable Care Act gets under way. Reporters found it is neither a cure-all nor a train wreck. The other examines how Health Policy and other government policies are hurting rural hospital and forcing many to close across the nation.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2014

Category:

  • Health Policy (large)

Affiliation:

USA Today

Reporter:

Laura Ungar, National/Regional Health Enterprise Reporter (with Jayne O’Donnell, health policy reporter; Rick Hampson, general assignment reporter)

Links: