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Congress votes to give states more say in defining the small group insurance market
In 2016, the definition of “small business” or “small group” market was supposed to change under the Affordable Care Act.…
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One series leads to another for Georgia journalist looking into Medicaid expansion under the ACA
Misty Williams In the spring of 2014, I began working on a series of stories spotlighting the health care “coverage…
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How we talk about cancer: Insights on language for journalists
The public radio show “On the Media” recently devoted its entire hour to an insightful and poignant episode on cancer…
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Reporting on hype, hope around treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
There seems to be no end of news reports about promising therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. With the…
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Dental care rates improve for children with public coverage but gaps persist, study says
More American children are obtaining dental services now than a decade ago. What’s more, a longstanding gap in dental visits…
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N.J. officials ask attorney general to investigate Horizon’s new tiered insurance network
Hospital administrators in New Jersey have asked state officials to intervene in a disagreement over a proposed tiered network of…
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Controversy over blood pressure trial demonstrates danger of relying on press releases
When the headline on a news release begins with “landmark” and includes the words “lifesaving,” “greatly,” and “milestone,” a good…
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How the system spells trouble for one health expert’s Rx
Last week, I shook the medicine bottle and felt just a few pills left. At the same time, weather forecasters…
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ProPublica offers rebuttal to Rand critique of Surgeon Scorecard
Not unexpectedly, ProPublica has published a response to the Rand Corporation’s recent 20-page critique of the journalism organization’s Surgeon Scorecard, a searchable database of…
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How one reporter re-purposed her broadcast, online work for a new audience
Joanne Silberner did a heavily reported series of radio stories and web posts on cancer in developing countries in 2013.…
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