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Clearing up confusion about those enrolled in both Medicare, Medicaid
Dual eligibles are low-income elderly or disabled people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. The distinctions are sometimes bewildering. It’s easy…
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Connections between housing, health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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Baseball’s Schilling blames tobacco for cancer; what do reporters need to know about links?
The ties between smokeless tobacco and baseball run deep. The immortal Babe Ruth claimed Pinch Hit was his chew of…
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Exploring links between smokeless tobacco, oral cancer
The ties between smokeless tobacco and baseball run deep. The immortal Babe Ruth claimed Pinch Hit was his chew of…
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More on understanding – and unearthing – health care costs
The post we did on Clear Health Costs got a lot of positive reaction so we asked the team involved…
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Rx for the Bronx: Radio series looks beyond medical care for New York’s least healthy county
Amanda Aronczyk The Bronx has ranked as the least-healthy county in New York State for several years running. The prevalence…
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Covering Medicaid’s orthodontic benefits
Sheila Hagar After a hint from her own dentist, Sheila Hagar started looking into concerns about the rising numbers of Medicaid…
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New jobs, awards and more for AHCJ members
The latest AHCJ members in the news are Gerri Constant, Mari Edlin, John Gever, Rachel Gurevich, Janice Lynch Schuster, Eric T.…
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Housing and health: Finding stories and getting the reporting right
Megan Sandel, M.D., M.P.H., an expert on the impact of housing on child health, says journalists would do well to…
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Award-winning journalist honored with scholarship in her name
A new scholarship for students who show promise in medical journalism will honor longtime health journalist Marianne D. Mattera, who…
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