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Costs keep going up for small businesses insuring their employees
Ideastream’s Sarah Jane Tribble took a look at how small businesses that voluntarily cover their workers could be in for…
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Similar Health Policy terms, but very different concepts
We’ve had a few members wonder whether “essential coverage” and “essential benefits” are one and the same. They aren’t –…
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Explaining health care costs, spending in the first quarter
So health spending is going up. Big time. But health costs are still growing at historically slow rates. And the…
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Covering Medicaid fraud and overtreatment
Becca Aaronson For the past two years, Texas Tribune health writer Becca Aaronson has been covering the state’s Medicaid orthodontic scandal.…
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AHCJ, HHS officials address appeal process for inadequate responses by PIOs
Reporters facing unreasonable delays or inadequate responses from media officials at an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Best place to age is Minnesota (again)
For the second straight year, Minnesota ranks as the best place for seniors, according to a new report, from the…
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New AHCJ chapter features discussion of costs, financial transparency
Dylan H. Roby, Ph.D., spoke at the first event held by the Southern California chapter of the Association of Health…
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Explaining essential benefits, essential coverage, minimal value
Some reporters have inquired about whether “essential coverage” and “essential benefits” are one and the same. They aren’t and it’s important…
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When a charity clinic is only option for dental care
Reporter Katie Hiler decided to look into dental care for the poor in Missouri. The situation, she concluded in her reporting…
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Atlanta chapter learns the latest about e-cigarettes
A $2 billion market, sultry Jenny McCarthy ads, lounges dedicated to “vaping.” Members of the Atlanta AHCJ chapter heard about…
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