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Newest AHCJers include students, freelancers, beat reporters
Please welcome our newest professional and student members to AHCJ. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s…
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Business groups may change tune on Medicaid expansion
We’ve all been reporting on how health care providers – particularly safety nets and public hospitals – are going to…
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Forum on Medicaid expansion, previously closed to press, now open
For the past few days, AHCJ has been working with the Obama administration to resolve questions about whether reporters can…
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Stories are waiting to be found in new stats on seniors
Older Americans 2012, a new report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, is an important resource for reporters…
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Your money or your life? Missouri town had to choose
On KBIA public radio, Jacob Fenston tells the story of a Missouri town faced with a brutal, impossibly high-stakes catch-22.…
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Nonprofit health news site joins WUSF Public Media
Health News Florida, a nonprofit health news website founded by journalist and AHCJ member Carol Gentry, has been acquired by…
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Rau explains using data to write about hospital readmissions
Many health policy experts believe that hospital readmissions are symptomatic of the broad dysfunction of the health care system in…
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Financial documents help explain independent, not-for-profit hospital’s challenges
In the Tampa Bay Times, Letitia Stein writes about a local independent not-for-profit hospital that’s struggling financially and may be…
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Shifts in aging populations affect communities; check data for your state
Which region of the country is aging most rapidly? It’s New England, where all six states appear on the list…
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Baby boomers’ votes have potential to influence many political issues
Governing magazine has joined the ranks of publications turning a spotlight on the aging of America. Especially worth reading is…
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