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Insurers trick Facebookers into writing Congress
This year, Facebook launched a virtual currency that allows users to buy extra items in popular games. Now, according to…
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Fluportal.org stays on top of H1N1
While H1N1 seems to have peaked in many states – at least for now – Fluportal.org‘s resources to cover the…
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Duo writes about how health statistics can mislead
Writing in mathematics-focused Plus Magazine, Mike Pearson (bio) and David Spiegelhalter (bio|wikipedia) examine not only the variety of methods used…
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Utah tests hybrid bundled payment system
The Salt Lake Tribune‘s Lisa Rosetta explains Utah’s new bulk payment pilot program, which aims to drive down costs by…
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Report: Prescription drug prices doubled in 10 years
Prescription drug prices doubled from 1996 to 2006, according to new inflation-adjusted numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and…
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Hoban reports on uneven H1N1 death disclosure
WUNC reporter and AHCJ member Rose Hoban put together a story about uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths by public health…
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Obama initiatives include VA hospital report cards
Saying that “commitment to open government goes beyond the making of government-wide policy for the future,” the White House announced…
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Learning from Calif.’s mental health parity law
On the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog, Shari Roan writes about a recent scholarly review of California’s mental health…
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Temp agencies a haven for problem nurses
Calling it a “free-wheeling, $4-billion industry” fueled by the nation’s chronic nursing shortage, ProPublica reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein…
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New AHCJ members’ jobs span range of media
AHCJ welcomes these new members: Beth Baker, independent journalist, Takoma Park, Md. Gregory Warner, senior reporter, Marketplace, New York, N.Y.…
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