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Criminals at work in Fla. nursing homes
Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that thousands of convicted criminals were working…
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Member evaluates stories for Tracker site
Paul Raeburn, author and Fathers and Families blogger, has started tracking health and medicine stories for the Knight Science Journalism…
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Reinhardt breaks down income statements
Princeton economist – and Health Journalism 2009 keynote speaker – Uwe Reinhardt’s latest post on The New York Times’ Economix…
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GAO: Four percent of nursing homes are troubled
A new report from the Government Accountability Office report estimates that 580, or 4 percent, of America’s approximately 16,000 nursing…
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Business pushes screenings despite guidelines
Jeff Baillon, a reporter for KMSP-Minneapolis/St. Paul, saw Life Line’s ubiquitous mailers (here’s the one AHCJ’s Gary Schwitzer received) in…
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Hospital claims reform causing financial woes
Sean Kelly of WCVB-Boston reports that, despite suing the state on the grounds that financial difficulties caused by Massachusetts Health…
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Lieberman picks apart Baucus changes
In her latest post on CJR.org, AHCJ immediate past president Trudy Lieberman picks apart the Baucus bill, with a special…
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Is Baucus’ excise on ‘Cadillac’ plans too broad?
The New York Times‘ Reed Abelson writes that the excise tax on premium health insurance plans that Montana Sen. Max…
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Census data on insurance coverage: The recap
The Census Bureau couldn’t have timed the release of its first American Community Survey data on health insurance coverage in…
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Abandoned mercury mines taint water, fish
As The New York Times‘ Toxic Waters captures attention across the country, the Associated Press has released its own story…
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