Can a chilling New York Times story help spark new dialogue on end-of-life care? September 29, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The paper continues its strong coverage of the aging beat
The New York Times exposes surprise medical bills September 22, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The latest article in Elisabeth Rosenthal’s standout series may be the best installment yet
Michigan’s Medicaid program is going to be great, say Michigan, Medicaid officials June 13, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Those claims deserve a closer look
The AP downplays its Obamacare scoop April 11, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Repeal on deductible caps marks another step in The Great Cost Shift
What coverage of New York’s ‘surprise billing’ fix left out April 9, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The fight between doctors and insurers is an important one to keep watching
A drug offers better care for a disease that affect millions. How can it be ‘low value’? March 17, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman By costing $1,000 a pill. The new hepatitis C treatment puts drug costs on the media agenda
Hospitals find one more way to jack up healthcare costs March 13, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman A laurel to the Tampa Bay Times for its investigation of trauma center fees
What do you mean, control drug prices? We can’t do that March 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The latest fight over Medicare rules shows why American healthcare costs are so high
America’s healthcare prices are absurd. So, now what? February 25, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman NYT’s Elisabeth Rosenthal "start[ed] a very loud conversation" she hopes will be "difficult politically to ignore." How did she do it?
The missing villain in the healthcare drama June 19, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman When it comes to rising costs, what about hospital consolidation? A shout-out to Eduardo Porter for pointing that out
Take this fiscal pop quiz March 15, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Test your knowledge about federal spending–and federal-spending myths
Brill’s big breakthrough March 5, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Time manifesto on healthcare costs smashes fences that have constricted this conversation for far too long
Healthcare costs: A moment of clarity February 27, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Steve Brill stands his ground on ABC
The Big Boys: hospitals and their pricing muscles January 21, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Three newspaper investigations show that consolidation leads to higher costs for patients
Healthcare and the profit motive—do they work well together? January 14, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Eduardo Porter asks a big question in the Times
Medicare Uncovered: the pain from ‘skin in the game’ January 8, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A report puts a hole in the plan to make people pay more