On cable news at the Kavanaugh hearing, everyone stays in character September 27, 2018 By David Uberti
The new hepatitis C drug costs how much?! January 2, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman NPR’s Richard Knox gets its right the second time around on high pharmaceutical prices
The Great Cost Shift comes into focus December 24, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman It’s time for the press to lead a conversation about who bears healthcare costs
Brill is back, and other ACA shout-outs December 20, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Kudos to good work in Time and The New York Times
Exchange Watch: Missing doctors, missing coverage December 18, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman In New York, insurance exchange shoppers (if not enough reporters) discover the lack of out-of-network benefits
Better late than never: the new insurance sticker shock story December 13, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The press discovers high cost sharing, but the story goes deeper
Did the gee-whiz drug story make a comeback? December 11, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman NPR’s piece on a new hepatitis C med fell short on costs, conflicts, and caveats
Entitled to better reporting December 4, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman There’s a wider (and increasingly urgent) Social Security story out there–beyond the Beltway and deficit talk
What is an Obamacare consumer story, anyway? November 27, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The bar is set too low–a real guide should help readers become smarter shoppers
Advancing the healthcare story with consumer coverage November 21, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Two Midwestern dailies offer good models for local reporting
Beyond cancelled policies, website glitches November 19, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Some fresh stories enter the healthcare mix–with money as a common theme
Tales from Obamacare’s trenches November 15, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Pennsylvania woman goes shopping and finds the experience a consumer’s nightmare
Grill the messenger November 12, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Reuters wrote about the Obamacare "messaging war," but didn’t vet the messages
The Big Boys: Are insurers stoking the fires of consumer discontent? November 7, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Talking Points Memo shows that it’s all about market share and the bottom line
Where, oh where are all those poor people? November 6, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman "Rate shock victims" aren’t the only ones suffering out there right now. But you wouldn’t know that from the news.
A failure to ‘ask the questions’ November 4, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Why didn’t NBC, Fox News or CBS 2 examine Deborah Cavallaro’s insurance cancellation story before they aired it–like the LA Times did?