Medicare Uncovered: parsing Senator Corker’s big bill February 5, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A primer for reporters on a significant bill
Medicare Uncovered: Corker and his bill February 4, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The press needs to move out of its comfort zone
Can mental healthcare curb gun violence? February 1, 2013 By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Some strong coverage takes a good look at that question, and reflects a shift in how we discuss mental illness
Incredible shrinking insurance co-ops January 29, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Congress gives a gift to the insurance companies. Time for the press to take note
The Big Boys: Aetna’s dubious rationale for raising rates January 28, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Needed–a closer look at insurers’ sob stories
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
USP Notes: Medicaid expansion edition January 17, 2013 By Greg Marx Some solid coverage helps keep the debate within the realm of facts
The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans January 16, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
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
Fast-tracking the truth in IPAB coverage January 14, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan How to cover a key ACA provision without making misinformation worse
The realities of long-term care in America January 10, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Laurel to PBS’s Need To Know
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