Medicare fraud stories ignore larger issues of reform August 22, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The problem is well-established; what to do about it is not
Why did one regulator order a health insurer to set its rates higher? August 15, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman An unusual case in Oregon draws some good coverage, and deserves sustained attention
How do you catch a candidate and pin him down? August 12, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman MinnPost asked Sen. Al Franken’s challenger nine times what he’d do about Medicare and Social Security. The exchange is illuminating for reporters and voters.
Why we should be wary with a new survey showing a spike in uninsured Kansans August 8, 2014 By Deron Lee "It’s a weird one," the research director says of a surprising result in the Sunflower State
The Boston Globe owned the health policy beat once. Where did that tenacity go? July 24, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The paper’s coverage of big health news in Massachusetts is now too often ho-hum
Dangerous drug side effects will no longer be secret in Canada July 17, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Kudos to the Toronto Star for dogged investigations and pressure on a reluctant government agency
The Associated Press factchecks a couple ‘Mediscare’ ads in Kentucky July 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman As the midterm campaign gets underway, some familiar talking points come out again
Medicare isn’t doing its own ‘truth checking.’ Why? July 9, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Kudos to ProPublica for "Examining Medicare," but there’s more to this story than the bad apples
If it sounds ‘too good to be true…’ July 2, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman How Health News Florida flubbed the rate story last week and what all reporters can take away from it
Investigating a $150 billion ‘black box’ June 26, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman CPI did stellar reporting on the Medicare Advantage "money grab," despite agency stonewalling– here’s how others reporters can dig in
Virginia’s governor didn’t say he’s going to ‘expand Medicaid’ June 24, 2014 By Corey Hutchins But he won’t say he’s not, either! What’s a reporter to do?
Sticking with Washington’s ‘whistleblower judge flap’ June 23, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Puget Sound Business Journal‘s Valerie Bauman reported the heck out of a state insurance commission saga–and the broader issue of narrow networks
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
What’s health insurance really going to cost? June 11, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman That’s the big question reporters must tackle, even as this year’s game of spin the rates takes off
