Why is the $1,000 pill cheaper in the UK? June 3, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman And other questions reporters should continue to ask about healthcare costs here and across the pond
Sorry, Congressman: Obamacare hasn’t made more people uninsured May 9, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman A factcheck from Washington makes its way into the Kansas media
Oregon reporters missed the story of a failing health exchange–until they didn’t May 5, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman After a slow start, the state press corps recovers with a bang
The $1,000 pill is popular! So, who pays? April 24, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Pricey hepatitis C drug Sovaldi "shattered" sales expectations. Reporters need to keep asking the costs and benefits questions.
Forget the spin of eight million sign-ups April 23, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The consumer and business story angles Obamacare reporters should turn to now
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution does the Medicaid story we’ve been looking for April 15, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Taking a close look at what life is like in the "coverage gap"
The AP downplays its Obamacare scoop April 11, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Repeal on deductible caps marks another step in The Great Cost Shift
The promise and peril of new Medicare data April 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman Newly-released Medicare payment data offer key clues to how physicians practice, get paid–if reporters proceed carefully
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
Obamacare open enrollment ends. Time for a checkup? April 3, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman What reporters are asking now and where they should focus in the weeks and months ahead
A family left out of Obamacare March 28, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The Man in the Middle has "affordable" coverage; the ACA’s "family glitch" snags his wife and kids
What’s missing from Medicaid coverage: actual people March 27, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman The media’s been all over consumer problems with the exchanges. For Medicaid, not so much
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