covering health reform after the election
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Covering Health Reform After the Election
Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times
Reporting reminders:
•Focus on real people, not policymakers •Go to places where you can watch health reform in action•Cut through the rhetoric and translate the jargon•Write less about what people think and more about what it looks like •Look for where the money is going
Ideas in where people get care:
•Hospitals •Private doctors•Emergency rooms•Clinics•Managed care organizations
Ideas in how people get coverage:
•Medicaid•Exchange •Workplaces•Private insurance
Ideas in the challenges facing people:
•Enrollment•Access•Those left uninsured•Cost for individuals and families•Cost for states
Some Sources:
•Federal govt: www.healthcare.gov•State health departments•Reporting on Health•Kaiser Family Foundation •National Academy of State Health Policy•Robert Wood Johnson Foundation•Alliance for Health Reform•Association of Health Care Journalists
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