Covering Health Reform After the Election

Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times

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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