‘Thinking About Health’ columns

Funded with support of a grant from The Commonwealth Fund, a biweekly health care article is provided to Nevada Press Association member newspapers at no cost through the Nebraska Press Association Foundation.

The goal is to provide unbiased, factual stories that readers can use, to help communities address important health care issues. These columns are now in their fifth year and are published in community newspapers across the country. Here’s an article about the series.

Most of the series has been written by Trudy Lieberman, a journalist for more than 40 years, and the past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists in the U.S. and an adjunct associate professor of public health at the CUNY School of Public Health. She is a long time contributor to the Columbia Journalism Review and blogs for its website, CJR.org, about media coverage of healthcare, Social Security and retirement. She was a fellow at the Center for Advancing Health and regularly contributed to the Prepared Patient blog. She is a contributor to HealthNewsReview. She has had a long career at Consumer Reports specializing in insurance, health care, health care financing and long-term care.

Some recent columns are being written by guest contributors. We’ll provide photos of them as they are available.

Here are the columns:

Rural people most affected by negative health care trends

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Administration’s Plan for Drug Pricing Preserves Big-Picture Status Quo

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Opioid crisis hits rural America hard

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Battle over Affordable Care Act (ACA) shifts to the states

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New form of e-cigs lures teens despite no proof it’s safe

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States developing solutions to ‘dental deserts’ problem

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Chelation is dangerous treatment for autism

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If Idaho ditches the ACA, other states may follow

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Explaining the “Explanation of Benefits”

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New tax law may put squeeze on rural hospitals

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If you want to stay healthy, don’t forget about your teeth

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Obamacare Deadline Fast Approaching

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Medicare and drug coverage: some good news, some bad

RHNS Thinking About Health-Potter-Part D Drug Costs

Nibbling Away at the Affordable Care Act

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Medicaid Still a Target of Healthcare Reform

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Hospitals May Get Accredited Even With Poor, Unsafe Care

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Right-To-Try Drug Proposal Is a Solution For a Non-Existent Problem

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Stalemate in D.C. Leaves Health Insurance in Limbo

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U.S. Healthcare Ranked Lower Than In Most Developed Nations

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Rural People Will Have Fewer Insurance Choices Next Year

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Patient-Centered Care Shouldn’t Be Just a Marketing Slogan

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Elderly May See Drastic Cuts in Medicaid, Medicare Services

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Crowd-sourcing May Bring Transparency to Medical Charges

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Government Proposes Cutting Support for Meals on Wheels

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Healthcare Industry Fights Revealing Prices for Services

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‘Repeal and Replace’ Fails; Now Obamacare Needs Fixing

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How Changes in the Affordable Care Act Could Affect You

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Readers Ask for Clarifications About Medicare

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Don’t Rely on Pharmacies to Catch Drug Interactions

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Major Changes May Be Coming to Medicare

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Hospitals Are Penalized for Harming Patients

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Changing Obamacare Likely To Mean Higher Costs, Less Coverage – or Both

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Newly Passed 21st Century Cures Act Is No Panacea

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Out-of-Network ER Docs May Charge Big Bucks

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What You Need To Know About Choosing Health Insurance

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A promotional ad for the series (insert your own paper’s logo):

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