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Remembering Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at HJ12 in Atlanta

Association of Health Care Journalists

Its unlikely any of us who attended AHCJs Health Journalism 2012 conference in Atlanta will ever forget hearing from former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. They spoke about the work they had done and continued to do to improve health nationally and internationally. 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Ga.,

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“Hospital Mergers Kill”: An Economists’ Exercise in Reality Distortion

The Health Care Blog

The data were derived from the Healthcare Cost Institute, a repository of commercial insurance claims information from three of the four largest commercial health insurers, United Healthcare, Humana and Aetna (a subsidiary of struggling pharmacy giant CVS) plus Blue Cross/Blue Shield. This large overage was not explained by the authors.

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What RFK Jr. could do: Reporting on U.S. vaccine policy and the powers of the HHS Secretary

Association of Health Care Journalists

President-elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Whether he or any of Trump’s other vaccine-skeptical nominees receive Senate confirmation, signs suggest the incoming administration may attempt to change long-established vaccine policy in the U.S. Kennedy Jr., The post What RFK Jr.