Trudy Lieberman
Contributing Editor and Press Critic at Columbia Journalism Review
@ReportingHealth Contributing Editor. Past president of @ahcj. @Cjr and @ConsumerReports alum. 2x @MagAwards winner. NYC foodie
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1 month ago |
rapidcityjournal.com | Trudy Lieberman
A new health insurance option awaits consumers this fall. Proponents say it will offer lower premiums and relief from increasingly expensive Obamacare policies sold in the so-called individual market. That’s the place where people who don’t have employer or government-sponsored insurance turn when they need coverage.
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May 30, 2024 |
wendellpotter.substack.com | Trudy Lieberman
These days, much of what passes for health journalism reads like press releases rather than objective and thorough reporting. In this atmosphere, Medicare Advantage plans are presented in glowing terms without addressing their drawbacks and alternatives or informing seniors of the significant problems the plans can create. HEALTH CARE un-covered is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Apr 30, 2024 |
wendellpotter.substack.com | Trudy Lieberman
Sometimes a health policy story comes along that should be shouted from the rafters — well at least reported by media that cover the subject. Brett Arends’ story for Dow Jones’ MarketWatch is one of those stories. In “Medicare Advantage is overbilling Medicare by 22%,” Arends introduces readers to a government agency that in its latest report exposed Medicare Advantage plans to light.
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Mar 7, 2024 |
wendellpotter.substack.com | Trudy Lieberman
A story in Rolling Stone last month offered an ominous prediction about our nation’s health care. “The right-wing policy agenda written for a new Donald Trump presidency would ‘greatly accelerate’ efforts to privatize Medicare,” Andrew Perez wrote. That story should be seen by the millions of seniors who might not read Rolling Stone but who have traditional Medicare coverage with a supplemental policy that pays for virtually every medical bill when they get sick.
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Dec 7, 2023 |
shorturl.at | Trudy Lieberman
Something strange happened on the way to health insurance nirvana. Hospitals are dumping some Medicare Advantage plans. Such a move would have been unthinkable a year ago when Advantage plans were the high flyers of the insurance business raking in money by signing up new recruits, a substantial number of them with little or no understanding of the trade-offs involved in what they were buying.
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