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Meghan Markle sparks debate at global obstetrics summit

World’s top obstetricians laugh about Meghan Markle’s home birth plan at global summit – but others say the duchess is right to confront dangers of childbirth for black women in the UK The world’s top obstetricians and gynecologists gathered in Nashville this weekend Meghan Markle’s rumored plan for a home birth sparked fiery debates  The… Read More »

As renewed debate over health care reform begins to simmer in Washington, can journalists give the topic the attention it needs?

Dec. 14th’s lower court ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional has again thrust health care back on the national agenda. It also gives journalists a chance to redeem themselves from what I have argued has been poor news coverage that helped fuel the public backlash against the law from the beginning. A lot… Read More »

Medicaid Expansion is Evidence the Health Policy Debate Defies Political Divides

By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY  Among all the talk of waves and tides of the close midterm races around the country, there were tremendous results on election day for Medicaid expansion. Three states – Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah – passed ballot initiatives approving the policy. On top of that, in Kansas and Maine, governors… Read More »