The expanding role of Medicaid in US health care: A research roundup
…in 2018, while private insurance plans paid for 49%. Policymakers now are looking to expand Medicaid coverage to try to lower the high rate of maternal mortality in the United…
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Choosing not to prosecute low-level crimes may reduce future crime, research finds
…drug possession and trespassing, among others. Agan, Doleac and Harvey had secured a data-sharing agreement with Rollins in the weeks before the Suffolk County policy was announced. The policy provided…
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Corporal punishment in schools: Research and reporting tips to guide your coverage
…policy statement the American Academy of Pediatrics released Aug. 21, 2023. Despite academic studies noting the harms associated with corporal punishment, U.S. public schools use it to discipline tens of…
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Felony disenfranchisement in the US: An explainer and research roundup
…a nonprofit organization that advocates for “effective and humane responses to crime.” News outlets commonly cite reports and policy briefs from The Sentencing Project, and their data is used in…
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7 tips for covering stories about PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (and a list of reporting resources)
…reported extensively on PFAS; Rebecca Fuoco, the director of science communications at Green Science Policy Institute; and Jamie DeWitt, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at East Carolina University who…
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How they did it: Wall Street Journal reporters identify $50 billion in Medicare payments made to insurers for diagnoses doctors never treated
…hospital visit, every drug, everything else over a four-year period. And there’s thousands of fields in this data.” The reporters submitted a hypothesis and described to the Centers for Medicare…
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Long COVID: An explainer and research roundup
…doctors shouldn’t solely rely on lab or imaging results to assess patients. How is it treated? There’s no single treatment or drug for long COVID, because it’s not just one…
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Need US government data? Get to know TRAC at Syracuse University
…website. The immigration databases have been moved to a new site, tracreports.org. It is worthwhile for any journalist covering U.S. public policy to become familiar with the data work of…
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How — and why — to create a voter guide to local and state judicial elections
…says Katie Meyer, government editor at Spotlight PA, an independent nonprofit newsroom focusing on state government and policy, founded in 2019 by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Brianna Lee is an engagement producer…
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6 tips for improving news coverage of older people
…economists, and policy experts – in the US and abroad. Founded in 1945 and based in Washington, DC., the organization publishes journals, newsletters and trend reports, and sponsors a fellowship…
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