How Will Corporate Lobbyists Fix Healthcare? Don’t Ask—Because You Can’t
Corporate news sources now issue press releases without bothering to include any information about who to contact with follow-up questions.
John Canham-Clyne
Don’t Worry, Wall Street Journal—Health Insurers Are Profitable!
When insurance stock prices dropped sharply, business journalists fretted that private looting of the healthcare system might end.
Do Mob Wars Help Crime Victims?:
Understanding media coverage of healthcare price battles
Performative patient hostage-taking has become standard practice in hospital rate negotiations across the US.
Deny, Defend, Disinform:
Corporate media coverage of healthcare in the 2024 presidential elections
Corporate media had a hard time finding “big” plans for healthcare because they chose to look for them only in the two major parties’ platforms.
Skip the Last Two Paragraphs—and Other Time-Saving Tips for Healthcare News Consumers
Media coverage of private health insurance fails primarily because of an unwillingness to bluntly dismiss meaningless policy solutions.
What Is ‘Private Equity,’ Anyway?
“Private equity” describes a specific for-profit corporate structure. Private equity firms form discreet “funds,” recruiting rich individuals and institutions to buy in. Funds typically focus on particular industrial sectors or types of investments. Investors’ money is locked up for a period of time, with significant penalties for early withdrawal. Private equity firms make their […]
Private Equity ‘Takeover’ Is Not Driving Healthcare Crisis
Media focus on one form of for-profit ownership will do nothing to restrain extreme US healthcare costs or expand access to healthcare.
The Healthcare Long March: Why Exposing Evils of Medical Debt Doesn’t Fix the Problem
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed on February 2 to purchase and forgive roughly $2 billion in medical debt owed by state residents. Along with similar proposals in other jurisdictions, the plan offers desperately needed relief from stress and fear to thousands of people who are struggling to pay their current outstanding medical bills. Unfortunately, […]
The Sickness of American Healthcare
The media’s fixation on a small slice of American voters—pro-Trump voters who had new ACA coverage—deflected attention from the frustration of millions of American workers who have struggled with healthcare problems the ACA either failed to address or exacerbated.
When ‘Both Sides’ Aren’t Enough
Journalists pride themselves on presenting “both sides” of a story. But if establishment media can decide which positions get to take part in debate, then telling “both sides” may be a way of keeping news consumers on the outside.
October Reprisals
The debate over the “October Surprise” has embroiled some of the country’s most prominent journalists–none more deeply then Robert Parry and Steve Emerson. In the latest skirmish, Emerson has threatened to sue Parry–and Parry has produced documents showing that Emerson made false statements in his efforts to discredit Parry’s reporting. As previously reported in Extra!, […]
