Trudy Lieberman

The pile-up of nursing home deaths­ from COVID-19 has seared the vulnerabilities of America’s nursing homes in the public conscience as nothing else has.

Now more than ever, reporters need to be ready to communicate coverage alternatives to their audiences as layoffs sweep the nation.

A veteran health journalist checks in with reporters in the American heartland to see what they're covering — and how they're faring.

How unaffordable must health care become before the country's political stalemate lets through some legislative solutions?

With crucial health insurance protections hanging in the balance, journalists need to be especially rigorous and well-informed on health care policy as the campaigns unfold.

The American College of Physicians is calling for either a single-payer system or a government-run public option. "This is huge!" according to contributor Trudy Lieberman.

Having health insurance is no guarantee American families won't suddenly find themselves financially underwater, as reporter Jacob Margolis recently discovered.

How the media's relentless focus on potential problems and downsides to any more inclusive health system helps preserve the existing arrangement, which seems to profit everyone but patients.

Medicare reporting, once a staple of health care journalism, has largely disappeared from health and political beats. Seniors are paying the price.

There's an urgent need for better media stories that sort through the proposals and give basic descriptions of what the major plans to lower prices would do.