COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * 4 Million Could Lose Health Insurance If ACA Tax Credits Expire By Joseph Burns In the coming weeks, Congress will seek to cut federal spending to pay for tax cuts President-elect Trump promised. Lawmakers could cut Medicaid, as we explained in part one last week, and they could let the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) expire at the end of  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 28 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on Dec. 27, 2024: * * * Why Health Journalists Should Write More About Shooting Survivors By Kaitlin Washburn Gun violence coverage often focuses on people killed in shootings. And that's for good reason -- more than 48,000 Americans are shot and killed each year, according to recent research. However, only focusing on fatalities misses a big part of the problem. A majority of people who  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 27 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following Q&A on Dec. 26, 2024, with member and Military.com contributor Patricia Kime: * * * Veterans should be able to receive mental health care as a benefit through the Veterans Health Administration. Sadly, that's not always the case, as AHCJ member and frequent Military.com contributor Patricia Kime discovered. Her recent investigative story, "Canceled Appointments, Unexplained Mixups -- Veterans Facing  more