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Although not specifically Canadian in content, this looks like a useful document.
Caroline
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Subject: [EQ] Covering Health Issues - A Sourcebook for Journalists
Covering Health Issues - A Sourcebook for Journalists
The newest edition of the Alliance for Health Reform's 300-page guide, "Covering Health Issues," is now available for downloading. The guide is useful for anyone interested in health policy issues. Each chapter contains key facts, an overview, expert sources with telephone numbers, story ideas, helpful websites and a discussion of current policy proposals for all of these topics:
DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - THE UNINSURED
CHAPTER 2 - PRIVATE HEALTH COVERAGE
CHAPTER 3 - CHILDREN'S HEALTH COVERAGE
CHAPTER 4 - MEDICARE
CHAPTER 5 - MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM
CHAPTER 6 - MEDICAID
CHAPTER 7 - LONG-TERM CARE
CHAPTER 8 - HEALTH CARE COSTS
CHAPTER 9 - HEALTH CARE QUALITY
CHAPTER 10 - DISPARITIES
CHAPTER 11 - MENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 12 - PUBLIC HEALTH
APPENDIX A - THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS
APPENDIX B - POLLS ON HEALTH CARE ISSUES
APPENDIX C - COVERING HEALTH ISSUES FOR TV AND RADIO
GLOSSARY
SOURCES
To download the entire book or only certain chapters, go to www.allhealth.org/sourcebook2006/toc.asp
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