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Trudy Lieberman
Contributing Editor
Trudy Lieberman, a journalist for more than 45 years, is a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and an adjunct professor of public health at the CUNY School of Public Health. She is a long-time contributor to the Columbia Journalism review where she blogs for CJR.org about media coverage of healthcare and retirement issues. She also blogs for Health News Review and writes a bi-monthly column, “Thinking About Health,” for the Rural Health News Service. She was a fellow at the Center for Advancing Health and regularly contributed to its Prepared Patient blog. She had a long career at Consumer Reports specializing in insurance, healthcare financing, and long-term care and began her career as a consumer writer for the Detroit Free Press. She has won 26 national and regional awards including two National Magazine Awards and has received five fellowships, including three Fulbright scholar and specialist awards. Ms. Lieberman is the author of five books including “Slanting the Story—the Forces That Shape the News,” and has served on the board of the Medicare Rights Center and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. She currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Committee for the California Health Benefits Review Program.
Articles
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The legislative fight in Ohio that tanked several health care bills is a dark sign of the much fiercer fight to come in Congress over surprise bills and patient protections.
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A growing group of small and medium-size businesses have signed on to changing how the nation’s health insurance system works. Here's why they're frustrated.
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Four news outlets have taken impressive, in-depth looks at how and why children are dying after surgeries to repair damaged hearts since 2014. So what's going on here?
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“The actual debate won’t be about access — it will be about cost containment for all people,” says Harvard's Robert Blendon, a veteran health care pollster.
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Taken together these stories on pediatric surgery programs raises serious questions about American hospitals and the care they provide. Here are a few worthy of further examination.
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In New York City, where I live, the ads have reached a new level of silliness. You'll hear plenty about CyberKnives and cancer miracles, and nothing about the number of nurses on the night shift.
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Reporters file the same stories about bad nursing homes year after year. Little changes. But what if we did more to help families find the right facilities in the first place?
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One of the most common arguments against single-payer health systems is that they lead to the rationing of care. Such arguments overlook the rationing baked into the current U.S. system.
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Did the media learn anything from covering previous rounds of health reform during the Clinton and Obama eras? You wouldn't necessarily think so from reading recent coverage, argues Trudy Lieberman.
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You don't see many stories about people stuck in the "family glitch" or who have fallen in the "coverage gap." But millions remain left out of the ACA's thwarted dream of universal coverage — and their stories matter.