The media coverage spawned by the health-care overhaul has taken many forms, but one of the most popular vehicles — according to our less-than-scientific observation — has been that venerable journalism standby, the Q&A.
Editors love the question-and-answer format for offering up lots of factoids about complex data in bite-size chunks. Deliver it in a conversational, reader-friendly tone and you’ve got a winner, the thinking goes.
So in case you share a hankering for Q&A’s, here a sampling from the many we’ve seen lately on newspaper and other journalism sites. We’ve included the first question in each Q&A to provide a flavor of the topics covered:
LA Times: Why require everyone to buy insurance? Also: Would insurance companies still be able to offer abortion coverage?
Kaiser Health News: What are the biggest disputes [between the House and Senate over their approved bills]?
USA Today: What aspects of the health care legislation would be implemented right away?
Reuters: What does the Senate healthcare bill do?
WSJ: Would the law force me to buy health insurance?
BBC: How is the US healthcare system currently structured?
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