soccer fans, have fun trying to figure out how we do roads here

😲 This NJ woman spent 6 years fighting a $225K hospital bill. When a reporter recently called for comment, the hospital waived the bill. northjersey.com/story/news/hea… via NorthJersey.com

So many reporters have done great work on hospital bills — Scott Fallon here, Sarah Kliff and the Kaiser Health News team for years, among others — but it shouldn’t have to require their intervention. “Journalist calling for comment” is not a scalable strategy to address obscene bills.

Because it's what I do, I'll break down Murphy's cowardly signing statement in this thread (in no particular order): 🧵(Gonna release tweets as I go since reporters are writing stories)

The emperor wears no socks.

just leaving this here

If Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 didn't like something you wrote, he told you... sometimes loudly. If he didn't like something another pol did, even a Dem, he told you. He was a pain in the rear in the best of ways because he always knew his job was to get stuff done. RIP northjersey.com/story/news/202…

A beautiful piece by ⁦Scott Fallon⁩ about Dr. Charles Vialotti and Villa Marie Claire, the hospice where my Aunt Bridget was surrounded by love during the last month of her life. Words truly can’t express what a special place Villa Marie is: northjersey.com/story/news/hea…

Stories like this by Scott Fallon for NorthJersey.com can create momentum to drive S-2257 forward. Sen. Jon Bramnick's bill eliminates the health insurance pre-approval process completely. It'll help patients get care when they need it. northjersey.com/story/news/hea…

Great story by Scott Fallon & timely with news about #LuigiMangione & insurance company greed. An insurer denied a CT chest scan. Now an NJ dad has terminal lung cancer. northjersey.com/story/news/hea… via NorthJersey.com

⁦Bob Hennelly⁩ Essential reporting by ⁦Scott Fallon⁩ on the life & death consequences of a 3rd party vendor denying a request for a CT scan. A NJ bill would prohibit insurers from requiring pre-approval. ⁦⁦⁦Wendell Potter⁩ search.app/QJvFHH9iDNWeWK…

A beautifully written story about a sadder sider of the holidays, and one woman's victory. Season of addiction: How NJ woman battled alcoholism amid the holidays from Scott Fallon northjersey.com/story/news/hea… via NorthJersey.com

Free training is great, but it doesn't solve the long term issue of employee burnout and seriously low pay. app.com/story/news/hea… via @asburyparkpress Scott Fallon #healthcare #NJ #News

Hey Gannett still waiting on that contract. Making a picket sign just in case… NewsGuild of New York

As folks may know, my newsroom has been bargaining with Gannett for four years. Gannett needs to settle this contract today. Dragging your feet on last minute items will only result in a walkout that therecordguild authorized this week. No one wants that. But it’ll happen.

ANOTHER BIG GANNETT WIN: therecordguild has won a historic first contract, lifting long-stagnant wages by over 25% on average, and averting a planned walkout. More here.... nyguild.org/post/breaking-…

maddening Scott Fallon story that illustrates how tough it is to care for elderly, sick people — and how it could upend the lives of their caregivers northjersey.com/story/news/hea…

Federal Medicaid cuts: Health care execs offer bleak outcome for NJ patients. Excellent Scott Fallon explainer on the looming threats of Medicaid cuts in NJ. northjersey.com/story/news/hea… via NorthJersey.com

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: They have a deal and strike is ending, according to a source close to the negotiations and confirmed by the union. Story is coming momentarily, exclusively NorthJersey.com.