The Associated Press Stylebook, the foundational journalism guide for how newsrooms report and write their stories, made waves last week when it decreed that “health care” should now be written as one word, not two. The change, announced at the annual ACES: The Society for Editing’s conference, was prompted by shifting usage and years of appeals to make the switch.
STAT closely follows AP style and has used “health care” since its founding in 2015. Now, we have to decide whether to adopt this new guidance, but our newsroom is divided.
We are interested in hearing from our readers, particularly those in the health care industry, on this polarizing question: Is it “healthcare” or “health care”? Please share your thoughts in the form below, and they may appear in a future roundup.
Is it healthcare or health care?
The AP Stylebook recently made a significant decision in changing its guidance to writing healthcare as one word, not two. Do you think the word should be written as healthcare or health care?
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