While states experiment with public health insurance options, federal action has stalled.
Leslie Walker
Leslie is a senior reporter and producer for Tradeoffs covering a wide range of health policy issues including prescription drugs and Medicare. Her story, “Inside Big Health Insurers’ Side Hustle,” was awarded first place in audio reporting by the Association of Health Care Journalists and her work has been featured on Marketplace, NPR and STAT News. Before Tradeoffs, Leslie worked as a freelance writer and editor, in nonprofit communications, and at a health care social enterprise. She lives in San Francisco.
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As gun violence surges, researchers use new federal funding to search for solutions.
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One Community Health Center’s COVID Recovery
One year ago, a community health center told us how COVID had wreaked havoc on their budget, staff and patients. How are they doing now?
Posted inHealth Equity
How Will Biden’s Fix for Child Poverty Affect Kids’ Health?
The American Rescue Plan includes monthly payments that could protect millions of kids from poverty — and the health risks that come with it.
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The High Price of Lowering Health Costs for 150 Million Americans
Employers clash with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices.
Posted inInsurance
‘The Ten Year War’ Over Obamacare (and the Battles Ahead)
Reporter Jonathan Cohn says the battle over Obamacare offers lessons and clues as to where the party’s “unfinished crusade for universal coverage” may head next.
Posted inHealth Law
Surprise! SCOTUS Bucks ERISA
A surprise Supreme Court decision pushes back on ERISA, a federal law that has stifled states’ attempts to regulate health care for decades.
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Straight to the People
From restricting abortion to legalizing marijuana, voters are weighing in on a variety of significant state health policy questions this election.
Posted inHealth Technology
Mission Critical
A new federal effort races to virtually deploy critical care providers wherever they’re needed — from COVID hospitals to floods, fires, and even war.
Posted inHealth Law
The Other SCOTUS Health Care Case
While most eyes are on the ACA, another Supreme Court case could also have big implications for health care prices and policies.