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KFF’s policy research provides facts and analysis on a wide range of policy issues and public programs.
KFF designs, conducts and analyzes original public opinion and survey research on Americans’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences with the health care system to help amplify the public’s voice in major national debates.
KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the organization’s core operating programs.
David Hilzenrath, senior correspondent and a veteran of The Washington Post, joined the staff in 2022. At KFF Health News, he was lead author of coverage that exposed a crisis in the Social Security system, spurred sweeping policy changes, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.
Samantha Young, deputy California editor, directs coverage of health care politics and policy in California. Before that, she was a senior correspondent focused on government accountability and industry influence.
Bernard J. Wolfson, senior correspondent and columnist for California Healthline, reports on the business of health care and writes a monthly consumer health column, “Asking Never Hurts.” Previously, he was the business editor of the Orange County Register and its health care reporter.
Sam Whitehead, correspondent, covers the South from his base just outside Atlanta.
Matt Volz, Mountain States editor, coordinates KFF Health News coverage and media partnerships in Montana and Colorado from his base in Helena, Montana. He joined the organization in 2020 after 18 years as a correspondent and editor for The Associated Press in Montana, New York, Alaska, and Mississippi.
Sarah Jane Tribble, senior correspondent, is the lead reporter on the rural health desk of KFF Health News. She created the organization’s first narrative podcast, “Where It Hurts,” about the closure of a rural Kansas hospital.
Darius Tahir, correspondent, is based in Washington, D.C., and reports on health technology with an eye toward how it helps (or doesn’t) underserved populations; how it can be used (or not) to help government’s public health efforts; and whether or not it’s as innovative as it’s cracked up to be.
Lynne Shallcross, senior digital editor, joined KFF Health News after earning a master’s in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley, where she was a Kaiser Permanente Health Policy Journalism Fellow. Her interactive project on health apps won a 2015 award from the Online News Association.
Fred Schulte, investigative reporter for KFF Health News, previously worked at The Baltimore Sun, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and the Center for Public Integrity.
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