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Katheryn Houghton, Montana correspondent, covers health policy and politics, access to treatment, and the business of health care in that state. Previously, she reported on health care issues for newspapers including the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and the Daily Inter Lake. Katheryn was an Association of Health Care Journalists fellow.
Angela Hart, senior correspondent, covers health care politics and policy in California and the West, with a focus on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, government accountability, and political influence. She has been reporting on health care for more than five years, and has won awards for her work on homelessness, public health, and the covid-19 pandemic.
Holly K. Hacker, data editor, previously was an investigative reporter at The Dallas Morning News, writing stories and analyzing data about health care, housing, education, politics, and business. She also spent many years covering education there, as well as for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Ventura County Star in California.
Phil Galewitz, senior correspondent, covers Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, hospitals, and various state health issues. He has covered health for more than three decades. He is a former board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. As a Kaiser Media Fellow in 2004-05, he wrote about community solutions for the uninsured.
Fred Clasen-Kelly, senior correspondent, reports on the South from his base in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Previously, he wrote about housing, racial inequality, and social justice in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia for the USA Today Network and was a member of The Charlotte Observer’s investigation team.
Daniel Chang, Florida correspondent, covers Florida and the South. He joined KFF Health News in 2022 after 22 years at the Miami Herald, where his health care reporting focused on access to care for low-income patients; accountability of physicians, hospitals, and state health agencies; and the covid-19 pandemic.
Mary Agnes Carey is managing editor of KFF Health News. She previously served as the director of news partnerships, overseeing placement of KFF Health News content in publications nationwide. As a senior correspondent, Mary Agnes covered health reform and federal health policy.
Rae Ellen Bichell, Colorado correspondent for KFF Health News, is based in Longmont. Previously, she was a radio reporter covering the region for the Mountain West News Bureau and KUNC. Before moving to Colorado, Rae worked for NPR.
Julie Appleby, senior correspondent, has reported on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health care treatments and costs, trends in health insurance, and policies affecting hospitals and other medical providers. Before joining KFF Health News, Julie spent 10 years covering the health industry and health care policy at USA Today.
Cara Anthony, Midwest correspondent, joined KFF Health News in 2019 after serving as a multimedia reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. A native of East St. Louis, Illinois, she previously worked at The Indianapolis Star, The Frederick (Maryland) News-Post, and the Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). Cara won a 2021 Edward R.
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