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Brett Kelman, correspondent, joined KFF Health News after 15 years of reporting at three newspapers in the USA Today Network. Most recently he covered health care, the opioid crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic for The Tennessean in Nashville. At the Pacific Daily News in Guam, his reporting was directly responsible for the arrest of three police officers who aided in a human trafficking conspiracy. In California, he contributed to “The Wall: Unknown Stories, Unintended Consequences,”…

Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as KFF Health News-NPR’s “Bill of the Month” feature and KFF Health News’ weekly podcast, “What the Health?” She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy debates in Washington and on the campaign trail. Emmarie came to KFF Health News from The New York Times, where…

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. She is a graduate of the University of Montana.

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. Previously, she worked for Politico and The Sacramento Bee. She holds a master’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley Graduate…

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. Holly received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.

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. Before coming to KFF Health News, Phil was a national health industry writer for The Associated Press and worked for The Palm Beach…

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. His work has been recognized with a Sigma Delta Chi award for public service journalism, the Annie E. Casey Medal, and other honors. He is a graduate of…

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. He co-reported the series “Birth & Betrayal,” about a Florida program that shields doctors from liability for catastrophic birth-related injuries, which received a George Polk Award for…

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. Previously, Mary Agnes was associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, Capitol Hill bureau chief for Congressional Quarterly, and a reporter with Dow Jones Newswires. She has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, PBS NewsHour, and NPR…

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. She gained experience in the newsrooms of Nashville Public Radio and KNKX in Seattle and has filed stories from Australia, Finland, and Lithuania. She is a graduate of Yale University.