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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Health Care
    Today’s elections will decide if 4.5 million people get health insuranceToday’s elections will decide if 4.5 million people get health insurance
    Health Care

    For millions of uninsured Americans, this 2014 mid-term election is absolutely about Obamacare.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Criminal Justice
    North Dakota will vote today on whether life begins at conceptionNorth Dakota will vote today on whether life begins at conception
    Criminal Justice

    Measure 1, if passed, would make North Dakota the first state to define life as beginning at conception.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Congress
    The most important elections happening tomorrow aren’t for CongressThe most important elections happening tomorrow aren’t for Congress
    Congress

    Little legislation gets passed these days in DC, and that’s not expected to change after tomorrow. But statehouses are furious hubs of activity, churning out thousands of new laws annually.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    The idea that milk prevents broken bones is an udder shamThe idea that milk prevents broken bones is an udder sham
    Health Care

    A big new study of more than 100,000 Swedes suggests this is absolutely false: it finds no correlation between stronger bones and milk consumption.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    On Saturday, Brittany Maynard used Oregon’s Death With Dignity law to end her lifeOn Saturday, Brittany Maynard used Oregon’s Death With Dignity law to end her life
    Health Care

    Since 1997, Oregon estimates that a total of 752 patients have died with the aid of these lethal prescriptions, including 72 last year.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    A 2-hour marathon has long seemed unthinkable. But these charts show we’re almost there.A 2-hour marathon has long seemed unthinkable. But these charts show we’re almost there.
    archives

    The world record marathon time has dropped quickly and consistently since 1998.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    Just let Kaci Hickox have a pizzaJust let Kaci Hickox have a pizza
    Health

    It is literally impossible to imagine how Ebola could be transmitted in this particular scenario, which involves a health worker who has twice tested negative for Ebola and a pizza delivery person who has not recently traveled to West Africa.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Obamacare isn’t just expanding health insurance. It’s reducing inequality.Obamacare isn’t just expanding health insurance. It’s reducing inequality.
    Health Care

    The uninsured rate for residents of poor counties fell by 9 percentage points, from 26.4 percent in 2013 to 17.5 percent now.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health
    3 reasons public health experts think Ebola quarantines are a terrible idea3 reasons public health experts think Ebola quarantines are a terrible idea
    Health

    Quarantining returning Ebola workers “is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer.”

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Obamacare requires you to have health insurance. Here’s how that works.Obamacare requires you to have health insurance. Here’s how that works.
    Health Care

    The individual mandate is the least popular and most controversial part of Obamacare — and it’s a policy that’s absolutely necessary to making the health reform law work.