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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Politics
    The problem with Congress’s new plan to pay Medicare’s doctorsThe problem with Congress’s new plan to pay Medicare’s doctors
    Politics

    It’s a great moment for bipartisan politics. But is the “doc fix” replacement actually good for Medicare?

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Chipotle’s calorie labels are a lieChipotle’s calorie labels are a lie
    Health Care

    The lower-range of the restaurant’s burrito calorie range literally represents a tortilla with beans.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    93 percent of nurses are women — and the 7 percent who are men still make more money93 percent of nurses are women — and the 7 percent who are men still make more money
    Politics

    Male nurses out-earn female nurses by an average of $5,148, a new study shows.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Could the Supreme Court screw up Obamacare even worse than we thought?Could the Supreme Court screw up Obamacare even worse than we thought?
    Politics

    There’s a plausible world in which the Supreme Court reads the Affordable Care Act as restricting subsidies to marketplaces that states built before 2014.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    North Carolina legislators want to stop medical schools from teaching abortionsNorth Carolina legislators want to stop medical schools from teaching abortions
    Politics

    A new bill in the North Carolina legislature, House Bill 465, would make it impossible for East Carolina University or University of North Carolina’s medical schools to train ob-gyn residents to perform abortions.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Rand Paul’s abortion remarks weren’t a stumble. They were smart.Rand Paul’s abortion remarks weren’t a stumble. They were smart.
    Politics

    Paul forced the conversation toward the place where Americans are least comfortable with legal abortion: near the end of a pregnancy.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Most Americans don’t consider themselves feministsMost Americans don’t consider themselves feminists
    archives

    Plenty of people say they believe in equal rights for women, but when you ask those same people if they’re feminists, most of them will say no.

    By Sarah Kliff
    What Americans think of abortion
    Features

    A new Vox poll reveals surprising nuance in public opinion.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    What Americans think of abortion: it’s not so black and whiteWhat Americans think of abortion: it’s not so black and white
    archives

    A new Vox poll reveals surprising nuance in public opinion.

    Health Care
    America drinks just as much as it did in the Mad Men eraAmerica drinks just as much as it did in the Mad Men era
    Health Care

    Mad Men can make the 1960s seem like a nonstop booze-fest. Do not be fooled.

    By Sarah Kliff