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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Politics
    The Stafford Act plays a key role in House of Cards. Here’s how that law works.The Stafford Act plays a key role in House of Cards. Here’s how that law works.
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    Politics

    The 1988 law on natural disaster management is ready for its close-up.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Last night previewed how House Republicans would handle an Obamacare fix. They wouldn’t.Last night previewed how House Republicans would handle an Obamacare fix. They wouldn’t.
    Politics

    Two words describe what to expect if the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare: total chaos.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Poor women get fewer abortions than rich womenPoor women get fewer abortions than rich women
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    Two researchers try to answer the question: why are poor women five times more likely to have an unintended birth than those who earn more?

    By Sarah Kliff
    Meet Michael Cannon, the man who could bring down Obamacare
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    The Affordable Care Act’s “most relentless antagonist” explains why he thinks the subsidies on Healthcare.gov are illegal.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    MIT’s Jon Gruber just got fired from the Massachusetts health care boardMIT’s Jon Gruber just got fired from the Massachusetts health care board
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    Vermont’s state auditor has accused Gruber of overbilling the state for consulting work he did on it’s (now-failed) single-payer health care plan.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    The White House has no back-up plan if SCOTUS rules against ObamacareThe White House has no back-up plan if SCOTUS rules against Obamacare
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    “We know of no administrative actions that could therefore have no plans that would, undo the massive damage to our health care system that would be caused by an adverse decision,” Burwell wrote in a Feb. 24 letter to Congress.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Kentucky now has a lower uninsured rate than OregonKentucky now has a lower uninsured rate than Oregon
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    The states with the steepest declines in uninsured rates last year tend to have one thing in common: participating in Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    The government sent 800,000 Obamacare enrollees inaccurate tax formsThe government sent 800,000 Obamacare enrollees inaccurate tax forms
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    Approximately 50,000 of those people have already filed their taxes using the inaccurate forms.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    White House gives uninsured Americans a second chance to buy ObamacareWhite House gives uninsured Americans a second chance to buy Obamacare
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    The Obama administration has created a “special enrollment period” for uninsured Americans who learn, while filing their taxes, that they’ll face a penalty for not having coverage.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Hospital prices always go up. But this year, they went down.Hospital prices always go up. But this year, they went down.
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    New federal data shows that the price of hospital care in the United States fell between this January and a year prior — the first time the government has seen a year-over-year drop since it started keeping track in 1998.

    By Sarah Kliff