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Jenna Portnoy

Washington, D.C.

Washington Post reporter covering healthcare in DC, MD & VA. Formerly @starledger @mcall Insta: jennaportnoywp

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  • 1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Jenna Portnoy |Jenny Gathright

    Bowser budget proposal would scale back health care for immigrants, others (washingtonpost.com) Bowser budget proposal would scale back health care for immigrants, others By Jenna Portnoy; Jenny Gathright 2025052823203100 Mayor Muriel E.

  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jenna Portnoy

    Patients and providers sound off about federal, local Medicaid cuts (washingtonpost.com) Patients and providers sound off about federal, local Medicaid cuts By Jenna Portnoy 2025052221583900 Pepper Denise Reed credits Mary's Center, a community health center in D.C., with saving her life when she was an unemployed single mother of three struggling with alcoholism that left her contemplating suicide.

  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jenna Portnoy |Teo Armus |Laura Vozzella

    Tributes pour in for Gerry Connolly, ‘the epitome of a public servant’ (washingtonpost.com) Tributes pour in for Gerry Connolly, ‘the epitome of a public servant’ By Jenna Portnoy; Teo Armus; Laura Vozzella 2025052121305500 Friends and colleagues mourned Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) on Wednesday, remembering the 75-year-old Democrat as a steward of civic improvements in Fairfax County and a fiery champion of federal workers.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jenna Portnoy

    D.C. may have dodged deepest Medicaid cut. Officials are still worried. (washingtonpost.com) D.C. may have dodged deepest Medicaid cut. Officials are still worried. By Jenna Portnoy 2025051510004200 After a lobbying and a public pressure campaign, the District may have dodged the deepest cut to Medicaid contemplated by House Republicans, but city officials say they are still bracing for changes to the public insurance program.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jenna Portnoy

    What do you really know about Medicaid? Take our quiz and find out. (washingtonpost.com) What do you really know about Medicaid? Take our quiz and find out. By Jenna Portnoy 2025051410000000 Medicaid will be at the center of talks this week on Capitol Hill as House Republicans consider how to cut a program that is the primary source of health insurance coverage for low-income populations.

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Jenna Portnoy
Jenna Portnoy @jennaportnoy
10 Feb 25

RT @DanRosZiff: As the Trump administration and Elon Musk seek to cut agencies such as USAID, college students worry the field they long dr…

Jenna Portnoy
Jenna Portnoy @jennaportnoy
19 Dec 24

RT @Meagan_Flynn: Big day for DC on the Hill today. Hopes for RFK dimmed after House R's scrapped the spending bill that included RFK, now…

Jenna Portnoy
Jenna Portnoy @jennaportnoy
25 Nov 24

Cedar Hill, the Southeast D.C. hospital opening in 2025, starts staffing up. https://t.co/q03INrMDAA