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Sarah Kliff

Investigative and Health Care Reporter at The New York Times

Investigations and health policy for the @nytimes. I like reading your medical bills.

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  • 1 day ago | nytimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz

    President Trump's domestic policy bill would make deep cuts to Obamacare that are expected to leave millions uninsured. The changes would make it harder to enroll in coverage and, for many, make plans more expensive. Republicans say these changes are needed to combat fraud and ensure government dollars go only to those who are eligible.

  • 1 day ago | nytimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz

    Though Republicans are not explicitly trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a series of small, technical changes would substantially reduce enrollment and increase the cost of coverage. Millions of Obamacare enrollees would lose health coverage under the Republicans' major policy bill, which would make coverage more expensive and harder to obtain.

  • 2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Margot Sanger-Katz |Sarah Kliff

    Among the spending cuts proposed in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is a policy they have sought to enact for a decade: a requirement that Medicaid recipients provide proof of employment as a condition of receiving health insurance. Republicans have repeatedly tried and failed to enact such rules. They proposed laws that didn’t pass and attempted state-level experiments that were blocked in court.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Margot Sanger-Katz |Sarah Kliff

    A new hurdle for poor Americans, approved by the House, would cause millions to lose coverage, including many who are working but can't meet reporting rules. Among the spending cuts proposed in House Republicans' "big, beautiful bill" is a policy they have sought to enact for a decade: a requirement that Medicaid recipients provide proof of employment as a condition of receiving health insurance. Republicans have repeatedly tried and failed to enact such rules.

  • 3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz

    The expansion of Medicaid has saved more than 27,000 lives since 2010, according to the most definitive study yet on the program’s health effects. Poor adults who gained Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care Act expanded access were 21% less likely to die during a given year than those not enrolled, the research shows.

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Sarah Kliff
Sarah Kliff @sarahkliff
10 Apr 25

RT @sangerkatz: If you want to understand the problem of "waste, fraud, and abuse" in federal health programs, you should read this great p…

Sarah Kliff
Sarah Kliff @sarahkliff
10 Apr 25

Medicare spending on bandages made out of dried placenta skyrocketed to $10 billion last year, our new @nytimes story finds — possibly representing one of the largest cases of Medicare waste in the program's history. https://t.co/C33umYJavu

Sarah Kliff
Sarah Kliff @sarahkliff
6 Feb 25

Some federal health clinics still cannot access their grant money — despite judges ordering an end to the funding freeze. One clinic in Virginia ran out of money, and had to close three health care facilities. https://t.co/Ci0SK24BwU