Healthcare Reporter
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About the role
We are looking for a formidable reporter based in Washington, DC, to get scoops and dig into the biggest stories at the intersection of healthcare policy, politics, business and power.
The future of healthcare and health policy is already taking shape, affected as much by AI and blockbuster drugs like GLP-1s as by the remaking of HHS and vaccine policy under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. With politics consistently veering back to partisan battles over Obamacare and Medicaid, the 2026 and 2028 election cycles will also take shape, in part, as rising healthcare and insurance costs bear