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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

Sarah Kliff is one of the country’s leading health policy journalists, who has spent seven years chronicling Washington’s battle over the Affordable Care Act. Recently, her reporting has taken her to the White House for a wide-ranging interview with President Obama on the health law — and to rural Kentucky, for a widely-read story about why Obamacare enrollees voted for Donald Trump.

Sarah was a senior policy correspondent at Vox.com, where she focused on the Republicans’ effort to repeal Obamacare — and what that will mean for the millions of Americans who rely on the law for coverage. At Vox, she hosted The Impact, a podcast about how policy effects real people. She also co-hosted The Weeds podcast with Ezra Klein and Matt Ygelsias.

Prior to joining Vox, Sarah covered health policy for the Washington Post, where she was a founding writer at Wonkblog, a blog dedicated to making complicated policy easily understandable. She has also covered health policy for Politico and Newsweek magazine.

She resides in Washington, DC with her husband and a very friendly beagle named Spencer.

Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

We read 9 Democratic plans for expanding health care. Here’s how they work.
Explainers

We spent the past month reading through the congressional plans to expand Medicare.

By Dylan Scott and Sarah Kliff
“Am I a bad person?” Why one mom didn’t take her kid to the ER — even after poison control said to.
Health Care

The emergency room bill I can’t stop thinking about.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
Trump to Congress: pass legislation to end surprise medical billsTrump to Congress: pass legislation to end surprise medical bills
Politics

The president has a good idea on health care — and one that could actually pass.

By Sarah Kliff
Health Care
The 3 most important things I’ve learned as a health care reporterThe 3 most important things I’ve learned as a health care reporter
Health Care

What I’ve discovered covering the health care system — and as a patient.

By Sarah Kliff
Health Care
This advocate says Medicare-for-all won’t slash health prices. Here’s why he supports it anyway.This advocate says Medicare-for-all won’t slash health prices. Here’s why he supports it anyway.
Health Care

“It would make my position as a single-payer advocate a lot easier,” says a doctors organization leader. “But that’s not realistic.”

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
No one knows what Joe Biden thinks about health careNo one knows what Joe Biden thinks about health care
Politics

Biden has not endorsed Medicare-for-all, nor has he disavowed the idea.

By Sarah Kliff
Hospitals kept ER fees secret. We uncovered them.
After Vox reporting, California moves forward on plan to end surprise ER billsAfter Vox reporting, California moves forward on plan to end surprise ER bills
Hospitals kept ER fees secret. We uncovered them.

A new bill would outlaw the big, surprise bills that Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital has sent to hundreds of patients.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
CBO: over 1 million Americans have become uninsured since 2016CBO: over 1 million Americans have become uninsured since 2016
Politics

It’s not the Mueller report, but it is important.

By Sarah Kliff
Hospitals kept ER fees secret. We uncovered them.
After Vox stories, Zuckerberg Hospital is overhauling its aggressive billing tacticsAfter Vox stories, Zuckerberg Hospital is overhauling its aggressive billing tactics
Hospitals kept ER fees secret. We uncovered them.

No more $20,243 bike crashes.

By Sarah Kliff
Politics
What Australia can teach America about health careWhat Australia can teach America about health care
Politics

Why the Australian system might represent a realistic path forward for the US.

By Sarah Kliff