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Chris Kardish

Staff Writer

Chris covers health care for GOVERNING. An Ohio native with an interest in education, he set out for New Orleans with Teach For America after finishing a degree at Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. He later covered government and politics at the Savannah Morning News and its South Carolina paper. He most recently covered North Carolina’s 2013 legislative session for the Associated Press.

The case could halt private lawsuits against state Medicaid agencies over doctor pay.
The state has recently taken more drastic steps than any other to transform its health and criminal justice systems to address the nationwide epidemic.
The president's plan has met opposition or indifference, but the Tennessee program that inspired it is already catching on in other states.
Lawmakers this year are looking to join a growing movement to preemptively prohibit "Palcohol."
Some states run their own insurance exchanges, while others leave it up to the federal government. A new study shows which model is cheapest for consumers.
Going beyond the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on subsidies and looming reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
From state health exchanges to specialty drugs and the collapse of Vermont's single-payer initiative.
A new report shows signs of progress, particularly in public health funding, but many states face difficulties quickly responding to outbreaks.
Children in several states are missing their free checkups, a trend that could impact the development and long-term health of millions of low-income children.
A new report breaks down how much states funded mental health in 2014 and the laws they passed to improve care and strengthen gun restrictions for people with mental illnesses.