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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.

An annual report shows Washington, D.C., led the nation this year in increases in emergency food assistance requests and homelessness. See how your city compares.
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigation, many doctors listed as serving low-income patients either can't offer appointments at all or have months-long wait times.
New estimates show health-care spending grew 3.6 percent in 2013, which is the lowest rate since 1960.
The health secretary of Maryland, the only state yet to adopt another state's technology, details the switch that led to a successful second-year launch after an initial glitch-ridden rollout.
Less than three months after losing control over $30 million in federal spending, Oklahoma again has a waiver from the 2001 law.
States have reduced smoking to an all-time low. But future efforts suddenly seem hazy.
If the new Congress defunds the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the impact on states will vary.
With potential for the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down insurance subsidies in the states that don't run their own health exchange, some are rushing to protect affordable care.
With the increase of Republican governors and legislative chambers after midterms, some states that have already expanded Medicaid now face the possibility of repeal.
The state is the nation's only that effectively bans chain stores from owning pharmacies, and voters want it to stay that way.