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mattie-quinn

Mattie Quinn

Staff Writer

Mattie covers all things health for Governing. A native of Arkansas, she graduated with her M.S. from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism with a focus on public health reporting. Her work has been published in National Geographic, New York Magazine and The Atlantic.

Counselors say budget cuts have left them unable to respond to students’ mental health needs.
Washington state is going further than any other to cover aging Americans' medical bills.
Immigrants make up a quarter of the long-term care workforce, which struggles with high turnover. Without them, shortages could worsen and make it harder for people to age at home.
Amid concerns over "fake" exemptions, California is debating a bill that would make public health officials sign off on them like they do in other states. Doctors support the legislation, but the Democratic governor has criticized it.
Not a single state has applied for a State Relief and Empowerment Waiver that's meant to lower premiums. Why not?
More people are believed to be relying on family and friends to watch their kids. Minneapolis is helping to educate those informal providers.
Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.
There's a problem with the Trump administration's proposal that Secretary Ben Carson defended before Congress on Tuesday. Local authorities don't want to enforce it.
Aging out of the system brings tough challenges that states are trying to help young adults overcome.
Gov. Gavin Newsom struck a deal with lawmakers over the weekend.