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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.

Massachusetts would have been the second state with nurse-to-patient ratio requirements.
States are starting to integrate mental health into their curriculum -- whether it's English or biology class.
The elections come at a crucial time for health care.
Landlords often reject applicants who use public assistance to help pay their rent.
Health policy experts say that the anticipated proposal could have negative ripple effects across the health-care system.
Babies die at higher rates in the U.S. than in poorer countries like Cuba and Poland.
Health policy experts worry that the controversial plans the Trump administration is pushing could undo some of the progress being made with Obamacare premiums.
Cities used to stay out of courtroom battles over health. Not anymore. Their new Obamacare lawsuit represents a growing strategy.
It has accepted one state's unprecedented proposal to lower the cost of prescriptions but rejected another's.
Already short-staffed and underfunded, these offices have been hit hard by the opioid crisis.