Sarah Kliff
Sarah Kliff
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Sarah Kliff covers health policy for the Washington Post. Sarah joined the Post in August 2011 from Politico, where she authored Politico Pulse, a daily health policy tipsheet. Prior to Politico, Sarah was a staff writer at Newsweek covering national politics. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, the BBC, Humanities Magazine and St. Louis Magazine. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Kaiser Family Foundation and University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism.

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Reconciliation

Reconciliation

Uncertainty abounds, Harold Ickes gets profiled and a couple gets burgled...by a catfish. Here's what we missed today

How much Obama and Ryan would spend on health care (in one graph)

How much Obama and Ryan would spend on health care (in one graph)

From the President to House Republicans, a lot of folks here in Washington have plans to spend less on health care. One of these deficit plans is not like the others.

Medicare trustees: Repealing Obamacare cuts would hasten insolvency

Medicare trustees: Repealing Obamacare cuts would hasten insolvency

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says his plan to repeal Obamacare's $716 billion in Medicare cuts would put the program onto a path towards long-term solvency. The non-partisan Medicare trustees, however, say it would do just the opposite.

Obamacare won’t cut Medicare benefits. It could hit quality.

Obamacare won’t cut Medicare benefits. It could hit quality.

Two economists looked at the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts in the 1990s. What they found: Hospitals that saw bigger budget reductions had worse mortality rates for heart attack patients.