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Marisa Taylor

Marisa Taylor is a senior correspondent on the KHN enterprise team. She investigates end-of-life care and acute medical care, among other health care topics.

July 2018
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Immigrant children detained in U.S. may struggle to get health care

The White House’s plan to indefinitely detain immigrant families together threatens the care of young children, experts worry, by placing them with an agency with little experience in handling such complex needs. Previously, the administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration stance meant splitting children from parents. Immigration authorities acknowledged that during that policy 2,322 children 12 and under were […]

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June 2018

Thousands of children younger than 13 detained under U.S. border policy

The Trump administration has detained 2,322 children 12 years old or younger amid its border crackdown.

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April 2018
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Federal limits on medical marijuana research hinder treatments

By the time Ann Marie Owen turned to marijuana to treat her pain, she was struggling to walk and talk. She also hallucinated.

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February 2017

Trading controversy dogs health secretary nominee Tom Price

U.S. Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading, despite the fact that a House committee he was on was under investigation.

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