Jeffrey Young is a senior reporter at HuffPost based in New York. He has covered health care, business, and politics for two decades at organizations including Bloomberg News and The Hill. Jeffrey is a native of the Philadelphia suburbs and earned his bachelor's degree in English from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. He can be reached at jeffrey.young@huffpost.com.
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How America’s Daily COVID-19 Death Toll Compares To Historical Tragedies
We're living through a Pearl Harbor, a Hurricane Maria and a Sept. 11 every day.
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Biden Scraps Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements
The policy resulted in major coverage losses in the one state that implemented it.
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Here's Why Some Health Care Workers Don't Want The COVID-19 Vaccine
Hesitant health care workers aren't conspiracy theorists. Their reasons are complicated, and it doesn't mean the vaccine is unsafe.
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What Does It Feel Like To Get the COVID-19 Vaccine? 6 Americans Share Their Stories.
They described mixed emotions of joy, relief and guilt as they -- like the rest of us -- continue to muddle through the coronavirus pandemic.
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With Georgia Wins, These Progressive Policy Dreams *Might* Actually Come True
Democrats are hopeful they can make some major policy gains with Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the Senate and Joe Biden in the White House.
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Our Health Care Heroes Are Getting Fed Up With Us
Doctors, nurses and others risk their lives every day and wonder why it's so important for everyone else to go to bars.
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Biden's Health Agenda Starts With Reversing Everything Trump Did In The Last 4 Years
The president-elect also has to figure out how to accomplish his own plans to make health care more affordable without Congress.
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A Day In The Life Of Dr. Anthony Fauci
What does one of the top infectious disease experts do when he's sidelined by the White House during COVID-19? Plenty.
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Millions Could Lose Health Care At The Supreme Court. Meet 6 Of Them.
Republicans are suing to overturn the Affordable Care Act. If they win, these six and many other Americans are in big trouble.
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What Pfizer’s Vaccine News Means For The Fight Against COVID-19
If the company's impressive data holds up — a big if — here's what that would mean for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Marijuana Legalization Measures Pass In 5 States
Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota voters backed ballot measures to relax cannabis laws.
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Here’s What Joe Biden Would Change On COVID-19 Starting Day One
The biggest difference would be simply returning to time-tested public health measures. That doesn’t mean it will be easy.
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Trump vs. Biden On Health Care: A Stark Choice For Voters
This election, voters will decide between Biden's plan to expand health coverage and Trump's crusade to take it away.
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Congress Could Easily Make the Obamacare Supreme Court Case Disappear. Republicans Don't Want To.
If the GOP really wants voters to believe they support people with preexisting conditions, here's a simple way to prove it.
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Medical Tourism Was Booming In Mexican Border Towns. Then Came The Coronavirus.
Americans and Canadians are reluctant to visit "Molar City" and other Mexican destinations due to confusion about COVID-19 travel restrictions.
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Trump Announces Phony New Health Care 'Plan'
Slogans and toothless executive orders don't pay anyone's doctor bills.
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The Coronavirus Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis For Health Care Workers
Doctors, nurses and others are carrying a heavy burden for a nation that isn't doing enough to help them.