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Author Archives: Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven covers rural health and Medicaid. She previously worked at the Asheville Citizen Times where she reported on the police, courts, and other aspects of the criminal justice system. Before moving to WNC, she worked as a freelancer in Chicago, where she wrote about immigration for The Intercept, In These Times, The Chicago Reader, and more. The Chicago Headline Club selected her story on how a teenage girl raised her 8-year-old sister after their parents were deported in the middle of the night as a 2020 finalist for best in-depth reporting. She has a masters in journalism from Northwestern, and a bachelors in women’s studies from the University of Michigan.

Shows a laptop with glasses and a coffee cup and a website visible is the healthcare.gov open enrollment insurance site.
Posted inHealth Insurance

It’s open enrollment season. Here’s what you need to know.

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 28, 2022November 27, 2022
illustrations of multiple different workers: pilot, cashier, cleaner, pharmacist, gardener, construction worker, farm worker, delivery driver, butcher
Posted inHealth Inequities

Study finds Latino workers die of occupational injuries at higher rates than other groups

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 17, 2022November 17, 2022
Posted inDisabilities

1 in 5 births nationwide are to people with disabilities, but these  patients don’t always get the care they need

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 25, 2022October 25, 2022
An EMS worker exits an ambulance to respond to a car accident
Posted inHealthcare Workers

EMS departments across North Carolina are understaffed and over burdened

by Rachel Crumpler and Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven October 5, 2022October 5, 2022
A girl with a reading disability such as dyslexia sits at a table overwhelmed by books all around her
Posted inMedicaid

Rollout of special Medicaid plans for complicated patients will be delayed until April

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven September 30, 2022November 15, 2022
Shows tri-folded pamphlet advertising the "healthy opportunities pilot food services" On the pamphlet, there's a photo of a woman with a young boy.
Posted inEspañol

¿Tienes Medicaid? Puede que tengas derecho a una caja semanal de comida gratis

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven September 27, 2022September 26, 2022

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